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Sat, 12 Feb 2022 11:04:48 ESTPutin wanted less NATO on his border. Finland and maybe Sweden will give him more
Thu, 12 May 2022 08:09:02 EDTWest's support for Ukraine risks 'full-scale nuclear war,' top Russian official warns
A roundup of events on Day 78 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine: The Kremlin warns that Finland joining NATO would be a threat; top Russian official urges West to think about consequences of 'Russophobi...
Thu, 12 May 2022 20:02:48 EDTA day after admitting COVID-19 outbreak, North Korea says nearly 190,000 people in quarantine
Six people have died and 350,000 have been treated for a fever that has spread "explosively" across North Korea, state media said Friday, a day after acknowledging a COVID-19 outbreak for the first ti...
Thu, 12 May 2022 16:04:36 EDTPressure builds for Europe to secure gas supplies from outside Russia
Pressure on Europe to secure alternative gas supplies increased on Thursday as Moscow imposed sanctions on European subsidiaries of state-owned Gazprom a day after Ukraine stopped a major gas transit ...
Thu, 12 May 2022 10:58:10 EDTU.S. surpasses 1 million COVID-19 deaths: A look at the numbers
Reported COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have surpassed one million, according to tracking from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.
Thu, 12 May 2022 16:53:55 EDTNew Zealand targets supply management system to get better access to Canada's dairy market
Canada’s dairy industry will soon be defending a new front, in its ongoing battle to preserve its supply management system in the face of international trade challenges.
Thu, 12 May 2022 09:30:22 EDTAstronomers reveal first photograph of a monster black hole at the heart of our galaxy
In another historic first, astronomers using the Event Horizon Telescope have taken the first image of the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole, named Sagittarius A*.
Thu, 12 May 2022 17:26:09 EDT'Holy cow ... are you kidding me?' Scientists stunned to see plants grow in soil from the moon
Researchers had no idea if anything would sprout in harsh moon dirt and wanted to see if it could be used to grow food by the next generation of lunar explorers. The results stunned them.
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Thu, 12 May 2022 11:33:49 EDTGolf great Greg Norman's comments on Khashoggi killing spark backlash
Greg Norman's brushing off of Jamal Khashoggi's killing as a "mistake" has been condemned by the fiancee of the late Washington Post columnist.
Thu, 12 May 2022 14:33:13 EDTJan. 6 committee issues subpoenas to House Republican leader, 4 others
U.S. House investigators said Thursday they have issued subpoenas to House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other Republican lawmakers as part of their probe into the violent Jan. 6 insurrect...
Thu, 12 May 2022 10:00:58 EDTAl Jazeera accuses Israel of deliberately killing Palestinian-American reporter
Thousands gathered to mourn a slain Al Jazeera journalist in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday, as the head of the Palestinian Authority blamed Israel for her death and rejected Isra...
Thu, 12 May 2022 12:40:28 EDTTrump Hotel in D.C. officially gone, but Democrats don't want it entirely forgotten
The lease to the Washington, D.C., hotel run by Donald Trump's family company while he was president, a symbol of his power to Republicans and corruption to his critics, has been sold by his family co...
Thu, 12 May 2022 11:54:40 EDTGiant endangered freshwater stingray rescued by scientists
A team of marine biologists has welcomed the discovery of an endangered giant freshwater stingray during a recent expedition to a remote stretch of the Mekong River in Cambodia, though they warned the...
Wed, 11 May 2022 20:56:38 EDTNorth Korea imposes nationwide lockdown over 1st reported COVID-19 outbreak
North Korea imposed a nationwide lockdown Thursday to control its first acknowledged COVID-19 outbreak after two years of holding to a widely doubted claim that it had a perfect record of keeping out...
Wed, 11 May 2022 01:57:43 EDTAl Jazeera reporter killed during Israeli raid in West Bank
A journalist for Al Jazeera was shot and killed while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin early Wednesday. The broadcaster blamed Israeli forces, while Israel initially sa...
Wed, 11 May 2022 19:04:25 EDTTentative settlement in deadly Florida condo collapse lawsuit totals nearly $1B US
A nearly $1-billion US tentative settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit brought by families of victims and survivors of last June's condominium collapse in Surfside, Fla., an attorney s...
Wed, 11 May 2022 14:12:06 EDTStudy sheds light on dark history of U.S. Indigenous residential schools
A U.S. federal study of Native American boarding schools — that for over a century sought to assimilate Indigenous children into white society — has identified more than 500 student deaths at the...
Wed, 11 May 2022 15:48:50 EDTJesse Williams' Broadway nude scene posted online, prompting outrage
Video of a naked Jesse Williams, captured onstage in a shower scene from a Broadway play, has been posted online — prompting an outcry from the producers and the union that represents actors and sta...
Wed, 11 May 2022 10:05:29 EDTU.S. inflation hit 8.3% last month but slows from 40-year high
Inflation slowed in April after seven months of relentless gains, a tentative sign that price increases may be peaking while still imposing a financial strain on American households.
Wed, 11 May 2022 10:03:27 EDTEU to lift mask requirement for air travellers next week
The European Union will no longer require masks to be worn at airports and on planes starting next week amid the easing of coronavirus restrictions across the bloc, authorities said Wednesday.
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