Canadian World News
Sat, 14 May 2022 16:30:08 EDTMass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., that killed 10 a racially motivated hate crime, authorities say
A white 18-year-old wearing military gear and livestreaming with a helmet camera opened fire with a rifle at a supermarket in Buffalo, killing 10 people and wounding three others Saturday in what auth...
Sun, 15 May 2022 04:46:02 EDTUkraine's Zelensky strikes defiant tone as Russia retreats from Kharkiv
Fresh off his country's Eurovision win, a defiant Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed early Sunday to one day host the song contest in the embattled city of Mariupol, which is almost entirel...
Sat, 14 May 2022 12:33:19 EDTAbortion rights protesters rally across the U.S. in hundreds of 'Bans Off Our Bodies' marches
Abortion rights supporters began gathering for protests across the United States on Saturday, starting what organizers said would be "a summer of rage" if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the Roe v. W...
Sat, 12 Feb 2022 11:04:48 ESTResidents of Ukrainian city of Kharkiv pause for breath as Russian forces recede
Sat, 14 May 2022 18:32:41 EDTBritney Spears says she had a miscarriage
Britney Spears said she had a miscarriage. Spears announced the news on Instagram Saturday in a joint post with her partner, Sam Asghari.
Sat, 14 May 2022 14:22:25 EDTWidow describes surviving missile attack that destroyed her Ukrainian home
The Russian missile turned Vera Kosolopenko's small home into a fiery pyre that consumed the bible and all of the other precious mementoes that she cherished of her late husband.
Sat, 14 May 2022 04:00:00 EDTRandy Weaver, key figure behind bloody Ruby Ridge standoff near Canada-U.S. border, dies
Randy Weaver, who died this week, was a deeply flawed extremist whose case nevertheless illustrates the awesome responsibilities law enforcement have and the careful line they must walk to avoid disas...
Fri, 13 May 2022 14:36:11 EDT2 arrested after fire at New Delhi commercial building claims at least 27 lives
Police arrested two owners of a company that manufactures and sells security cameras after a massive fire reportedly started in their office in a four-storey commercial building in the Indian capital,...
Sat, 14 May 2022 04:15:54 EDTTransgender youth in Alabama can get gender-affirming medical care, judge rules
A federal judge on Friday blocked part of an Alabama law that made it a felony to prescribe gender-affirming puberty blockers and hormones to transgender minors.
Fri, 13 May 2022 20:03:07 EDTNorth Korea reports 21 new fever deaths amid country's 1st COVID-19 outbreak
North Korea on Saturday reported 21 new deaths and 174,440 more people with fever symptoms as the country scrambles to slow the spread of COVID-19 across its unvaccinated population.
Fri, 13 May 2022 13:44:06 EDTIsraeli police beat mourners carrying slain Al Jazeera journalist's casket
Israeli police officers charged at Palestinian mourners carrying the coffin of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday, before thousands led her casket through Jerusalem's Old City in an out...
Sat, 14 May 2022 09:17:40 EDTG7 to tackle Ukraine grain crisis, continue economic pressure on Russia
Group of Seven foreign ministers vowed on Saturday to reinforce Russia's economic and political isolation, continue supplying weapons to Ukraine and tackle what Germany's foreign minister described as...
Fri, 13 May 2022 14:42:08 EDTCharacter actor Fred Ward, known for role in The Right Stuff, dead at age 79
Veteran film and television actor best known for playing gruff, tough-guy roles in movies such as Tremors, Escape from Alcatraz, and The Right Stuff, died on Sunday, his publicist said on Friday. No c...
Fri, 13 May 2022 10:12:50 EDTThe U.S. is running out of baby formula. Here's what's going on
Many parents are hunting for infant formula because of a combination of short- and long-term problems that has hit most of the biggest U.S. brands. Here's a look at what's behind the problem, as well ...
Fri, 13 May 2022 08:26:24 EDTWhile global aid is diverted due to Ukraine, children are starving in Nigeria
The impact of the war in Ukraine — and the diversion of global humanitarian funds to help those fleeing — is having an impact in northern Nigeria, where agencies warn of soaring malnutrition.
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Fri, 13 May 2022 12:04:24 EDTCzech Republic welcomes 1st visitors to world's longest suspension footbridge
Fear and adrenaline were among the initial feelings as the first tourists stepped out on the world's longest suspension footbridge, spanning a mountain valley in the Czech Republic.
Fri, 13 May 2022 07:38:13 EDTElon Musk says Twitter deal 'temporarily on hold'
Elon Musk said Friday that his planned $44 billion US purchase of Twitter is "temporarily on hold" pending details on spam and fake accounts on the social media platform, another twist amid signs of i...
Fri, 13 May 2022 04:00:00 EDTWill abortion upend American politics? Here's what the early polling tells us
Early polling on the abortion issue in the United States shows subtle attitude shifts among the public and tells us about whether it has any potential to shape the midterm elections in November.
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Fri, 13 May 2022 09:42:46 EDTGiraffe calf walks tall after getting leg brace
Ara Mirzaian has fitted braces for everyone from Paralympians to children with scoliosis. But Msituni was a patient like none other — a newborn giraffe.
Fri, 13 May 2022 08:44:17 EDTDetention of WNBA's Brittney Griner in Moscow extended for 1 month
The lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner says her pre-trial detention in Russia is extended by one month. Griner's lawyer Alexander Boykov told The Associated Press he believed the relatively short ex...