Canadian World News
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 08:15:43 ESTNATO sends more ships, jets to eastern Europe as Russia builds up troops near Ukraine
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 18:10:25 ESTBoris Johnson fighting to keep his job after reports of another pandemic party
Britain's Boris Johnson was fighting to keep his job Monday after his office said his birthday in 2020 was marked by a gathering in 10 Downing Street, adding fuel to an investigation into government p...
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 21:18:45 ESTBiden caught on hot mic insulting Fox News reporter
U.S. President Joe Biden was caught on a hot mic uttering a vulgarity about Fox News reporter at a White House event on Monday after the journalist shouted a question about the impact of rising infla...
Tue, 25 Jan 2022 02:32:21 ESTNorth Korea appears to have fired cruise missiles
North Korea fired what appeared to be two cruise missiles into the sea off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, days after a flurry of ballistic missile tests.
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Mon, 24 Jan 2022 12:01:17 ESTCanadian academic Hassan Diab goes to trial next year in French terrorism case
France’s case against Ottawa academic Hassan Diab in connection with a bombing outside a Paris synagogue 40 years ago will go to trial in 2023 — more than five years after he was set free due to ...
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 07:11:09 ESTMutinous soldiers say military junta now controls Burkina Faso
More than a dozen mutinous soldiers declared Monday on state television that a military junta had seized control of Burkina Faso after the democratically elected president was detained following a day...
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 08:24:03 ESTCoronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Jan. 24
Proof of vaccination against COVID-19 is now required to access big-box and other large-scale retail stores across Quebec.
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 08:13:36 ESTAuger-Aliassime joins fellow Canadian Shapovalov in Aussie Open quarter-finals
Some 24 hours after Denis Shapovalov reached his first Australian Open men's singles quarter-final, his friend and countryman Felix Auger-Aliassime joined him in the final eight.
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 10:11:33 ESTFrench fashion designer Thierry Mugler dead at 73
French fashion designer Manfred Thierry Mugler, whose dramatic designs were worn by celebrities like Madonna, Lady Gaga and Cardi B, has died. He was 73.
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 06:44:17 ESTMichigan high school reopens nearly 2 months after shooting that left 4 students dead
The Michigan high school where four students were killed reopened for the first time since the Nov. 30 shooting that also injured other students and a teacher.
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 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 racist 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...