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Tue, 12 Jul 2022 04:00:00 EDT
With depleted arsenal in 5th month of war, Russia seeks to force companies, workers to pitch in
New laws making their way through parliament are meant to help speed up production of military equipment for Russia's depleted armed forces. While the government mobilizes business, recruiters are loo...

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 16:30:09 EDT
James Webb Space Telescope's 1st image shows deepest, sharpest view of universe ever
The first image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope unveiled at the White House on Monday shows the farthest humanity has ever seen in both time and distance.

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 17:24:20 EDT
Putin plans to fast-track Russian citizenship for Ukrainians as death toll rises in apartment strike
As Russian missiles struck a key Ukrainian city, Russian President Vladimir Putin expanded a fast-track procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship to all Ukrainians on Monday, another effort to stren...

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 12:31:51 EDT
Yosemite Park sequoias under threat from wildfire amid western U.S. heat wave
As firefighters battle a wildfire threatening a grove of giant sequoias in the national park, high temperatures were posing a challenge in California and Utah, with Texas regulators warning of potenti...

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 18:02:42 EDT
2 dead, 3 wounded in shootings at 4 California 7-Eleven stores, police say
Two people were killed and three were wounded in shootings before dawn Monday at four 7-Eleven stores in Southern California, authorities said. Police say at least three of the four shootings are beli...

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 10:50:12 EDT
50 newly identified victims reburied in Bosnia on anniversary of Srebrenica massacre
Fifty newly identified victims were honored and reburied Monday in Bosnia as thousands gathered to commemorate the anniversary of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe's only acknowledged genocide sinc...

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 08:15:45 EDT
Sri Lankan protesters remain at leaders' residences as politicians wrangle over new government
Sri Lanka was in a political vacuum for a second day Monday with opposition leaders yet to agree on who should replace its roundly rejected leaders, whose residences are occupied by protesters angry o...

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 11:26:47 EDT
Amber Heard attorneys seek mistrial, say juror served improperly
One of the jurors in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial served improperly, an attorney for Heard alleged in a recent filing that asked the court to declare a mistrial and order a new trial. ...

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 07:04:12 EDT
Japan's Shinzo Abe mourned at wake in Tokyo
With flags at half-mast, Japan mourned the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, with his body taken to Zojoji Temple in Tokyo for a wake, ahead of a funeral on Tuesday.

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 13:29:53 EDT
Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice added to new Broncos ownership group
Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has been added to the new Broncos ownership group. Rob Walton announced the inclusion of Rice in a statement issued Monday on behalf of the Walton-Penne...

Sun, 10 Jul 2022 19:48:54 EDT
Trump ally Steve Bannon reverses course, now says he's willing to testify before Jan. 6 panel
Steve Bannon, a former White House strategist and ally of former U.S. president Donald Trump who faces criminal charges after months of defying a congressional subpoena over the Capitol riot, has told...

Sun, 10 Jul 2022 06:51:19 EDT
Sri Lanka protesters vow to occupy presidential, PM's residences until new government formed
Leaders of Sri Lanka's protest movement said on Sunday they would occupy the residences of the president and prime minister until they finally quit office — the day after the two men agreed to resig...

Sun, 10 Jul 2022 12:00:00 EDT
Uber deliberately dodged authorities, ignored rules in early years, leaked documents show
A leak of more than 80,000 internal emails from Uber lays bare the ride-hailing company's law-skirting methods for insinuating itself into new markets and courting powerful figures to try to get its w...

Sun, 10 Jul 2022 09:45:52 EDT
Deadly Russian rocket attack hits Eastern Ukraine; Kyiv criticizes Ottawa over turbine return
Dozens of Ukrainian emergency workers laboured on Sunday to pull people out of the rubble after a Russian rocket attack smashed into apartment buildings in Eastern Ukraine. The strike killed at least ...

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 03:36:34 EDT
Japan ruling party wins big in polls in wake of Shinzo Abe's assassination
Japan's governing party and its coalition partner scored a major victory in a parliamentary election Sunday imbued with meaning after the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe amid uncerta...

Sun, 10 Jul 2022 12:25:31 EDT
Djokovic outlasts Kyrgios to claim 4th consecutive Wimbledon title
Novak Djokovic used his steady brilliance to beat the ace-delivering, trick-shot-hitting Nick Kyrgios 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3) on Sunday for a fourth consecutive Wimbledon championship and seventh overa...

Sun, 10 Jul 2022 05:16:08 EDT
Gunmen kill 19 people at taverns in South Africa
Gunmen killed 19 people in two apparently random shootings within hours of each other at taverns in South Africa, police said on Sunday, reinforcing the country's bleak status as a global centre for m...

Sun, 10 Jul 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Refurbishing Buckingham Palace helps push royal spending up 17%, cut into reserves
Money — along with how taxpayers' money is spent — can often be at the root of controversy and debate. So it came as no surprise when recent headlines focused on the Royal Family's finances, along...

Sun, 10 Jul 2022 06:20:42 EDT
Shinzo Abe's party appears headed to major victory after assassination
Japanese went to the polls Sunday in the shadow of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was gunned down while making a campaign speech. Abe's governing party appeared to be cruis...

Fri, 8 Jul 2022 08:36:25 EDT
Japanese police chief acknowledges 'problems with our security' after Shinzo Abe's assassination



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