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Maddison celebrates alone as Leicester jumps to 2nd 2021-01-16 17:31:13LEICESTER, England (AP) - Leicester climbed to second place in the English Premier League by beating Southampton 2-0, with James Maddison marking his

UK chooses Cornish village as site for G-7 2021-01-16 17:30:07LONDON (AP) - The British government has chosen an English village on the coast of Cornwall as the site for the next annual summit of leading industri

Iranian missile lands 20 miles from commercial ship 2021-01-16 16:14:21Iran said its military fired long-range ballistic missiles into the Indian Ocean on Saturday that reportedly came relatively close to a commercial shi

U.K. coronavirus variant could be dominant strain circulating 2021-01-16 15:21:59The highly contagious coronavirus variant from the U.K. could become the dominant strain circulating the United States by March, the Centers for Disea

UN says breakthrough achieved in Libya transition talks 2021-01-16 15:14:16CAIRO (AP) - The top U.N. official for Libya said Saturday that an advisory committee for representatives of Libya's different regions has proposed a

State capitols boarded up, fenced off, patrolled by 2021-01-16 14:33:00A double row of chain-link fencing circles the Arizona State Capitol. Windows on the Illinois and Ohio statehouses have been boarded up. National Guar

Explainer: Road to Palestinian vote full of obstacles 2021-01-16 11:35:32GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has announced that the first presidential and parliamentary elections since 2006 will

Norway warns of possible COVID-19 vaccine risks for 2021-01-16 11:26:20Norwegian health officials are warning about the possible risks of COVID-19 vaccines for frail, elderly people following reports of deaths linked to t

Philippine air force helicopter crash kills all 7 2021-01-16 09:43:21CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines (AP) - A Philippine air force helicopter carrying supplies for counterinsurgency forces crashed in the country’s sou

After Trump, Biden aims to reshape the presidency 2021-01-16 08:32:31WASHINGTON (AP) - When Joe Biden takes the oath of office Wednesday outside a wounded U.S. Capitol, he will begin reshaping the office of the presiden

Iranian Guard holds anti-warship ballistic missile drill 2021-01-16 04:26:48TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard conducted a drill Saturday launching anti-warship ballistic missiles at a simulated

Trump's presidency not just a blip in US 2021-01-16 01:08:22WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Joe Biden’s plan to scrap President Donald Trump’s vision of “America First” in favor of &ld

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Alberta drafts Capitol Hill operatives as it seeks 2021-01-15 18:28:24Alberta’s UCP government is hiring influential lobbyists and communications experts in Washington, D.C., as it seeks support on Capitol Hill for

Prince Harry reportedly heartbroken over rift with Royal 2021-01-15 17:43:48Britain's Prince Harry is heartbroken over his split with the Royal Family, but he and his wife, Meghan, are happy with their new lives in

U.S. gun rights group National Rifle Association files 2021-01-15 17:25:44The U.S. National Rifle Association announced Friday it has filed for bankruptcy and will seek to incorporate the nation's most politically influenti

U.S. expected to execute 13th death row inmate 2021-01-15 16:42:04The U.S. government intends to carry out the 13th and final execution under President Donald Trump's administration on Friday evening, just five days

Couche-Tard drops bid to take over Carrefour: sources 2021-01-15 13:02:19Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard has dropped its 16.2 billion euro ($24.9 billion Cdn) bid to acquire European retailer Carrefour SA after the

Biden announces new vaccine czar, massive spending to 2021-01-15 09:43:00President-elect Joe Biden has picked a former Food and Drug commissioner to lead vaccine science in his drive to put 100 million shots into the arms o

Some glimpses of U.S. president-elect Joe Biden on 2021-01-15 08:30:00Since 1974, U.S. president-elect Joe Biden has caught the attention of CBC News, as he served as a senator and later as U.S. vice president.

