Canadian World News
Wed, 12 May 2021 04:00:00 EDTWhat to glean from attempt to turf establishment Republican who's made an enemy of Trump
Donald Trump is on the cusp of cementing his stranglehold on the U.S. Republican Party, which is voting Wednesday on purging a rare member of its leadership who is critical of the former president. Li...
Wed, 12 May 2021 04:00:00 EDTU.S. pipeline problems expose Canada's vulnerability to having the taps turned off
Problems with two major oil and gasoline pipelines in the U.S. underscore how fragile the North American energy infrastructure grid is and how vulnerable Canadians are to supply disruption.
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Tue, 11 May 2021 07:52:04 EDT35 Palestinians killed in Gaza as Israel targets Hamas with airstrikes; rockets kill 5 in Israel
Israel on Tuesday stepped up its attacks on the Gaza Strip, flattening a highrise building used by the Hamas militant group and killing at least three militants in their hideouts as Palestinian rocket...
Tue, 11 May 2021 16:37:41 EDT3 Georgia men plead not guilty to hate crime charges in shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery
Three Georgia men pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges Tuesday in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who authorities say was chased and shot while jogging.
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Tue, 11 May 2021 04:00:00 EDTU.S. border guards regularly engage in racial profiling, 3 Black officers allege in lawsuit
Allegations of racial profiling at the U.S. border are nothing new. What's more unusual is how they are now coming from inside the agency that oversees the U.S. border. They're contained in a lawsuit...
Tue, 11 May 2021 14:35:44 EDTProsecutor to seek death penalty for man charged in Atlanta-area killings
A man accused of killing eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, in shootings at three Atlanta-area massage businesses was indicted Tuesday on murder charges. A prosecutor filed notice that ...
Tue, 11 May 2021 05:19:38 EDTSchool shooting in Russia leaves 9 dead, 21 wounded, officials say
Nine people, including seven children, were killed on Tuesday and many more badly wounded after a lone teenage gunman opened fire in a school in the Russian city of Kazan, local authorities said, prom...
Tue, 11 May 2021 14:37:51 EDTCoronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on May 11
Ontario will be pausing the rollout and administration of first doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, effective Tuesday, due to concerns over rare but potentially fatal blood clots.
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Mon, 10 May 2021 15:10:14 EDTNBC cancels 2022 Golden Globes after outcry against lack of diversity
U.S. television network NBC said on Monday it will not air Hollywood's Golden Globes ceremony in 2022 following complaints about ethical lapses and lack of diversity among the group that hands out ...
Tue, 11 May 2021 04:00:00 EDTWhat Canada can learn from U.S., U.K. about COVID-19 vaccinations and reopening
Both the U.S. and the U.K. have vaccinated millions of people, but only the U.S. is still reporting tens of thousands of new COVID-19 cases a day. Emma Paling looks at some potential lessons for parts...
Mon, 10 May 2021 14:56:02 EDTWHO classifies B1617 variant, first identified in India, as global variant of concern
The coronavirus variant first identified in India last year is now being classified as a variant of global concern, with some preliminary studies showing that it spreads more easily, the World Health ...
Mon, 10 May 2021 17:50:33 EDTCanadians who rely on Line 5 on edge as Michigan's deadline looms to shut Enbridge pipeline
Southern Ontario workers who benefit from Enbridge's Line 5 are anxiously watching what's playing out this week in Michigan, which has given the Calgary-based firm until Wednesday to shut down the p...
Mon, 10 May 2021 13:25:51 EDTHugs, indoor pints allowed again as lockdown continues to ease in England
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday gave the green light to cautious hugging and the serving of pints inside pubs after months of strict restrictions as he set out the next phase of easing ...
Mon, 10 May 2021 17:55:08 EDTChina to draw 'separation line' atop Mount Everest to curb COVID-19 spread
China will draw a "separation line" atop Mount Everest to prevent the coronavirus from being spread by climbers ascending Nepal's side of the mountain, Chinese state media reported Monday. Nepal is ex...
Mon, 10 May 2021 08:30:50 EDTCyberattack on U.S. pipeline linked to criminal gang
The operator of a major U.S. pipeline hit by a cyberattack said Monday it hopes to have service mostly restored by the end of the week. Colonial Pipeline offered the update after revealing that it had...
Mon, 10 May 2021 04:00:00 EDTHow COVID-19 vaccines developed in China, Russia and elsewhere could impact the pandemic
Countries such as China, Russia, India and Cuba are developing and distributing their own COVID-19 vaccines, marking a biotechnology milestone for many of them. Here’s a closer look at how they’re...
Mon, 10 May 2021 04:42:50 EDTIsrael responds to Hamas rockets with airstrikes after Israeli police and Palestinian protesters clash
Hamas militants fired dozens of rockets into Israel on Monday, including a barrage that set off air raid sirens as far away as Jerusalem, after hundreds of Palestinians were hurt in clashes with Israe...
Mon, 10 May 2021 04:00:00 EDTFear of climate change rust belt has governments considering carbon border levy
The federal budget shows Canada is backing a European push for a price on carbon across borders. It's prompted, in part, by fear of a Rust Belt repeat. Then, industries hollowed out in rich countries ...
Mon, 10 May 2021 17:34:42 EDTCoronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on May 10
There was some positive movement in British Columbia over the weekend, as numbers trended down in new cases, hospitalizations and ICU admissions, though the province did register 20 more deaths from C...
Sun, 9 May 2021 16:46:42 EDTIndia loses 116 medics in 25 days as infections surge to new highs
More than 860 medics have died in India since the COVID-19 pandemic began, 116 of them in less than a month during the ongoing second wave, according to the head of the Indian Medical Association.
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