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Tue, 26 Oct 2021 15:11:23 EDTBrazil's Senate recommends Bolsonaro face criminal charges over COVID-19 response
A Brazilian Senate committee recommended on Tuesday that President Jair Bolsonaro face a series of criminal indictments for actions and omissions related to the world's second-highest COVID-19 death t...
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 18:54:58 EDTDonated frequent-flyer miles providing flights for Afghan refugees in the U.S.
A campaign that began with ordinary people donating frequent-flyer miles has raised enough in two months to provide 40,000 flights for refugees from Afghanistan, and organizers and the White House are...
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 16:30:23 EDTThis Black woman refused to move to the back of a bus in 1955. Now she wants her record cleared
Claudette Colvin, an 82-year-old Black woman who became a civil rights pioneer when she was arrested as a teen for refusing to move to the back of an Alabama bus in 1955, wants to have her records exp...
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDTWhy India can't live without coal despite its negative environmental effects
India is not yet ready to leave coal behind, a critical energy source that provides more than 70 percent of the developing country's power as well as 4 million jobs, even as those in coal-rich states ...
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 06:35:29 EDTSudanese prime minister released after being held at general's home following military takeover
The release of Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok and his wife followed international condemnation of the coup and calls for the military to release all the government officials who were detained when Gen...
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 10:36:03 EDTNew net-zero pledges push world close to 2 C target, UN finds
A report by the UN Environment Programme found recent announcements by dozens of countries to aim for "net-zero" emissions by 2050 could limit a global temperature rise to 2.2 degrees Celsius (4 F) by...
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 09:40:00 EDTJapan's Princess Mako marries for love, gives up money and title
Japanese Princess Mako quietly married a non-royal without traditional wedding celebrations Tuesday and said their marriage — delayed three years and opposed by some — "was a necessary choice to l...
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 08:09:23 EDTQueen Elizabeth cancels trip to UN climate conference
Queen Elizabeth has cancelled her planned engagement at the UN climate conference, accepting advice from doctors to rest, Buckingham Palace said Tuesday.
Tue, 26 Oct 2021 09:15:29 EDTBlue Origin, Boeing reveal plan to build 'business park' space station
Billionaire Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin has unveiled plans to develop a commercial space station called "Orbital Reef" with Boeing, aiming to launch the spacecraft in the second half of this decade.
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Tue, 26 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDTGovernment data breach exposes Afghans to more danger
The names of several hundred vulnerable Afghans seeking refuge from the Taliban were recently leaked in emails sent in error by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, CBC News has learned.
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Tue, 26 Oct 2021 07:23:12 EDTCoronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world Oct. 26
Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce says a mandatory vaccination policy would mean pink slips for tens of thousands of educators when Ontario already faces staffing challenges.
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 22:38:27 EDTRemains of a child, 3 surviving siblings found abandoned in Houston apartment
The skeletal remains of a child were found inside an apartment in the Houston area along with three surviving siblings who appear to have been abandoned, a sheriff said.
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 16:27:32 EDTU.S. lays out new rules for international tourists arriving by air
The Biden administration detailed new international COVID-19 air travel polices for the United States Monday, including exemptions for kids and new federal contact tracing requirements.
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Mon, 25 Oct 2021 19:15:17 EDTEgypt lifts state of emergency in place for more than 4 years
Egypt's state of emergency will be lifted for the first time in years, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Monday. Sweeping powers were imposed in April 2017 after several deadly bombings.
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Mon, 25 Oct 2021 19:48:47 EDTOklahoma court blocks 3 laws restricting abortion set to go into effect next week
Oklahoma's Supreme Court on Monday blocked three anti-abortion laws that were scheduled to take effect Nov. 1 that abortion rights supporters say would have devastated abortion access in the state.
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Mon, 25 Oct 2021 04:20:02 EDTSudan's military seizes power, detains prime minister
Sudan's military seized power Monday, dissolving the transitional government hours after troops arrested the prime minister. Thousands of people flooded into the streets to protest the coup that threa...
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 14:36:58 EDTWith COVID-19 deaths climbing and hospitals strained, Russia rolls out restrictions
As an increasingly deadly fourth wave of COVID-19 threatens to overwhelm Russia's hospitals, officials who had been hesitant to implement restrictions in recent months are doing so now in a desperat...
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 13:16:57 EDT'Children are going to die,' UN agency warns, as Afghanistan verges on collapse
Millions of Afghans, including children, could die of starvation unless urgent action is taken to pull Afghanistan back from the brink of collapse, a senior United Nations official warned, calling for...
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 10:39:24 EDTDeforestation of Amazon rainforest helps push greenhouse gases to record high
The World Meteorological Organization reported Monday that greenhouse gas concentrations hit a new record high last year and increased at a faster rate than the annual average for the last decade desp...
Mon, 25 Oct 2021 09:48:29 EDTFacebook knew about and failed to police abusive content globally: documents
Facebook employees have warned for years that as the company raced to become a global service, it was failing to police abusive content in countries where such speech was likely to cause the most harm...