Archives

Canadian World News

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:47:27 EST
Rudy Giuliani, other Trump allies subpoenaed by U.S. House panel investigating Jan. 6
The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Capitol insurrection issued a new batch of subpoenas Tuesday to some of Donald Trump's closest advisers, including Rudy Giuliani, as the c...

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 03:28:24 EST
Airlines worldwide rush to change flights over U.S. 5G dispute
Airlines across the world, including the long-haul carrier Emirates, rushed Wednesday to cancel or change flights heading into the U.S. over an ongoing dispute about the rollout of 5G mobile phone tec...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 19:04:27 EST
As invasion threat looms, Ukraine asks for weapons — and Canada makes evacuation plans
Canada faced stepped-up pressure Tuesday to match U.S. and United Kingdom shipments of defensive weapons to Ukraine as the possibility of a Russian invasion continues to hang over eastern Europe. ...

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 01:33:39 EST
André Leon Talley, former editor at large at U.S. Vogue, dead at 73
André Leon Talley, the towering former creative director and editor at large of Vogue magazine, has died. He was 73.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 23:08:58 EST
No evidence of bomb threat Belarus used to justify diverting airliner, UN agency says
Belarus has failed to produce any evidence of a bomb threat that was used to justify the diversion of an airliner to Minsk — and which led to the arrest of a dissident journalist — according to UN...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:06:11 EST
3 dead, many homes destroyed — but Tonga escapes worst-case volcano eruption aftermath
Despite sitting almost on top of the volcano that erupted so violently on Saturday, the Pacific nation of Tonga appears to have avoided the widespread devastation that many initially feared. ...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 04:00:00 EST
Joly promises Ukraine financial help as it stares down threat of Russian invasion
Canada's foreign minister landed in Kyiv Monday promising more economic assistance to help keep the Ukrainian government afloat in the face of the uncertainty created by the threat of a Russian inva...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:17:13 EST
Fishermen protest after Pacific volcano eruption causes oil spill in Peru
An oil spill off the Peruvian coast, caused by the waves from an eruption of an undersea volcano in the South Pacific nation of Tonga, prompted dozens of fishermen to protest Tuesday outside the South...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 15:22:36 EST
AT&T, Verizon delay 5G rollout after U.S. airlines warn of massive travel disruptions
AT&T and Verizon will delay launching new wireless service near key airports planned for this week after the largest U.S. airlines said the service would interfere with aircraft technology and cause m...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:23:22 EST
Grammy Awards rescheduled to April 3 in Las Vegas
The Grammy Awards ceremony honouring top performances in music has been rescheduled for April 3 in Las Vegas, the Recording Academy and broadcaster CBS said in a statement on Tuesday. ...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:46:47 EST
Microsoft to buy game giant Activision Blizzard for $68B US
Microsoft is buying the gaming company Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion US, gaining access to blockbuster games like Call of Duty and Candy Crush.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:43:24 EST
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Jan. 18
British Columbia is gradually reopening gyms and fitness centres, but extending restrictions on organized gatherings and certain venues as COVID-19 hospitalizations rise. Meanwhile, P.E.I. is introdu...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 15:16:40 EST
Martin Luther King family urges U.S. Senate to pass voting rights legislation
Marking MLK Day, U.S. President Joe Biden said Monday that Americans must commit to the unfinished work of Martin Luther King Jr.'s work and protect "the sacred right to vote," while Vice-President Ka...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 19:23:18 EST
Texas rabbi describes throwing chair at hostage taker before escaping synagogue standoff
The rabbi of a Texas synagogue where a gunman took hostages on Saturday recounted throwing a chair at his captor before escaping with two others after an hours-long standoff. Meanwhile, Jewish communi...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:30:14 EST
Drone attack in Abu Dhabi kills 3, wounds 6
A drone attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeting a key oil facility in Abu Dhabi killed three people and sparked a separate fire at Abu Dhabi's international airport on Monday, police said. ...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 12:51:33 EST
Who betrayed Anne Frank? Cold case team shines new light on mystery
A cold case team attempting to unravel one of the most enduring mysteries of the Second World War — who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family — has reached what it calls the "m...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:56:07 EST
Russia rejects U.S. suggestions it's looking for pretext to invade Ukraine
Russia's top diplomat on Monday angrily rejected U.S. allegations that it was preparing a pretext to invade Ukraine as Russian troops have remained concentrated near the border.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 04:14:42 EST
Significant damage keeping much-needed aid from reaching Tonga
Significant damage was reported along the western coast of Tonga's main island and outer islands on Tuesday following a massive volcanic eruption and tsunami.

Sun, 16 Jan 2022 14:24:39 EST
Police in U.K. detain 2 teens in connection with Texas synagogue hostage-taking
Greater Manchester police said on Sunday two teenagers were detained in South Manchester, England, as part of an ongoing investigation into a hostage-taking incident on Saturday at a synagogue in Coll...

Sun, 16 Jan 2022 19:36:00 EST
North Korea fires projectiles into sea for 4th time this month, say South Korea and Japan
North Korea on Monday fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea in its fourth weapons launch this month, officials in South Korea and Japan said, with the apparent goal of demonstrating its ...



home