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Israeli election seen as referendum on divisive Netanyahu
JERUSALEM - Israelis vote Tuesday in their fourth parliamentary election in just two years. Once again, the race boils down to a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu, who has ser...
Mar 22, 2021
Clashes in English city of Bristol leaves 20 police injured
LONDON - A protest in the west England city of Bristol against new policing legislation descended into violence that left at least 20 officers injured, two of them seriously, police said Monday. The p...
Mar 22, 2021
On federal death row, inmates talk about Biden, executions
CHICAGO - On federal death row, prisoners fling notes on a string under each other's cell doors and converse through interconnected air ducts. A top issue these days: whether President Joe Biden will ...
Mar 22, 2021
Republic of Congo candidate Kolelas dies of COVID-19
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of the Congo - Republic of Congo's top presidential opposition candidate Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas, who was hospitalized with COVID-19 complications on election day, has died, a ...
Mar 22, 2021
AstraZeneca: US data shows vaccine effective for all ages
LONDON - AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine provided strong protection against disease and complete protection against hospitalization and death across all age groups in a late-stage U.S. study, the compa...
Mar 22, 2021
2nd Canadian goes on trial in China on spying charges
BEIJING - A second Canadian citizen held for more than two years on spying charges in apparent retaliation for Canada's arrest of a senior executive of the telecoms giant Huawei went on trial in Beiji...
Mar 22, 2021
Colten Boushie's family to respond to watchdog report that found discrimination
REGINA - First Nations leaders and relatives of a young Indigenous man shot and killed on a Saskatchewan farm are expected to address findings today from a watchdog's review that concluded RCMP racial...
Mar 22, 2021
Federal NDP calls on government to eliminate for-profit long-term care
The federal New Democrats are seeking the support of the House of Commons in calling on the government to eliminate for-profit long-term care. The NDP is tabling a motion today that calls on the gover...
Mar 22, 2021
'It's going to come down to one block': Building an igloo for Nunavut arts festival
IQALUIT - Solomon Awa thinks he's probably built about 150 igloos, or igluit in Inuktitut, over his lifetime, starting when he was 15. Now in his 60s, Awa is considered a master igloo builder in Nunav...
Mar 22, 2021
Vaccine rollout set to shift into high gear with major surge in expected deliveries
OTTAWA, ON. - Canada's COVID-19 vaccination drive is poised to shift into high gear this week as the federal public health agency prepares to take delivery of the largest number of doses since the lau...
Mar 22, 2021