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Tue, 15 Feb 2022 04:00:00 EST
Why the trucker blockade was a bridge too far for Canada's economy
The timing of the bridge blockade in Windsor, Ont., couldn't be more awkward for Canada's economy. It comes at a historic moment for the auto industry, and U.S. lawmakers are looking for reasons to 'B...

Sat, 12 Feb 2022 11:04:48 EST
Canada to send Ukraine lethal military equipment worth $7.8M

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 18:39:56 EST
Accounting firm dumps Trump, says his financial statements are no longer reliable
The accounting firm that prepared former U.S. president Donald Trump's annual financial statements says the documents "should no longer be relied upon" after New York's attorney general said they regu...

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 08:40:06 EST
Leaders pitch last-ditch diplomacy as Ukraine-Russia tensions on 'edge of a precipice'
The Kremlin signalled Monday it is ready to keep talking with the West about security grievances that led to the current Ukraine crisis, offering hope that Russia might not invade its beleaguered neig...

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 18:20:12 EST
Whoopi Goldberg returns to The View after suspension for Holocaust comment
Whoopi Goldberg returned to The View on Monday following a two-week suspension for remarks she made about the Holocaust.

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 14:37:48 EST
Mauritius plants flag on Chagos Islands despite British sovereignty claims
Officials planted the red, blue, yellow and green flag of Mauritius on the Peros Banhos atoll in the Chagos Islands, whose residents were expelled by Britain half a century ago to make way for a U.S. ...

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 13:05:00 EST
Camilla tests positive for COVID-19 days after husband Prince Charles confirmed infected
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall has tested positive for COVID-19 four days after her husband Prince Charles was confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus, the couple's office said Monday. ...

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 16:04:30 EST
U.S. judge to dismiss Sarah Palin's defamation case against New York Times
A U.S. judge on Monday threw out Sarah Palin's lawsuit accusing the New York Times of defaming the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican U.S.-vice-presidential candidate by incorrectly linking he...

Sun, 13 Feb 2022 13:56:54 EST
Farmers in Greece determined to block highways to protest rising energy costs
Greek farmers, taking a page from the Canadian truckers' protest handbook, say they are determined to shut down the country's major highways to protest energy costs. Fuel taxes in the country are amon...

Sun, 13 Feb 2022 06:23:30 EST
Man accused of blasphemy for allegedly burning Qur'an stoned to death in Pakistan
An enraged mob stoned to death a middle-aged man for allegedly desecrating the Qur'an in a remote village in eastern Pakistan, police said Sunday.

Sat, 12 Feb 2022 11:10:38 EST
French police fire tear gas at demonstrators as anti-restriction convoy enters Paris
Police fired tear gas at demonstrators as a convoy protesting COVID-19 restrictions breached their defences and drove into central Paris on Saturday, snarling traffic around the Arc de Triomphe and on...

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 07:25:17 EST
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Monday
Ontario's premier says the province is ending its vaccine certificate system on March 1, when capacity limits will lift as well. Doug Ford's announcement came as several other provinces — includin...

Sun, 13 Feb 2022 07:22:38 EST
Saudi Arabia transfers Aramco stock worth $80B to kingdom's wealth fund
Saudi Arabia said Sunday it will transfer four per cent of the stock in the state-run oil giant Aramco to a sovereign wealth fund, an infusion valued at nearly $80 billion US, as the kingdom tries to...

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 21:55:38 EST
Biden orders $7B in frozen Afghan funds be used for humanitarian aid, Sept. 11 victims
President Joe Biden signed an order Friday to free $7 billion US in Afghan assets now frozen in the U.S., splitting the money between humanitarian aid for poverty-stricken Afghanistan and a fund for S...

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 20:13:36 EST
Former U.S. Air Force staff sergeant pleads guilty in fatal shooting of federal guard
A former U.S. Air Force staff sergeant and alleged member of the "boogaloo" extremist movement pleaded guilty Friday in the fatal shooting of a federal security officer in the San Francisco Bay Area a...

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 14:30:17 EST
Galvanized by Canadian trucker protests, convoy of vehicles descends on French capital
Waving French flags and shouting "freedom," protesters angry over pandemic restrictions drove toward Paris on Friday, galvanized in part by truckers who have blockaded Canada's capital and blocked bor...

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 15:25:59 EST
Koalas declared endangered in eastern Australia
Koalas were declared officially endangered Friday in eastern Australia as they fall prey to disease, lost habitat and other threats.

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 14:46:16 EST
Ukrainian Olympian flashes 'No War in Ukraine' sign after competing
A Ukrainian skeleton athlete flashed a small sign that read "No War in Ukraine" to the cameras as he finished a run at the Beijing Olympics on Friday night, a plea for peace at a time of rising tensio...

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 14:37:13 EST
CIA has shielded secret data collection program from oversight, 2 U.S. senators say
Two U.S. senators claim the Central Intelligence Agency is running a secret program aimed at scooping up massive amounts of data and has been shielding it from Congressional oversight, they said in a ...

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 18:06:07 EST
Beijing's ambitious COVID-19 Olympic 'bubble' holding strong
One week into the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games and China seems to be meeting its formidable COVID-19 challenge with a so-called 'bubble' that allows Games participants to skip quarantine but tightly res...



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