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Mon, 24 Jan 2022 08:15:43 EST
Russia can choose negotiations or sanctions, Canada's defence minister says in Ukraine

Sun, 30 Jan 2022 16:21:08 EST
It's been 50 years since Northern Ireland's Bloody Sunday. The victims' families still want justice
Hundreds of people gathered in Northern Ireland to mark 50 years since Bloody Sunday, one of the deadliest days in the conflict known as The Troubles.

Sun, 30 Jan 2022 20:23:34 EST
Portugal's Socialists stun with majority win in snap election
Defying all odds, Portugal's centre-left Socialists won an outright parliamentary majority in Sunday's snap general election, securing a strong new mandate for Prime Minister Antonio Costa, a champion...

Sat, 29 Jan 2022 19:11:52 EST
North Korea confirms testing its most powerful missile in years
North Korea confirmed Monday it test-launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of reaching the U.S. territory of Guam, the North's most significant weapon launch in years, as Washington...

Sun, 30 Jan 2022 09:30:20 EST
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Jan. 30
COVID-19 hospitalizations are trending downward in Canada's two most populous provinces, which are easing some restrictions as of Monday. However, A total of 23 people are hospitalized because of COVI...

Sun, 30 Jan 2022 18:12:05 EST
Spotify adds advisories to podcasts on COVID-19 after Neil Young pulls music over Joe Rogan
Following protests of Spotify kicked off by Neil Young over the spread of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, the music streaming service said that it will add content advisories before podcasts discussi...

Sun, 30 Jan 2022 02:21:05 EST
Trump dangles prospect of pardons for Jan. 6 rioters as he teases presidential run
Former U.S. president Donald Trump is dangling the prospect of pardons for supporters who participated in the deadly Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol if he returns to the White House. ...

Sun, 30 Jan 2022 09:13:18 EST
Rafael Nadal wins record-setting Australian Open title in dramatic fashion
Rafael Nadal rallied from two sets down against Daniil Medvedev to take the 2022 Australian Open title on Sunday in Melbourne. The victory is the Spaniard's 21st Grand Slam title, a men's singles reco...

Sun, 30 Jan 2022 10:47:28 EST
Storm with fierce winds hits northern Europe, killing at least 4
A powerful winter storm swept through northern Europe over the weekend, killing at least four people, destroying houses and cars, closing bridges, causing flooding and halting transport while leaving ...

Sat, 29 Jan 2022 17:06:18 EST
Russia moving naval war games away from Irish coast amid tensions with West over Ukraine
Russia says it will relocate naval exercises off the coast of Ireland after Dublin raised concerns about them amid a tense dispute with the West over expansion of the NATO alliance and fears that Russ...

Sat, 29 Jan 2022 04:44:18 EST
Winter storm slams northeast U.S., hitting 10 states
A nor'easter with hurricane-force wind gusts battered much of the U.S. East Coast on Saturday, flinging heavy snow that made travel treacherous or impossible, flooding coastlines and threatening to le...

Sat, 29 Jan 2022 14:40:32 EST
Italian President Sergio Mattarella elected to 2nd term, ending political deadlock
Lawmakers entreated Mattarella, 80, who had said he didn't want a second mandate, to change his mind. That move followed days of fruitless efforts by political leaders to reach a consensus on a candid...

Sat, 29 Jan 2022 09:00:35 EST
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Jan. 29
Canada’s chief public health officer is warning COVID-19 “severity trends” such as hospitalizations and deaths are still rising despite signs that the country’s recent wave of transmissions dr...

Sat, 29 Jan 2022 06:11:17 EST
Ash Barty wins drought-breaking Australian Open title
Ash Barty has won the Australian Open final over Danielle Collins to end a 44-year drought for Australian women at their home Grand Slam tournament.

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 21:30:36 EST
Australia pledges $50M to protect, preserve koalas
Australia will spend an additional $50 million ($44.63 million Cdn) in the next four years to protect koala habitat and slow the decline of the vulnerable species, the government said on Saturday. ...

Sat, 29 Jan 2022 13:39:40 EST
Cameroon blames stadium deaths on 'massive' influx of ticketless soccer fans
Cameroon authorities have blamed a deadly stadium crush at the African Cup of Nations tournament on a "massive" influx of ticketless fans who arrived late to a game involving the host team and tried t...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 15:54:52 EST
Nearly 4 in 10 people in Ethiopia's Tigray region struggling to eat: World Food Program
Although the ability of aid workers to enter Tigray improved during the summer months and "kept starvation at bay" for people there, no aid convoy has reached Tigray since mid-December, the United Nat...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 20:09:44 EST
Sales soar for Maus after school district in U.S. banned the Holocaust graphic novel
Just days after the banning of Maus by a Tennessee school district made national news, two editions of Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust have reached the top 2...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 15:26:41 EST
London police seek to limit mentions of Downing Street parties in Gray report
An inquiry into COVID-19 lockdown-breaking gatherings in Downing Street that might determine British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's future could be further delayed after the police asked for the repor...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 17:26:27 EST
Omicron now driving more COVID-19 deaths in U.S. than during Delta wave
Omicron, the highly contagious coronavirus variant sweeping across the U.S., is driving the daily American death toll higher than during last fall's Delta wave, with deaths likely to keep rising for d...



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