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Fri, 17 Dec 2021 04:00:00 EST
How Mexico plans to team up with Canada to combat U.S. auto irritant
Mexico plans to team up with Canada to combat a controversial U.S. autos plan. In an interview with CBC News, a top Mexican cabinet member laid out the strategy.

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 23:06:31 EST
Afghan girl, 10, was preparing for a new life in Canada before she was killed by the Taliban
A 10-year-old Afghan girl who was preparing to come to Canada with her family was instead shot dead by the Taliban last week, a death critics say is partly to blame on Ottawa's sluggish efforts to rel...

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 23:01:46 EST
More than 20 feared dead, arson suspected, in building fire in Japan
Twenty-seven people were feared dead after a fire broke out in a building in Osaka in western Japan, fire department officials said Friday, and police were investigating arson as a possible cause. ...

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 03:29:08 EST
Typhoon batters Philippines, leaves at least 3 dead
At least three people were reported dead in the Philippines on Friday after a strong typhoon engulfed villages in floods that trapped residents on roofs, toppled trees and knocked out power in souther...

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 04:00:00 EST
Trade threats from Canada? U.S. Democrats are busy fighting their own internal battles
Here's how U.S. Democrats are responding to trade threats from Canada, which has threatened tariffs and threatened to suspend bits of the new NAFTA. "I don't care," says one. The bottom line: An irrit...

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 16:53:21 EST
Travis Scott concert deaths were caused by compression asphyxia, officials say
The 10 people who lost their lives in a massive crowd surge at the Nov. 5 Astroworld music festival in Houston founded by rapper Travis Scott died from compression asphyxia, officials announced Thursd...

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 11:38:18 EST
Missionaries kidnapped by Haitian gang have been released, police say
The remaining Canadian and U.S. members of a missionary group who were kidnapped two months ago in Haiti have been freed, Haitian police and the group said Thursday.

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 15:25:35 EST
Palestinian militants kill man in shooting near West Bank settlement, Israel says
Palestinian militants on Thursday opened fire near a Jewish settlement in the northern West Bank, killing at least one Israeli, according to Israeli leaders.

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:09:41 EST
For the 1st time, a spacecraft has 'touched' the sun, NASA confirms
A NASA spacecraft has officially "touched" the sun, plunging through the unexplored solar atmosphere known as the corona.

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:24:20 EST
Reddit files paperwork to go public in 2022
Reddit Inc., whose message boards became the go-to destination for day traders during this year's meme stock frenzy, said on Wednesday it had confidentially filed for an initial public offering with U...

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 04:31:48 EST
5 dead after unusually strong storm system strikes U.S. Midwest
At least five people died as a powerful and extremely unusual storm system swept across the U.S. Great Plains and Midwest on Wednesday amid unseasonably warm temperatures, spawning hurricane-force win...

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 03:08:17 EST
5 children die in Australia as wind lifts bouncy castle into air at school
Five children died and four others were in critical condition on Thursday after falling from a bouncy castle that was lifted 10 metres into the air by a gust of wind at a school on Australia's island...

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 09:23:13 EST
Powerful typhoon slams southern Philippines
A powerful typhoon slammed into the southeastern Philippines on Thursday, toppling trees, ripping tin roofs and knocking down power lines as it blew across island provinces where nearly 100,000 people...

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:06:55 EST
Springsteen reported to be selling song catalogue to Sony in $500M US deal
Multiple Grammy winner Bruce Springsteen has sold his masters and music publishing rights to Sony Music in a deal worth about $500 million US, entertainment publication Billboard said on Wednesday, ci...

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 07:10:38 EST
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Dec. 16
Provinces face difficult choices over how to curb the spread of the Omicron variant ahead of the holiday season as COVID-19 cases continued to surge in much of the country on Thursday.

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:57:31 EST
U.S. central bank expects to raise its benchmark interest rate 3 times next year
The Federal Reserve will quicken the pace at which it's pulling back its support for the economy as inflation surges, and it expects to raise interest rates three times next year.

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 15:03:03 EST
bell hooks, groundbreaking feminist thinker, dead at 69
bell hooks has died. The groundbreaking author, educator and activist whose explorations of how race, gender, economics and politics were intertwined made her among the most influential thinkers of he...

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 08:20:21 EST
Hundreds rescued from Hong Kong skyscraper blaze, 13 hospitalized
Firefighters on Wednesday rescued hundreds of people who fled to the rooftop of a Hong Kong skyscraper and became trapped there after a major fire broke out.

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 04:00:00 EST
Australia looks to Canada as it launches inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women
An inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women and children will be held in Australia after the country’s Senate voted to a launch a committee to investigate systemic causes of violence. ...

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 12:23:52 EST
Netflix, Slack, DoorDash hit by 2nd Amazon cloud server outage this month
Amazon.com Inc. said on Wednesday it had recovered from a brief outage at its Amazon Web Services cloud unit that affected internet connectivity in two regions on the U.S. West Coast.



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