Canada launches pilot program to accept N. Korean refugees
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A Toronto-based human rights organization says it’s launching a private sponsorship…
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Russia, Ukraine report record daily deaths, low vaccinations
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The daily number of COVID-19 deaths in Russia has reached another high amid a surge in…
Continue ReadingHow the phone call is disappearing from our lives and polling
By Harry Enten, CNN When I was a teenager, my father and I had a deal. He didn’t know how to use the computer, so I ordered him things he…
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South Africa cruises to 8-wicket win over West Indies
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — South Africa played without opener Quinton de Kock and still beat the West Indies by eight wickets in the T20…
Continue Reading Scottish soccer coaching great Walter Smith dies at 73
By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Scottish soccer coaching great Walter Smith has died. He was 73. Smith won 10 league titles with Rangers over two…
Continue Reading EU ministers debate how to tackle rising energy costs
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — EU ministers have held emergency talks focused on energy that didn’t produce immediate…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court justices may have met a vaccine mandate some of them don’t like
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter A group of unvaccinated Maine health care workers are asking the Supreme Court to block a state rule…
Continue Reading Moderna to supply Africa with up to 110 million COVID doses
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Moderna says it will make up to 110 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine available to African…
Continue Reading Belgium reimposes restrictions as COVID-19 cases spike
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) —  Coronavirus infections and hospitalizations have shot up in Belgium, pushing the government to…
Continue Reading Pakistan, China urge world to send humanitarian aid to Kabul
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan and China are urging the international community to send humanitarian help to Afghanistan, where people are facing…
Continue Reading Greece: 3 girls, 1 woman die after migrant dinghy sinks
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say three girls and a woman have died after a dinghy transporting…
Continue ReadingNew Jersey school district suspends assistant teacher who allegedly told student ‘we don’t negotiate with terrorists’
By Artemis Moshtaghian and Mirna Alsharif, CNN A New Jersey teaching assistant was suspended by the Ridgefield School District after an alleged…
Continue Reading Dutch pension fund to divest from fossil fuel producers
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands’ biggest pension fund says it will stop investing in companies that…
Continue Reading Sudan’s prime minister, detained after coup, returns home
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The office of Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok says he and his wife, who were detained after the…
Continue ReadingAustralia PM announces net zero pledge, but no new emissions cuts ahead of COP26
CNN By Angela Dewan, Ben Westcott and Hilary Whiteman, CNN Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has revealed the plan he’ll take to COP26…
Continue Reading Dismissed: Germany’s Merkel becomes caretaker chancellor
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Angela Merkel took a step closer to political retirement Tuesday after…
Continue ReadingFlorida surgeon general refused to wear a face mask during office visit, state senator says
By Ralph Ellis, CNN A Florida state senator says state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo — a skeptic of many Covid-19 safety measures —…
Continue ReadingFlorida surgeon general refused to wear a face mask during office visit, state senator says
CNN By Ralph Ellis, CNN A Florida state senator says state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo — a skeptic of many Covid-19 safety measures —…
Continue Reading Wuhan police search for man who killed 7, jumped off bridge
BEIJING (AP) — Police in Wuhan, China, say they are searching for a man who killed seven people then jumped off a bridge in the city. Local reports…
Continue ReadingNYPD officers face questions about Eric Garner’s death in rare judicial inquiry
By Sonia Moghe, CNN Eric Garner’s mother and other police reform advocates have begun questioning New York Police Department officers in court…
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