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Russia ready for quick extension of last arms 2021-01-18 07:46:35MOSCOW (AP) - Moscow is ready for a quick deal with the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to extend the last remaining arms co

Japan urges South Korea to drop wartime compensation 2021-01-18 06:11:05TOKYO (AP) - Japan's foreign minister accused South Korea on Monday of worsening already strained ties by making “illegal” demands for co

Italy court weighs extradition to Vatican in fair 2021-01-18 05:34:39ROME (AP) - A Milan court on Monday begins weighing whether to extradite an Italian woman to the Vatican to face embezzlement-related charges in a cas

Italian PM Conte seeks to save his government 2021-01-18 05:23:30ROME (AP) — Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Monday acknowledged errors in fighting the unprecedented pandemic, but in a speech aimed at

Navalny's arrest adds to tension between Russia and 2021-01-18 03:46:59MOSCOW (AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's arrest as he arrived in Moscow after recovering from his poisoning with a nerve agent

German and Turkish foreign ministers to meet in 2021-01-18 03:11:02ISTANBUL (AP) - Germany’s foreign minister is scheduled to meet his Turkish counterpart in the Turkish capital, following a tumultuous year in T

Moon urges Biden to learn from Trump's N. 2021-01-18 02:34:57SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea’s president on Monday urged the incoming Biden administration to build upon the achievements and learn fro

China economy grows in 2020 as rebound from 2021-01-17 21:06:59BEIJING (AP) — China eked out 2.3% economic growth in 2020, likely becoming the only major economy to expand as shops and factories reopened rel

Joe Biden's burden grows as Russia moves to 2021-01-17 16:01:05President-elect Joseph R. Biden's foreign policy to-do list just got a little longer after Russia announced late last week with was following the Tru

B-52 bombers patrolling over Middle East 2021-01-17 10:41:32For the second time in as many weeks, the Air Force has flown B-52 bombers over the Middle East in what are known as “presence patrols,” o

Death toll from violence in Sudan's West Darfur 2021-01-17 05:07:49CAIRO (AP) - The death toll from tribal violence between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan’s West Darfur province climbed to at least 83, including w

Iran asks watchdog not to publish 'unnecessary' nuke 2021-01-17 03:58:03TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran urged the United Nations' nuclear watchdog to avoid publishing “unnecessary” details on Tehran’s nuclear p

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Twitter suspends Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene over 2021-01-17 19:57:03Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene gained large followings on social media in part by posting incendiary videos and comments and has also embraced

Barrier-breaking college football player Sarah Fuller invited to 2021-01-17 19:37:33Sarah Fuller, the first woman to score in a Power Five conference football game, says she's been invited to attend U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's

Biden indicates plans to cancel Keystone XL pipeline 2021-01-17 18:36:55U.S. president-elect Joe Biden has indicated plans to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit on his first day in office, sources confirmed to CBC News

Trump allies involved in rally that ignited U.S. 2021-01-17 16:46:24Members of U.S. President Donald Trump's failed presidential campaign played key roles in orchestrating the Washington, D.C., rally that spawned a de

Right-wing demonstrators rally at U.S. statehouses amid heavy 2021-01-17 13:15:12Small groups of right-wing protesters — some of them carrying rifles — gathered outside heavily fortified statehouses around the United St

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny detained upon arrival back 2021-01-17 12:59:30Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained at a Moscow airport after returning from Germany on Sunday, the prison service said.

Harris to be sworn in as U.S. vice-president 2021-01-17 11:09:06Vice-president-elect Kamala Harris will be sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday, a history-making event in which the first B

Canadian aunt and uncle of Kamala Harris reflect 2021-01-17 11:00:00In the aftermath of the deadly siege on Capitol Hill nearly two weeks ago, vice-president-elect Kamala Harris took some time to call her aunt and uncl

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the 2021-01-17 09:13:22New Brunswick announced 36 new cases, a single-day high since the start of the pandemic. The cases include 24 in the Edmundston region, whic

Airlines face stiff public relations headwind as they 2021-01-17 04:00:00Canadian carriers are rolling out new safety campaigns and policies to ease public skepticism about the 737 Max as they ready for the jet's first Can

Indonesian rescuers find more bodies, clear roads after 2021-01-16 17:54:49Indonesian rescuers retrieved more bodies from the rubble of homes and buildings toppled by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake, raising the death toll to 56 o

Biden to use executive actions to roll back 2021-01-16 17:35:42In his first hours as president, Joe Biden plans to take executive action to roll back some of the most controversial decisions of his predecessor and

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Police and National Guard scramble to secure D.C. 2021-01-16 22:27:15Ahead of right-wing protests planned for Sunday, law enforcement stepped up security at capitols around the nation.

Fleeing the pandemic and two hurricanes, thousands of 2021-01-16 18:54:12Biden's election has raised hopes in Central America — devastated by hurricane-driven floods, in addition to chronic issues of poverty and gang

Photos: Security measures heightened at U.S. and state 2021-01-16 11:19:57Michigan, Virginia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Washington are among the states that have activated their National Guards to strengthen security.

