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Sat, 12 Feb 2022 11:04:48 EST
Russia's dreaded cyberwarriors seem to be struggling in Ukraine

Sun, 22 May 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Accused Buffalo killer got weapons tips in chat group, prompting calls for online oversight
The recent deadly racist attack in Buffalo, N.Y., planned with tactical advice from online chat groups, is sparking calls in Canada and beyond for better oversight of internet content. Civil liberti...

Sat, 21 May 2022 10:44:10 EDT
Australian PM concedes election defeat as Labor Party looks likely to form government
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has conceded defeat in a national election, saying that while vote counting is incomplete, the opposition Labor Party looks likely to form a government. ...

Sat, 21 May 2022 17:33:46 EDT
Youngest victim of Buffalo, N.Y., mass shooting laid to rest
Roberta Drury, a 32-year-old woman who was the youngest of the 10 Black people killed at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket, was remembered at her funeral on Saturday for her kindness and welcoming natureÂ...

Sat, 21 May 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Monkeypox outbreaks in Canada and worldwide signal shift in behaviour of virus
As the world races to understand more about rapidly emerging monkeypox outbreaks, the speed in which cases are being discovered worldwide signals a major shift in the behaviour of the virus and its ab...

Sat, 21 May 2022 10:16:02 EDT
U.S., Canada and other APEC delegates walk out on Russian speaker
Delegates from the United States and four other nations staged a walkout on Saturday when a representative from Russia began his opening remarks at a meeting of trade ministers of the Asia-Pacific Eco...

Sat, 21 May 2022 19:54:22 EDT
MLB investigating after Yankees' Josh Donaldson accused of making racist remark
Chicago White Sox star shortstop Tim Anderson accused Yankees slugger Josh Donaldson of making a racist remark by calling him Jackie Robinson during Saturday's game against New York.

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 03:38:42 EDT
Russia claims full control of Mariupol, 'complete liberation' of holdout steel mill
Russia claimed to have captured Mariupol on Friday in what would be its biggest victory yet in its war with Ukraine, following a nearly three-month siege that reduced much of the strategic port city t...

Fri, 20 May 2022 20:38:07 EDT
Deadly tornado damages homes, knocks out power in Michigan
A second person died in a tornado that hit northern Michigan, authorities reported Saturday, as crews searched a mobile home park that was virtually destroyed by a rare twister in an area with no weat...

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 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. ...

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. ...



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