Russia to withdraw from Open Skies Treaty after 2021-01-15 07:38:34Russia said Friday it will withdraw from an international treaty allowing observation flights over military facilities following the U.S. exit from th

Travel ban over Brazilian variant precautionary, U.K. transport 2021-01-15 07:33:53A Brazilian variant of the coronavirus is significant enough to justify stopping flights from South America as a precaution, British Transport Secreta

Why a Moscow kebab shop has reignited debate 2021-01-15 04:00:00A Moscow kebab shop owner faces a backlash after he opened a take-out food shop bearing the name of Joseph Stalin, as Russians remain deeply conflicte

U.S. federal officials say more than 100 people 2021-01-15 02:50:07The top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., said on Friday there is no "direct evidence" to suggest that rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol ha

Dozens killed after quake sets off landslides, topples 2021-01-15 01:39:08A strong, shallow earthquake shook Indonesia's Sulawesi island just after midnight Friday, toppling homes and buildings, triggering landslides and ki

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Why veterans of the military and law enforcement 2021-01-15 06:00:23Why so many military veterans and former and current police officers support — and take part in — far-right groups and protests, includin

Facebook banned Trump. Leaders who say worse often 2021-01-15 05:00:52Activists see a double standard in social media companies' response to the Capitol attack and their tolerance for violent rhetoric abroad.

Mexico exonerates ex-defense chief implicated in scrapped U.S. 2021-01-15 01:00:02Critics say decision contradicts Mexican President Lopez Obrador's stated crusade against corruption, impunity

A broad cross section of Trump supporters stormed 2021-01-14 20:37:08Filings in criminal cases around the storming of the U.S. Capitol show those charged were not just fringe radicals but also people with otherwise resp

India is using two different COVID-19 vaccines. Uncertainty 2021-01-14 05:00:08Doubts surrounding a homegrown vaccine are among the challenges facing India's effort to vaccinate 300 million people in six months.

Police and National Guard prepare for attacks on 2021-01-13 22:19:27Law enforcement officers ring state capitol buildings nationwide, bracing for protesters and attempted repeats of the storming of the U.S. Capitol las

Law enforcement and military taking 'unprecedented' approach to 2021-01-13 19:25:35The U.S. military and law enforcement are taking unprecedented measures to lock down the nation's capital to prevent violence tied to Trump's impeac

U.S. credibility on human rights wrecked under Trump, 2021-01-13 18:23:26Documenting worldwide rights violations, Human Rights Watch says the U.S. must work to regain credibility.

News Analysis: Trump's impeachment gave Republicans a chance 2021-01-13 18:01:20In a U.S. Capitol surrounded by troops, GOP lawmakers refuse to hold President Trump accountable for mob violence.

Photos: Security remains heightened at U.S. Capitol for 2021-01-13 11:10:00Under heavy guard with Joe Biden's inauguration a week away, the House voted Wednesday to impeach President Trump for a second time.

Column: McConnell won't be majority leader. But there's 2021-01-13 07:00:43Charles E. Schumer will take over as Senate majority leader, but don't expect Mitch McConnell to roll over and play dead.

Some who stormed the Capitol, including a Proud 2021-01-13 06:00:33Some of those who stormed the U.S. Capitol — including those arrested — insist they were there reporting as citizen journalists.

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Thousands in France stage fresh protests against law 2021-01-16 16:34:38Tens of thousands of protesters marched across France Saturday to denounce a security bill critics say would restrict the filming of police and postin

Nearly 50 players to lose Australian Open practice 2021-01-16 13:04:28Forty-seven players were barred from practising for a fortnight Saturday in a major setback to their Australian Open preparations after passengers on

‘Survivor of the Chinese Gulag’: Uighur refugee in 2021-01-16 11:01:57After three harrowing years in Chinese re-education camps, Gulbahar Haitiwaji, a Uighur woman who had been lured back to China from France only to&nbs

Stories of lockdown in China’s Hebei province after 2021-01-16 10:27:03The January 2 discovery of a cluster of coronavirus infections in Shijiazhuang, the capital of China’s northern Hebei province, has led to China

