Canadian World News
Sat, 12 Feb 2022 11:04:48 ESTSeparatist leaders in Eastern Ukraine order troop mobilization amid Russia invasion fears
Fri, 18 Feb 2022 17:58:04 ESTU.S. Congress asks Facebook: What role did fake overseas accounts have in promoting Canada convoys?
U.S. Congress has asked Facebook: Who used fake overseas accounts to promote Canada's protest convoys? The chair of a powerful committee sent a letter to company founder Mark Zuckerberg that mentions ...
Fri, 18 Feb 2022 15:00:48 ESTClassified documents found at Trump's Mar-a-Lago, U.S. archives agency confirms
The 15 boxes of White House records that were stored at former U.S. president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida contained items marked as classified national security information, the Nat...
Fri, 18 Feb 2022 03:37:07 EST2 stranded truck drivers pulled from burning ferry near Greek island, 11 still missing
Rescue specialists boarded a burning ferry off the coast of Greece to free two truck drivers who had been stranded inside the vessel for more than 15 hours Friday, but hope was fading for 11 others we...
Fri, 18 Feb 2022 12:11:29 ESTKim Potter, former officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright, sentenced to 2 years in prison
The former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she killed Daunte Wright was sentenced Friday to 24 months in prison for manslaughter.
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Fri, 18 Feb 2022 15:38:58 ESTShip carrying thousands of luxury cars to be towed after catching fire at sea near Azores
A ship carrying around 4,000 vehicles, including Porsches, Audis and Bentleys, that caught fire near the coast of the Azores will be towed to another European country or the Bahamas, the captain of th...
Fri, 18 Feb 2022 15:41:23 ESTIsrael says it won't co-operate with UN human rights probe
Israel announced Thursday it would not co-operate with the UN Human Rights Council's investigation into alleged abuses against Palestinians, saying it was unfairly biased against Israel.
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Fri, 18 Feb 2022 09:31:28 ESTMajor storm leaves at least 9 dead in northern Europe
The second major storm in three days smashed through northern Europe on Friday, killing at least nine people as high winds felled trees, cancelled train services and ripped sections off the roof of Lo...
Fri, 18 Feb 2022 10:23:43 ESTAfter Kamila Valieva figure skating debacle, IOC president takes rare shots at Russians
IOC President Thomas Bach joined the global bandwagon of support for Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva Friday, criticizing her entourage and questioning whether 15-year-old athletes should be put u...
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 17:08:22 ESTTrump and 2 of his children must testify under oath in civil probe
A New York judge ruled on Thursday that former U.S. president Donald Trump and two of his adult children must answer questions under oath within 21 days in the state attorney general's civil probe int...
Fri, 18 Feb 2022 07:58:18 ESTCoronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Feb. 18
Canada's two largest provinces are expanding vaccine eligibility. Ontario on Friday began booking third doses for those aged 12-17 on Friday, while Quebec announced that same age group can start boo...
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 04:00:00 ESTChina's high-tech repression of Uyghurs is more sinister – and lucrative – than it seems, anthropologist says
Anthropologist Darren Byler sees a confluence in Xinjiang province in China of constant surveillance, state data harvesting and private companies driven by profit. How does this apply to the global ra...
Sat, 12 Feb 2022 11:04:48 ESTSeparatist leaders in Eastern Ukraine order troop mobilization amid Russia invasion fears
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 14:57:29 ESTGrand jury indicts Florida man accused in human smuggling near Manitoba-U.S. border
A grand jury in Minneapolis has indicted a man who was arrested near the Manitoba-U.S. border last month, accused of involvement in a human smuggling operation.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 16:15:57 ESTFrench troops to leave Mali after 9 years fighting Islamist insurgents
France and military allies said on Thursday they would leave Mali after almost a decade based there fighting Islamist insurgents around West Africa, moving instead to Niger despite public disenchant...
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 09:14:04 ESTFauci says time to start 'inching' back toward normality in U.S.
Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci says it is time for the United States to start inching back towards normality, despite remaining risks from COVID-19.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 09:23:27 ESTU.S. secretary of state says Russia will create pretext for Ukraine attack in 'coming days'
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday at a United Nations Security Council meeting on Ukraine that Russia "plans to manufacture a pretext for its attack on Ukraine" in coming days that ...
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 16:16:21 ESTFormer Angels employee convicted in pitchers' drug-related death
A former Los Angeles Angels employee was convicted Thursday of providing Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs the drugs that led to his overdose death in Texas.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 13:46:44 ESTOttawa has secured exit routes for Canadians still in Ukraine, minister's office says
The federal government says it has secured escape routes through four neighbouring countries to allow Canadians to evade a Russian military incursion into Ukraine.
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 20:14:33 EST$600 million US pledged to help Haiti — but still short UN's $2B target
The United States, the European Union and others pledged $600 million US in additional funds to help Haiti Wednesday as hundreds of thousands of people are still struggling six months after a powerful...