U.S. rebukes Mexico for releasing evidence in drug 2021-01-16 11:14:53The U.S. Department of Justice said Mexico violated a treaty by releasing evidence the U.S. collected in a drug case against a former Mexican defense

How the new COVID-19 vaccine rules could help 2021-01-16 09:00:38Health officials set aside carefully considered plans for rolling out COVID-19 vaccines and made the shots widely available. That may hasten the pande

Column: There's no need to hurry Trump's impeachment 2021-01-16 07:00:19If Senate Democrats want to have any serious hope of convicting Trump, their best strategy is to slow the process down.

A small narcotic leaf brings big comfort — 2021-01-16 04:00:49Chewing qat, a green narcotic leaf, is so widespread and ritualistic that even the fighting in Yemen's civil war can fall silent in the afternoons.

Biden plans early legislation to offer legal status 2021-01-16 02:50:05During his first days in office, President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a legislative proposal that would include a path to citizenship for 11 mill

Capitol rioters aimed to 'capture and assassinate' officials, 2021-01-15 20:07:47Prosecutors allege rioters planned to "capture and assassinate" lawmakers in Jan. 6 insurrection at U.S. Capitol.

This Blackwater guard pleaded guilty. He atoned. But 2021-01-15 14:01:36Jeremy Ridgeway, a former Blackwater guard, pleaded guilty to the massacre in 2007 in Nissor Square in Baghdad. He testified against the other guards.

Mexican president accuses U.S. of fabricating drug case 2021-01-15 11:08:34Mexico's president accuses the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration of fabricating drug allegations against ex-defense chief Salvador Cienfuegos.

Some workers don't want a COVID-19 vaccine. Can 2021-01-15 09:00:11Many teachers, grocers and even some hospital employees are wary of the COVID-19 vaccine and don't want it. The question of mandatory vaccine require

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Kremlin critic Navalny decries ‘mockery of justice’ as 2021-01-18 08:13:47Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday his treatment was beyond a "mockery of justice" as he was brought before a hastily organised co

Covid-19: UK vaccinating 140 people per minute but 2021-01-18 05:58:46Britain's vaccine rollout is limited by a "lumpy" manufacturing process with production changes by Pfizer and a delay by AstraZeneca that could lea

French Muslim council draws up charter to combat 2021-01-18 05:02:10Muslim leaders in France have agreed on a "charter of principles" requested by President Emmanuel Macron in his bid to eradicate sectarianism and ex

France begins Covid-19 vaccination rollout for people over 2021-01-18 04:13:19France began a nationwide campaign to inoculate people over 75 on Monday as officials sought to ease concerns about deliveries of coronavirus vac

FBI vets National Guard troops amid fears of 2021-01-18 02:22:08US defense officials say they are worried about an insider attack or other threat from service members involved in securing President-elect Joe B

Video: How will people remember the Trump years? 2021-01-18 01:52:39"The worst president ever" and someone who has divided the country "like never before".... With Donald Trump's time in office set to co

Rioters in Tunisia clash with security forces for 2021-01-18 01:34:07Clashes broke out for a third consecutive night on Sunday in several Tunisian cities, pitting stone-throwing youths against security forces despite a

China enters 2021 on rebound after recording lowest 2021-01-17 23:50:23China’s economy picked up speed in the fourth quarter, with growth beating expectations as it ended a rough coronavirus-striken 2020 in remarkab

Guatemalan security forces beat back caravan of Honduran 2021-01-17 23:13:52Guatemalan police and soldiers launched tear gas and wielded batons and shields against a group of Honduran migrants that tried to push through their

Brazil approves two Covid-19 vaccines, kicking off long-delayed 2021-01-17 22:26:21Brazil’s health regulator gave emergency approval Sunday for two coronavirus vaccines, kicking off a mass inoculation campaign amid a devastatin

Death toll of Indonesian earthquake rises as more 2021-01-17 20:06:11Indonesian rescuers on Sunday retrieved more bodies from the rubble of homes and buildings toppled by a strong earthquake, raising the death toll to 7

US state capitals largely quiet after bracing for 2021-01-17 19:51:07Law enforcement officers far outnumbered protesters at state capitol grounds on Sunday, as few Trump supporters who believe the president’s fals

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Scottish shellfish lorry drivers stage Brexit protest outside 2021-01-18 09:06:57 Dozens of hauliers working for the Scottish shellfish industry drove through central London on Monday before setting up a protest outside Downing Str

‘Historic’ mass-vaccination campaign kicks off in coronavirus-battered Brazil 2021-01-18 09:05:35 Brazil, one of the nations worst-affected by Covid-19, launched its mass-vaccination campaign on Monday. All the jabs available will be distributed a

Pushing wrong buttons: Russian youth having less sex 2021-01-18 09:01:51 A Russian demographer has blamed gadgets and easy-to-access pornography for the country’s ever-worsening population problem, as well as pointin

'Abnormal situation’: Japan’s FM critical after Seoul court 2021-01-18 08:59:08 Japan’s foreign minister says a ruling by the South Korean court ordering compensation for women kept in its World War II military brothels cre