France goes under nationwide 6pm curfew as Covid-19 2021-01-16 10:04:48Cities, towns and villages across France were practically empty on Saturday as residents stayed home and businesses shut to observe a nationwide curfe

Ugandan President Museveni wins sixth term as vote 2021-01-16 08:10:42Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won a decisive re-election victory on Saturday, elections officials said, but his main rival Bobi Wine alleged wides

Merkel ally Armin Laschet elected new leader of 2021-01-16 05:36:28Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right party on Saturday chose Armin Laschet, the pragmatic governor of Germany’s most populous state, as

WhatsApp delays enforcing new privacy policy following backlash 2021-01-16 04:30:16Facebook Inc's WhatsApp is delaying an update aimed at increasing business transactions on the platform after a storm of concern from users who feare

US gun-rights group NRA files for bankruptcy 2021-01-16 04:20:32The National Rifle Association announced Friday it has filed for bankruptcy protection and will seek to incorporate the nation’s most politicall

Five Hong Kong democracy protesters arrive in US 2021-01-16 02:45:29Five Hong Kong democracy protesters who reportedly fled to Taiwan have arrived in the United States intending to seek asylum, an activist group said o

US carries out 13th and final execution under 2021-01-16 01:51:17The US government carried out the 13th and final federal execution under President Donald Trump's administration early on Saturday morning, just

India launches one of the world's largest Covid-19 2021-01-16 00:59:04India started inoculating health workers Saturday in what is likely the world's largest COVID-19 vaccination campaign, joining the ranks of wealthier

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Reporter who tried to cancel NFL coaching candidate 2021-01-16 17:50:33 A reporter who delved deep into the past of Detroit Lions head coach candidate Dan Campbell to find an anti-gay comment made in college has been oute

‘America is back’: Biden fills State Department slots 2021-01-16 17:18:58 President-elect Joe Biden is getting the old interventionist-foreign-policy team back together, including Ukraine coup engineer Victoria Nuland, sign

Argentina receives second batch of Russian Sputnik V 2021-01-16 16:06:03 A plane carrying 300,000 more doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus has landed in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires

'Show me something spectacular': Dana White says Khabib 2021-01-16 15:40:00 UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has left the door open to reverse his retirement decision, UFC president Dana White has revealed. Read F

TEN THOUSAND protesters decry Covid-19 curbs in Vienna, 2021-01-16 13:50:44 Some 10,000 people marched through the center of the Austrian capital Vienna on Saturday to protest against restrictions aimed at stopping the spread

'I'm fine, and happy': Ronald Koeman puts on 2021-01-16 13:44:08 Barcelona boss Ronald Koeman said the club's postponed presidential election will have a knock-on effect on his team-building plans, with the lack o

Frankfurt Airport evacuated in police operation 2021-01-16 13:31:53 Parts of Frankfurt Airport were evacuated and closed off to the public as police conducted an operation, apparently triggered by an abandoned piece o

Progressive pundit Jimmy Dore helping ‘FASCISM’ by calling 2021-01-16 12:56:05 Progressive commentator Jimmy Dore has been flamed by liberals after he called for the pardoning of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. His crime wasn&

WATCH Iran’s Revolutionary Guards destroy mock WARSHIPS with 2021-01-16 12:22:56 Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has successfully destroyed naval targets amid massive military drills. Mock warships were

‘Lazy, manipulative wastrel’: Piers Morgan rips into departing 2021-01-16 12:12:03 Arsenal fan and TV megamouth Piers Morgan has taken a parting shot at midfielder Mesut Ozil after the news that the £350,000-a-week outcast is

If you want the jab, raise your Hans: 2021-01-16 11:27:36 German privacy law is rigorous. Forced to improvise, officials in one state sent letters to people with old-sounding names, in the hopes of inviting

'I’ll go to MMA to prove a point': 2021-01-16 11:26:08 Ryan Garcia has doubled down on his statement that he would retire from boxing at the age of 26, but said his fighting career could continue beyond t

