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Mon, 21 Mar 2022 04:47:35 EDT
Chinese airliner carrying 133 crashes in southern province of Guangxi: state media
Chinese airliner with 133 aboard crashes in southern province of Guangxi, state media reported Monday.

Sat, 12 Feb 2022 11:04:48 EST
War in Ukraine could force Canada to shed its self-image as a peacekeeper

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 16:29:21 EDT
Shooting at Arkansas car show leaves 1 dead, 24 wounded
One person was killed and 24 people were wounded after gunfire erupted during a car show that is part of an annual community event in a small southeast Arkansas town, authorities said Sunday. ...

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill part of Republican drive to limit talk of sex and race in U.S. classrooms
Discussions about sexual identity and race are being forced out of schools in states where conservatives argue cultural change has gone overboard.

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 04:00:00 EDT
What can the Commonwealth do? Why questions loom over its role, despite the Queen's devotion
As much as Queen Elizabeth holds out hope that the Commonwealth "remains an influential force for good in our world for generations to come," there has also been longstanding debate and questions over...

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 14:03:51 EDT
At least 6 dead after cargo vessel hits ferry in Bangladesh
Rescuers have recovered six bodies after a cargo vessel hit a ferry carrying dozens of people along a river outside Bangladesh's capital, officials and survivors say.

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 06:11:07 EDT
Ukraine rejects Russia's demand to surrender besieged Mariupol
Russia demanded that Ukrainians in the besieged port city of Mariupol lay down their arms Monday in exchange for safe passage out of town, but Ukraine rejected the offer.

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 03:29:08 EDT
North Korea fires artillery into sea days after failed missile launch, South Korea says
North Korea fired suspected artillery pieces into the sea on Sunday, South Korea's military said, days after the North's latest missile launch ended in failure amid the country's recent burst of weapo...

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 07:47:45 EDT
Car slams into carnival revellers in Belgium, killing 6
 A car has slammed at high speed into carnival revellers in a small town in southern Belgium, killing six people and leaving 10 more with life-threatening injuries.

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 11:21:18 EDT
Zelensky, Putin videos provide glimpse of evolving deepfake threat, experts say
A recent deepfake fail involving a likeness of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky may not have been convincing to the public, but experts fear more advanced versions of such deception could wreak...

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 06:20:43 EDT
Ukraine's Zelensky says siege of Mariupol 'a terror that will be remembered for centuries to come'
Russian forces pushed deeper into Ukraine's besieged and battered port city of Mariupol on Saturday, where heavy fighting shut down a major steel plant and local authorities pleaded for more Western h...

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 04:00:00 EDT
A global food crisis looms amid the war in Ukraine. But there's a way Canada can help
The world's breadbasket is cracking. The war in Ukraine is the latest in a cascading set of problems leading to a potential global food crisis. Here's what experts fear — and how they say Canada can...

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 15:52:08 EDT
Anti-war Russians at Mexico border barred from entering U.S., while Ukrainians are admitted
About three dozen would-be asylum seekers from Russia found themselves blocked from entering the U.S. on Friday, while a group of Ukrainians flashed passports and were escorted across the border. ...

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 02:23:53 EDT
China reports its first COVID-19 deaths in more than a year
China's national health authorities reported two COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, the first recorded rise in the death toll since January 2021, as the country battles an Omicron-driven surge. ...

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 11:51:13 EDT
Oblates to open Rome archives next month for residential school records search
The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) plans to begin a search as soon as next month in the archives of a Roman Catholic order that ran 48 residential schools in Canada, including the...

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 03:53:58 EDT
Russian forces pound Ukraine's capital and also target Lviv, as British warn of 'reckless' new strategy
Russian forces pressed their assault on Ukrainian cities Friday, with new missile strikes and shelling on the capital Kyiv and the outskirts of the western city of Lviv, as world leaders pushed for an...

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 10:46:28 EDT
Great Barrier Reef suffers widespread coral bleaching due to high ocean temperatures
A United Nations delegation is due to assess whether the reef's World Heritage listing should be downgraded due to the ravages of climate change.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 16:51:11 EDT
After Biden and Xi speak, U.S. warns China could face sanctions if it aids Russian invasion
U.S. President Joe Biden warned Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday there would be "consequences" if Beijing gave material support to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the White House said, while both sid...

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 10:03:38 EDT
Russian troops face fierce Ukrainian resistance on Day 24 of invasion
All around the country, there are scenes of resistance and determination as Ukrainians put up a fight against Russia, which has faced heavier-than-expected losses on the battlefield following its inva...

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 15:45:40 EDT
Rising fuel prices spark unrest in parts of Europe
High energy costs are stoking unrest in parts of Europe, with Spain deploying more than 23,000 police officers amid a truckers' strike Friday, while farmers in France and Greece snarled traffic with t...



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