Alexey Navalny remanded in custody for 30 days 2021-01-18 08:52:54 Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny has been remanded in custody following an impromptu court hearing in Khimki police station, near Moscow. He

Minister fears Covid infections in BAME community amid 2021-01-18 08:08:49 Britain’s vaccine minister has warned that Covid-19 could continue to spread around the BAME community unless efforts are made to increase upta

Navalny arrest being used as tool to distract 2021-01-18 07:54:38 Moscow’s top diplomat has told reporters that the arrest of opposition figure Alexey Navalny was inevitable under Russian law, but is being use

Hacked emails allegedly detail how EU drug regulator 2021-01-18 07:54:35 An alleged cache of email exchanges between EU officials and the European Medicines Agency show that the drug regulator was uncomfortable about fast-

The cost of doing business: Calvin Kattar's coach 2021-01-18 07:50:20 Calvin Kattar was on the receiving end of five rounds of incessant punishment from former UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway in Abu Dhabi on Sat

NHS National Medical Director warns falling Covid-19 infections 2021-01-18 07:45:47 The NHS National Medical Director has warned that it will take several weeks for the pressure on the country’s healthcare service to be reduced

‘You can’t post this’ : UFC star Jon 2021-01-18 07:32:23 UFC superstar Jon Jones certainly won't be receiving any awards from PETA in the near future after he was slammed online for posting a video of him

Beijing urges US to stop ‘baseless’ crackdown on 2021-01-18 07:25:45 China has slammed the latest US move against tech giant Huawei after the outgoing Trump administration reportedly revoked the licenses of companies w

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Kremlin foe Navalny faces arrest as flies back 2021-01-17 04:52:06

Trump asks court to let him dodge rape 2021-01-17 02:32:39

Nasa's Boeing moon rocket set for 'once-in-a-generation' ground 2021-01-16 18:23:54

Pragmatic governor Armin Laschet elected to lead Merkel's 2021-01-16 12:39:53Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right party on Saturday chose Armin Laschet, the pragmatic governor of Germany's most populous state, as its new l

Taliban praise US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan 2021-01-16 12:34:22The Taliban welcomed the latest withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan with the insurgents' spokesman Saturday calling the continued reduction of A

Can Trump pardon himself? Would the courts reject 2021-01-16 12:26:15

Astrazeneca vaccine gets approval in Pakistan 2021-01-16 11:44:41Astrazeneca's Covid-19 vaccine has been granted approval for emergency use in Pakistan, the country's health minister said on Saturday, the first va

US re-designates LeT as foreign terrorist outfit 2021-01-16 11:39:23Ahead of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting in February, the United States has re-designated Pakistani terrorist groups as Lashkar-i-Jhang

Swiss set to approve AstraZeneca vaccine this month 2021-01-16 10:35:59

Iranian Guard holds anti-warship ballistic missile drill 2021-01-16 10:08:06Footage showed two missiles smash into a target that Iranian state television described as ``hypothetical hostile enemy ships'' at a distance of 1,8

Myanmar police scuffle with nationalist monk's followers 2021-01-16 08:52:24Protesters, many of them monks, gathered outside the Insein Prison in Myanmar’s main city of Yangon, where Wirathu has been held since November

Pence offers full co-operation in transition of power 2021-01-16 04:33:34

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican QAnon supporter, 2021-01-17 16:32:14Greene is a businesswoman and political newcomer who’s gained large followings on social media in part by posting incendiary videos and comments

‘Most dangerous crime’: Democrats build impeachment case against 2021-01-17 14:15:07The House voted to impeach Trump last Wednesday, one week after the violent insurrection that ransacked the Capitol and has left Congress deeply shake

Biden to await advice on sharing secrets with 2021-01-17 13:20:38Gordon, who resigned in 2019, said any former president was a foreign intelligence target but Trump "might be unusually vulnerable to bad actors with

Fauci says 100M coronavirus vaccinations in 100 days 2021-01-17 12:47:05He said more vaccinations - coupled with mask-wearing and avoiding crowds - would be the best way for the United States to tackle a new, more infectio

U.S. military completes removal of troops from Somalia 2021-01-17 11:38:32The U.S. personnel trained and supported Somali forces, including its elite special forces, in counter-terror operations.

Phil Spector, convicted murderer, famed music producer, dies 2021-01-17 11:35:07Spector was convicted of murdering actress Lana Clarkson in 2003 at his castle-like mansion on the edge of Los Angeles.

Feds laying groundwork to ensure Biden hears Canada’s 2021-01-17 11:20:57'We have been spending months getting ready for that,' Canada's Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman told 'The West Block''s Mercedes Stephens

The U.K. has vaccinated more people than it 2021-01-17 11:06:14Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Jan. 2 ordered England into its third national lockdown in an effort to slow the spread of the virus.

Canada unlikely to see election violence akin to 2021-01-17 11:00:42"We're a different country that doesn't generate that sort of response," said former chief of defence staff and retired Gen. Jonathan Vance on the

Iran asks UN watchdog to stop publishing ‘unnecessary’ 2021-01-17 10:46:02On Thursday, the IAEA said Iran had informed it that it had begun installing equipment for the production of uranium metal.

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.