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Pence congratulates Harris, offers full co-operation in transition 2021-01-16 04:33:34

End of Merkel era begins as German CDU 2021-01-16 04:08:56Germany's Christian Democrats elect a new chairman on Saturday, aiming to unite their conservative party behind a new leader who they hope can succee

Biden plans 'thousands' of community vaccination centers 2021-01-16 03:20:59President-elect Joe Biden said Friday his administration would surge federal resources into community vaccination centers and mobile health clinics to

UK imposes travel ban amid worries of new 2021-01-15 19:06:59

Blow to global vaccine drive as Pfizer delays 2021-01-15 17:17:56

PIA passenger aircraft 'held back' at Kuala Lumpur 2021-01-15 15:12:31A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane with 170 passengers on board was held back in Malaysia over a lease dispute case between the cash-strapp

Iran tests ballistic missiles, drones in military exercise, 2021-01-15 13:17:41Iran's Revolutionary Guards fired "abundant" surface-to-surface ballistic missiles and tested locally manufactured new drones in a military exercis

Nepal approves emergency use of Covishield vaccine 2021-01-15 12:46:51

Russia withdraws from Open Skies Treaty after US 2021-01-15 12:18:37 Russia said on Friday it will withdraw from an international treaty allowing observation flights over military facilities following the US exit from

Explained: China's new Covid-19 outbreaks 2021-01-15 10:45:42

PIA plane 'held back' by Malaysian authorities over 2021-01-15 10:10:58The Boeing 777 aircraft was seized after a court order, an airline spokesman said, and alternative arrangements were being made for passengers due to

What WHO researchers in Wuhan are trying to 2021-01-15 05:32:34The WHO team of international researchers that arrived in the central Chinese city of Wuhan on Thursday hopes to find clues to the origin of the Covid

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India launches world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination drive 2021-01-16 13:09:02Indian authorities hope to give shots to 300 million people, roughly the population of the U.S and several times more than its existing program, which

Another UN peacekeeper killed in Mali, marking the 2021-01-16 11:00:28Four peacekeepers from Ivory Coast died from an improvised explosive device and an attack Wednesday by unidentified gunmen in the Timbuktu region.

U.S. state capitals prepare for armed protests as 2021-01-16 09:50:06Michigan, Virginia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Washington are among the states that have activated their National Guards to strengthen security.

‘Heal the soul’: Biden aims to reshape U.S. 2021-01-16 09:48:33Biden had campaigned as a rebuke to President Donald Trump, a singular figure whose political power was fuelled by discord and grievance.

Biden to face difficulties in U.S. foreign policy 2021-01-16 09:33:56From Europe to the Middle East and Asia, Trump’s brand of transactional diplomacy has alienated allies and foes, leaving Biden with a contentiou

Inauguration Day is also move in and out 2021-01-16 08:10:12Some public health experts have said it’s important that the White House take extra precautions to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus du

Germany, France and Britain urge Iran to back 2021-01-16 07:52:49The International Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday Iran had informed it that it had begun installing equipment for the production of uranium metal.

Inside the hunt for coronavirus variants in Canada 2021-01-16 07:00:31In labs across Canada, the hunt is on for highly contagious strains of the coronavirus.

U.S. carries out 13th and final execution of 2021-01-16 02:50:06President-elect Joe Biden, a vocal opponent of the death penalty, has said he will try to end the policy after he takes office.

China builds new hospital in 5 days to 2021-01-16 02:17:22The hospital is one of six with a total of 6,500 rooms being built in Nangong in Hebei province, local media reported, which are due to be completed w

Here’s a look at Biden’s $1.9T coronavirus stimulus, 2021-01-15 18:04:29On Friday, Biden outlined a five-step approach to getting the vaccination to the American people, and to ensure that it is distributed equitably.

National Rifle Association says it filed for bankruptcy 2021-01-15 17:11:53The NRA said it would restructure as a Texas nonprofit to exit what it said was a "a corrupt political and regulatory environment in New York" state