Canadian World News
Sun, 23 Jan 2022 18:30:26 ESTU.S. orders families of embassy staffers to leave Ukraine amid fears of Russian invasion
The U.S. State Department on Sunday ordered the families of all American personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine to leave the country amid heightened fears of a Russian invasion.
Sun, 23 Jan 2022 18:01:27 ESTGunfire heard near home of Burkina Faso's president hours after army mutiny
Gunfire rang out late Sunday near the home of embattled President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, raising the spectre that a military coup might still be underway after mutinous soldiers seized a militar...
Sun, 23 Jan 2022 04:00:00 ESTRoyal Family's attempt to get distance from Prince Andrew is an act of self-preservation
Buckingham Palace's 42-word announcement that Prince Andrew had lost his military affiliations and royal patronages was remarkably terse, but it was also remarkably symbolic, representing how far his ...
Sun, 23 Jan 2022 08:35:13 ESTCoronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Jan. 23
Quebec stores reopen their doors on Sunday following a three-week ban imposed by the government in a bid to limit hospitalizations. The province is also set to expand its vaccination passport program ...
Sun, 23 Jan 2022 04:00:00 ESTProposed statue of 17th-century female prodigy raises uncomfortable questions about Italy's monuments
A movement to honour Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia, the first woman in the world to graduate from university, with a statue in Padua's Prato della Valle square has sparked a national debate in Italy...
Sun, 23 Jan 2022 13:46:56 ESTCanada's Jacob Panetta suspended by ECHL, cut from team for apparent racist gesture
The ECHL swiftly suspended defenceman Jacob Panetta for an apparent racial gesture toward fellow Canadian Jordan Subban of South Carolina Stingrays during Saturday's game. The Jacksonville Icemen late...
Sun, 23 Jan 2022 16:03:52 ESTArmenia's president resigns after finding himself more figurehead than power broker
Armen Sarkissian, who was chosen in 2018, complained that his office is not granted sufficient powers to allow him to be an effective head of state.
Sun, 23 Jan 2022 01:43:12 ESTNew Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern postpones wedding after announcing new COVID-19 restrictions
New Zealanders are set to face new COVID-19 restrictions after nine cases of the Omicron variant were detected in a single family who flew to Auckland for a wedding earlier this month, Prime Minister ...
Sat, 22 Jan 2022 18:45:04 ESTRussia rejects U.K. claim of Kremlin seeking to replace Ukraine's leader
Moscow has rejected Britain's accusation that the Kremlin is seeking to install a pro-Russian leader in Ukraine. Britain said earlier that Russian intelligence officers were in contact with a number o...
Sat, 22 Jan 2022 18:26:14 ESTNorway hosts Taliban for meetings about pending humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
A Taliban delegation has arrived in Norway for talks with the Norwegian government and several allied countries on alleviating a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, as well as for meetings with civil ...
Sat, 22 Jan 2022 12:56:51 ESTWind-driven California wildfire above Big Sur forces hundreds to flee area
Firefighters on Saturday were battling a wildfire that broke out in the rugged mountains along Big Sur, forcing hundreds of residents on this precarious stretch of the California coast to evacuate and...
Sat, 22 Jan 2022 11:25:23 ESTU.S. supports Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania sending 'defensive equipment' to Ukraine
The Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania plans to send U.S.-made anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine, a move that the United States fully endorsed Saturday amid Kyiv's escalatin...
Sat, 22 Jan 2022 16:41:56 ESTHong Kong leader warns of worsening COVID-19 outbreak, defends hamster cull
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Saturday warned that COVID-19 infections could be growing exponentially in a congested residential area of the city and that overall cases had also spread due to an outb...
Sat, 22 Jan 2022 16:46:19 ESTMexican president opens up about his health after overnight hospital stay for heart procedure
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador spoke with unusual frankness about his health on Saturday, acknowledging he spent the night in a Mexico City hospital after undergoing a cardiac catheteri...
Sat, 22 Jan 2022 07:57:17 ESTDeath toll from Yemen prison airstrike rises to 82, Houthis and aid group say
The death toll from a Saudi-led coalition airstrike that hit a prison run by Yemen's Houthi rebels climbed to at least 82 detainees, the rebels and an aid group said Saturday. Internet access in the A...
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 03:01:51 ESTNo breakthrough, but U.S. and Russia pledge more talks on Ukraine
The top U.S. and Russian diplomats made no major breakthrough at talks on Ukraine on Friday but agreed to keep talking to try to resolve a crisis that has stoked fears of a military conflict.
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Fri, 21 Jan 2022 20:39:33 ESTThich Nhat Hanh, influential Zen Buddhist monk and peace activist, dead at 95
Thich Nhat Hanh, a Zen Buddhist monk, poet and peace activist who in the 1960s came to prominence as an opponent of the Vietnam War, died on Saturday surrounded by his followers in the temple where hi...
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 14:48:40 ESTTonga 'Aquaman' says he survived being swept into ocean by tsunami
The incredible story of a retired carpenter who survived overnight in the ocean after the Tonga tsunami swept him out to sea appeared to fit with events at the time, a New Zealand diplomat said Friday...
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 18:04:27 ESTBoyfriend admitted in notebook to killing Gabby Petito, says FBI
The boyfriend of slain cross-country traveler Gabby Petito admitted killing her in a notebook discovered near his body in a Florida swamp, the FBI announced Friday.
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 13:52:05 ESTSaudi-led airstrike on prison leaves dozens dead, Yemeni rebels say
A Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit a prison run by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Friday, killing at least 70 detainees and wounding dozens, a rebel minister said. The strike was part of a pounding aerial ...