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Canadians divided on sending Team Canada athletes to the Tokyo Olympic Games: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll by Leger and the Association of Canadian Studies suggests the country is divided over plans to send athletes from Canada to the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo as Japan grapples wi...
May 15, 2021
Canadians divided on sending Team Canada athletes to the Tokyo Olympic Games: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll by Leger and the Association of Canadian Studies suggests the country is divided over plans to send athletes from Canada to the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo as Japan grapples wi...
May 15, 2021
Emails reveal close communication between government, transport regulator on refunds
OTTAWA - Advocates, experts and opposition MPs say correspondence showing close communication between the federal Transport Department and the Canadian Transportation Agency around passenger refunds t...
May 15, 2021
China cancels Everest climbs over fears of virus from Nepal
BEIJING (AP) - China has canceled attempts to climb Mount Everest from its side of the world's highest peak because of fears of importing COVID-19 cases from neighboring Nepal, state media reported. T...
May 15, 2021
Kardashians reveal mystery behind Nori's Black Book
NEW YORK (AP) - Kardashian fans were tickled by a big reveal: A California government worker is behind a mystery social media handle that's been cranking out droll posts from North West's point of vie...
May 15, 2021
DIARY: In Gaza, bombs drop and the conflict again hits home
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - On Friday morning, a military airstrike smashed my family's farm in the northern Gaza Strip into a jagged mass of metal and splintered trees. An Israeli bomb had slammed i...
May 15, 2021
Back-to-back tornadoes kill 10 in China; over 300 injured
BEIJING (AP) - Back-to-back tornadoes killed at least 10 people in central and eastern China and left more than 300 others injured, officials and state media reported Saturday. Six people died in the ...
May 15, 2021
Israeli military accused of using media to trick Hamas
JERUSALEM (AP) - Early Friday, just after midnight, the Israeli military put out an ominous statement to the media: "IDF air and ground troops are currently attacking in the Gaza Strip." The vaguely w...
May 15, 2021
Success story Taiwan faces its worst outbreak in pandemic
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - The island of Taiwan, which has had enviable success in containing COVID-19, imposed new restrictions in its capital city on Saturday as it battled its worst outbreak since the p...
May 15, 2021
Masks off, Poles cheer reopening of bars and restaurants
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poles pulled off their masks, hugged their friends and made toasts to their regained freedom as restaurants, bars and pubs reopened for the first time in seven months and the gov...
May 15, 2021