Canadian World News
Sun, 21 Aug 2022 06:21:59 EDTSuspected car bomb kills daughter of Russian nationalist known as 'Putin's brain'
Darya Dugina, the daughter of Alexander Dugin — an influential Russian political theorist often referred to as "Putin's brain" — was killed in a car bombing on the outskirts of Moscow, authorities...
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 03:40:28 EDTPolice file terrorism charges against Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan
Pakistani police have filed terrorism charges against former prime minister Imran Khan, authorities said Monday, escalating political tensions in the country as the ousted premier holds mass rallies s...
Sun, 21 Aug 2022 08:33:51 EDTSomali forces end 30-hour hotel siege, free trapped civilians
Somali authorities on Sunday ended a deadly attack in which at least 20 people were killed and many others wounded when gunmen stormed a hotel in the capital.
Sun, 21 Aug 2022 12:12:25 EDTFlash flooding kills dozens in Afghanistan, Pakistan
Heavy flooding from seasonal monsoon rains in eastern Afghanistan and neighbouring parts of Pakistan left dozens of people dead overnight, according to local officials on Sunday.
Sat, 20 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDTJared Kushner memoir chronicles frustrations of negotiating trade deal with Canada
A memoir by Jared Kushner chronicles U.S. frustrations in negotiating a trade deal with Canada. It offers a peek into historic talks and insists there was method to the madness of his father-in-law, D...
Sun, 21 Aug 2022 17:49:48 EDTFord will appeal $1.7 billion US verdict in civil lawsuit after deadly F-250 pickup truck crash
Ford Motor Co. plans to appeal a $1.7 billion US verdict in a years long civil case against the automaker after a 2014 pickup truck crash that claimed the lives of a Georgia couple, a company represen...
Sun, 21 Aug 2022 11:49:23 EDTSingapore to repeal colonial-era law banning sex between men
Singapore announced Sunday it will decriminalize sex between men by repealing a colonial-era law, while also protecting the city-state's definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman.
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Sat, 20 Aug 2022 14:49:52 EDTEmergency workers among 32 killed in Turkey in separate crashes at accident sites
At least 32 people were killed in southeast Turkey on Saturday when vehicles crashed into first respondents who were attending earlier accidents, authorities said.
Sat, 20 Aug 2022 10:19:43 EDTRussia claims to have repelled 'attacks by small drones' in Crimea
Russian authorities report shooting down Ukrainian drones in Crimea, while Ukrainian officials say Russian forces pressed ahead with efforts to seize one of the few cities in Eastern Ukraine not alrea...
Sat, 20 Aug 2022 12:47:41 EDTAt least 20 killed after militants storm hotel in Somali capital
Islamist militants have stormed a hotel in Somalia's capital, engaging in an hours-long exchange of fire with security forces that left at least 20 people dead, according to police and witnesses.
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Fri, 19 Aug 2022 23:32:54 EDTMexican officials make 1st high-level arrest in notorious 2014 disappearance of 43 students
Mexican officials on Friday made the first high-level arrest in the notorious 2014 disappearance of 43 students, accusing a former top prosecutor of crimes in one of Mexico's worst human rights abuses...
Sat, 20 Aug 2022 11:50:38 EDTWorkers at U.K.'s biggest container port expected to launch 8-day strike Sunday
Almost 2,000 workers at the United Kingdom's biggest container port are expected to launch an eight-day strike Sunday over a pay dispute, as thousands of rail workers continued a summer of strikes to ...
Fri, 19 Aug 2022 16:58:01 EDTDrones, blasts hit Russian-held parts of Ukraine showing Kyiv's battlefield reach
Russia reported fresh Ukrainian drone attacks on Friday evening, a day after explosions erupted near military bases in Russian-held areas of Ukraine and Russia itself, apparent displays of Kyiv's grow...
Fri, 19 Aug 2022 19:05:37 EDTKobe Bryant's widow testifies that crash photos turned grief into horror
Vanessa Bryant testified Friday that she was only beginning to grieve the loss of her husband, basketball star Kobe Bryant, and their 13-year-old daughter when she learned that sheriff's deputies and ...
Fri, 19 Aug 2022 14:22:52 EDTRussia's Gazprom says key gas pipeline to Europe will shut down for 'routine maintenance'
A key Russian natural gas pipeline will shut down for three days of maintenance at the end of this month, the state-owned energy company Gazprom announced Friday, raising economic pressure on Germany ...
Fri, 19 Aug 2022 18:15:40 EDTRally for author Salman Rushdie draws hundreds of supporters in New York
Friends and fellow authors spoke out on Salman Rushdie's behalf during a rally Friday on the steps of the main branch of the New York Public Library, one week after he was attacked onstage in the west...
Fri, 19 Aug 2022 16:27:12 EDTU.S. lawmakers seek social media data after increase in online threats against law enforcement
U.S. Democratic lawmakers on Friday asked social media platforms to turn over data regarding an increase in online threats aimed at law enforcement following a search of former president Donald Trump'...
Fri, 19 Aug 2022 06:35:49 EDTXiao Jianhua, Chinese-Canadian billionaire, sentenced to 13 years in prison in Shanghai
A Chinese-born Canadian tycoon who disappeared from Hong Kong in 2017 was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for a multibillion-dollar string of financial offences and his company was fined $10.5 ...
Fri, 19 Aug 2022 11:57:19 EDTTop U.S. Republican urges Canada to scrap ArriveCAN app
A top U.S. Republican is urging Canada to scrap the ArriveCAN app. House member Elise Stefanik calls it a glitchy disincentive to travelling and doing business and says its use should no longer be man...
Fri, 19 Aug 2022 11:56:33 EDTDan Price leaves Gravity Payments, vows to fight 'false allegations'
A Seattle CEO who announced in 2015 that he was giving himself a drastic pay cut to help cover the cost of big raises for his employees has announced his resignation.