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Wed, 3 Aug 2022 15:18:35 EDTConspiracy theorist Alex Jones concedes Sandy Hook shooting '100% real' at defamation trial
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones testified Wednesday that he now understands it was irresponsible of him to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax and that he now believes it was "100 ...
Wed, 3 Aug 2022 10:37:49 EDTUkraine grain shipment 'still nothing' amid shattered economy, Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy dismissed the importance of the first grain export shipment from his country since Russia invaded, saying it was carrying a fraction of the crop Kyiv must sell t...
Wed, 3 Aug 2022 12:49:40 EDTVolcano near Iceland's capital, main airport erupts again after 8-month pause
A volcano in southwest Iceland began erupting Wednesday, the country's meteorological authorities said — just eight months after its last eruption officially ended.
Wed, 3 Aug 2022 11:28:49 EDTOPEC+ agrees to boost oil output by 100,000 barrels per day
The OPEC oil cartel and its allies decided Wednesday to boost production in September by a much slower pace than in previous months at a time of high gasoline prices and unstable energy supplies exace...
Wed, 3 Aug 2022 08:27:47 EDTVoters in conservative Kansas resoundingly affirm support for access to abortion
Kansas voters on Tuesday sent a resounding message about their desire to protect abortion rights, rejecting a ballot measure in the conservative state that would have allowed the Republican-controlled...
Wed, 3 Aug 2022 08:03:25 EDTPope Francis asks for 'forgiveness in the name of the church' for abuses at residential schools
Pope Francis said on Wednesday he felt the pain of survivors of Canada's residential school system and he asked for "forgiveness in the name of the church" for the role many of its members played in ...
Tue, 2 Aug 2022 16:11:10 EDTNew Canadian sanctions against Russia target accused 'Butchers of Bucha'
Canada imposed a new round of sanctions against lower level Russia military officers, accused of taking part in atrocities outside of Kyiv last winter.
Wed, 3 Aug 2022 09:32:30 EDTJoly, German counterpart defend decision to return turbines covered under Russian sanctions
The meeting follows Canada's controversial decision to send parts of a Russian natural gas pipeline back to Germany, a decision Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called unacceptable.
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Wed, 3 Aug 2022 05:35:56 EDTPelosi says U.S. will not abandon commitment to Taiwan's security as China protests
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi left Taiwan after a visit that heightened tensions with China, saying Wednesday that she and other members of Congress in her delegation showed they will not abandon th...
Tue, 2 Aug 2022 19:00:51 EDT2 more found dead as huge California wildfire continues to rage
Two people were found dead within the burn zone of a huge Northern California wildfire, raising the death toll to four in the state's largest blaze of the year, authorities said Tuesday.
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Tue, 2 Aug 2022 09:35:47 EDTU.S. killing of al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan heightens scrutiny of Taliban
The U.S. drone strike that killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri on the balcony of a Kabul safe house this weekend has intensified global scrutiny of Afghanistan's Taliban rulers, possibly undermini...
Tue, 2 Aug 2022 12:59:42 EDTU.K. authorities charge man with crossbow after he was arrested at Windsor Castle
British prosecutors have charged a man with intending to "injure or alarm" Queen Elizabeth after he was arrested at Windsor Castle on Christmas Day.
Tue, 2 Aug 2022 05:43:51 EDTWorld just one misstep away from 'nuclear annihilation,' UN chief warns
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres sounded the alarm over the war in Ukraine, nuclear threats in Asia and the Middle East, and other tensions, warning that "humanity is just one misunde...
Mon, 1 Aug 2022 21:07:51 EDTWhite House names co-ordinator to lead U.S. response to monkeypox
U.S. President Joe Biden is naming two officials to serve as the White House co-ordinators to combat the growing monkeypox outbreak, with California on Monday becoming the second state in three days t...
Tue, 2 Aug 2022 09:38:24 EDTGreg Norman says Tiger Woods rejected up to $800M US to join LIV Golf series
Tiger Woods turned down an offer that Greg Norman says was "somewhere in that neighborhood" of $700 million to $800 million US to take part in the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series.
Tue, 2 Aug 2022 12:23:54 EDTMo Ostin, music industry giant, dies at 95
Mo Ostin, who presided over Warner Bros. Records' rise to a sprawling, billion-dollar empire and helped discover and nurture artists from Jimi Hendrix to Green Day, has died.
Mon, 1 Aug 2022 15:30:28 EDTJudge's order further freezes Michigan abortion ban
A judge blocked enforcement of a 1931 Michigan ban on abortion Monday, just hours after the state Court of Appeals said county prosecutors were not covered by a May order and could enforce the prohibi...
Mon, 1 Aug 2022 16:09:45 EDTTexas man who stormed U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 while armed sentenced to 7 years in prison
A Texas man convicted of storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, while wearing a holstered handgun, a helmet and body armour was sentenced on Monday to 87 months in prison. The sentence of just ove...
Mon, 1 Aug 2022 19:20:45 EDTU.S. drone strike kills al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, Biden confirms
A U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan this weekend killed Ayman al-Zawahri, who took over as al-Qaeda leader after Osama bin Laden's death in a U.S. raid in 2011, President Joe Biden confirmed Monday, 11...
Mon, 1 Aug 2022 12:07:33 EDTCalifornia forest fire kills 2 as crews battle flames on Day 4
Two bodies were found inside a burnt-out car in the path of a northern California forest fire raging near the Oregon border, authorities said Monday as crews battling the flames for a fourth day took ...