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Sat, 12 Feb 2022 11:04:48 EST
Ukraine in ruins: These homes and lives were shattered by the Russian invasion

Sat, 21 May 2022 04:37:06 EDT
U.S., South Korea open to expanded military drills to deter North as Biden visits Seoul
U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korea President Yoon Suk-yeol said after meeting Saturday that they will consider expanded military exercises to deter the nuclear threat from North Korea at a time ...

Fri, 20 May 2022 15:20:48 EDT
Donald Trump pays $110,000 US in fines after being held in contempt of court
Former U.S. president Donald Trump has paid the $110,000 US in fines he racked up after being held in contempt of court for being slow to respond to a civil subpoena issued by New York's attorney gene...

Fri, 20 May 2022 20:38:07 EDT
Deadly tornado damages homes, knocks out power in Michigan
A rare northern Michigan tornado tore through a small community on Friday, killing at least one person and injuring more than 40 others as it flipped vehicles, tore roofs from buildings and downed tre...

Fri, 20 May 2022 19:51:33 EDT
Australian election underway, with poll-leading Labor Party hoping for 1st win since 2007
Vote counting started in Australia's election on Saturday that will decide whether Prime Minister Scott Morrison's conservative government can defy odds and rule for a fourth three-year term. ...

Thu, 19 May 2022 22:37:50 EDT
Nearly 10% of North Korea's population sick amid COVID outbreak
North Korea said Friday that nearly 10 per cent of its 26 million people have fallen ill and 65 people have died amid its first COVID-19 outbreak, as outside experts question the validity of its repor...

Fri, 20 May 2022 16:03:43 EDT
1 dead, dozens injured as suspected tornado, violent storms hit western Germany
Violent storms buffeting western Germany on Friday killed at least one man and injured some 40 people, 10 of them seriously, when an apparent tornado raked several towns, police and local media said. ...

Fri, 20 May 2022 10:14:15 EDT
Somehow, cherished Blackfoot items ended up in Devon, England. Now they're headed home
More than a century and a half after the legendary Blackfoot Chief Crowfoot wore his buckskin skirt and leggings, his descedents are finally bringing them home to the Alberta foothills. ...

Fri, 20 May 2022 07:02:07 EDT
Sri Lanka closes schools, offices due to fuel shortage
Sri Lankan schools were closed and public officials were asked not to come to work in a desperate move to prepare for an acute fuel shortage that is expected to last days, with protests continuing ami...

Fri, 20 May 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Racist conspiracy theory unified white supremacists long before Buffalo, N.Y., shooting
Whether it goes by the "great replacement" or another name, the conspiracy theory embraced by the accused Buffalo, N.Y., gunman has inspired several mass shootings in recent years — in Canada an...

Fri, 20 May 2022 13:29:45 EDT
This ancient, stolen ring is back home after a wild ride
A more than 3,000-year-old gold signet ring that was stolen from an Aegean island in the Second World War, crossed the Atlantic, was bought by a Nobel Prize-winning Hungarian scientist and ended up in...

Fri, 20 May 2022 12:16:59 EDT
Shanghai detects new COVID-19 cases outside quarantined areas
Shanghai announced its first new COVID-19 cases outside quarantined areas in five days on Friday and imposed stricter curbs in two districts, but did not signal any change to the planned end of a city...

Fri, 20 May 2022 09:01:17 EDT
Elon Musk denies allegations he sexually harassed flight attendant in 2016
Billionaire Elon Musk took to Twitter late on Thursday to denounce as "utterly untrue" claims in a news report that he had sexually harassed a flight attendant on a private jet in 2016. ...

Fri, 20 May 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Israeli court decision could pave way for Palestinian evictions in West Bank
This week on Nothing is Foreign, a look at the Israeli court decision in a 20-year legal battle that could allow the government to expel around 1,200 Palestinians from the Masafer Yatta area of the We...

Fri, 20 May 2022 09:57:38 EDT
Man charged in Dave Chappelle attack also charged in roommate stabbing
Authorities say Isaiah Lee, the man charged in an on-stage attack of comedian Dave Chappelle, has now also been charged with the attempted murder of a roommate months earlier.

Thu, 19 May 2022 20:33:46 EDT
Taliban orders all female TV presenters to cover their faces while on air
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers ordered all female presenters on TV channels to cover their faces on air, the country's biggest media outlet said Thursday.

Thu, 19 May 2022 15:34:00 EDT
U.K. to offer smallpox vaccine shots to health workers as monkeypox spreads in Europe
A smattering of monkeypox cases in Britain has prompted authorities to offer a smallpox vaccine to some health-care workers and others who may have been exposed, as a handful more cases were confirmed...

Thu, 19 May 2022 16:34:27 EDT
No more fines for U.K. PM Boris Johnson after police wrap 'partygate' probe
Britain's Metropolitan Police told Prime Minister Boris Johnson he faced no further action over lockdown-breaching gatherings at his official residence and other government sites, after the force said...

Thu, 19 May 2022 12:00:17 EDT
Ford recalling SUVs due to unexplained engine fires, including 2,863 sold in Canada
Ford has issued three recalls of more than 350,000 vehicles in North America, including nearly 3,000 in Canada and 39,000 in the U.S. due to a risk the engines could catch fire.

Thu, 19 May 2022 15:29:51 EDT
Israel's ruling coalition slips into minority position with departure of lawmaker
Israel's ruling coalition became a minority in parliament on Thursday when an Arab lawmaker from a left-wing party quit, leaving Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett with a more precarious grip on p...



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