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Mon, 12 Apr 2021 21:27:31 EDT
Prosecution wraps up case in Chauvin murder trial with tearful testimony from Floyd's brother
As the prosecution wrapped up its case in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on Monday, the court heard emotional testimony from the younger brother of George Floyd...

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDT
NASA prepares for a historic helicopter flight — on Mars
Roughly 278 million kilometres away, a small, 1.8 kilogram helicopter is waiting to take its place in the history books alongside the Wright Brothers. It will be the first aircraft to fly on another p...

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 16:15:26 EDT
Canada cancels permits for high-tech arms exports to Turkey
The federal government has cancelled arms export licences for Turkey’s high-tech drone systems after a review found “credible evidence” that Canadian technology was diverted to Azerbaijan witho...

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 12:48:14 EDT
Judge refuses to sequester jury in Chauvin trial in wake of unrest over police shooting of Black man
The judge in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin refused a defence request to sequester the jury on Monday, the morning after the death of a Black man shot by police du...

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 14:31:38 EDT
Iran blames Israel for sabotage at Natanz site as U.S. begins talks to re-enter nuclear deal
Iran blamed Israel on Monday for a sabotage attack on its underground Natanz nuclear facility that damaged its centrifuges, an assault that imperils ongoing talks over its tattered nuclear deal and br...

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 14:41:34 EDT
Police chief says officer who fatally shot Black man in Minneapolis suburb apparently meant to use Taser
Police in a Minneapolis suburb where a Black man was fatally shot during a traffic stop Sunday say the officer who fired apparently intended to use a Taser, not a handgun, and on Monday released foota...

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 17:51:24 EDT
Doctor in Myanmar says he and his colleagues are being targeted for arrest
As his country is rocked by protests and bloody crackdowns, a doctor says he and his colleagues are being shot at and placed on arrest warrant lists.

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:05:31 EDT
Princes William and Harry pay tribute to Prince Philip's character, life of 'service'
Prince William and Prince Harry have paid tribute to their grandfather Prince Philip, remembering the late duke for his decades of "service" to family and beyond, as well as being a "master of the bar...

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 20:25:30 EDT
Australia abandons COVID-19 vaccination targets after new advice on AstraZeneca shots
Australia has abandoned a goal to vaccinate nearly all of its 26 million population by the end of 2021 following advice that people under the age of 50 take Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine rather than Astra...

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 14:20:18 EDT
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on April 12
Schools in Ontario will move to online learning after the April break, Premier Doug Ford said Monday, following consultations with health officials.

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 21:48:14 EDT
Top official admits China's COVID-19 vaccines have low efficacy
In a rare admission of the weakness of coronavirus vaccines developed in China, the country's top disease control official says their effectiveness is low and the government is considering mixing them...

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 06:50:22 EDT
8 killed in Indonesia quake, president orders rescue effort
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Sunday ordered swift rescue and relief efforts after eight people died in an earthquake that hit off southern Java island.

Fri, 9 Apr 2021 07:22:20 EDT
Prince Philip's funeral will be held April 17, palace announces

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 11:59:02 EDT
'You cannot claim any more:' Russia seeks bigger piece of Arctic
Russia wants to stretch out imaginary lines on the ocean floor — and below it — and that has one northern security expert worried about consequences for other Arctic countries like Canada. ...

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 19:32:43 EDT
Ash-covered St. Vincent braces for more volcanic eruptions
People who ignored an initial warning to evacuate the area closest to a volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent raced to get clear Saturday, a day after it erupted with an explosion tha...

Fri, 9 Apr 2021 21:32:57 EDT
Stress from police restraint 'more than Mr. Floyd could take,' chief medical officer testifies
Restraint used by police on George Floyd was too much for his underlying heart condition and caused the death of the 46-year-old Black man, the local county's chief medical officer told a Minneapolis ...

Fri, 9 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Brazil poses global health threat as its hospitals buckle under COVID-19, experts warn
With new variants pushing ICUs past their limits, experts are warning that Brazil's soaring COVID-19 infection rates have become a global public health threat.

Fri, 9 Apr 2021 12:50:23 EDT
Rapper DMX dead at 50 after several days on life support
DMX — the raspy-voiced rapper whose success spanned both decades and genres — has died at the age of 50. A statement from relatives Friday said he died with family by his side.

Fri, 9 Apr 2021 18:15:16 EDT
Greta Thunberg to boycott UN climate conference, citing COVID-19 vaccine inequality
Climate activist Greta Thunberg criticized nations she said were unwilling to share vaccines with those that have little access to the drugs.

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 14:01:42 EDT
How Prince Philip, like Prince Albert, was a pillar of support to his Queen and the monarchy
What the death of Prince Philip, known as Queen Elizabeth's "strength and stay," will mean for the Queen and the Royal Family has some historians and experts looking to the past to draw parallels to Q...



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