Category: World News

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff, Katie Telford, is expected to appear before the House of Commons defence committee probing military sexual misconduct on Friday. The committee heard last month from Elder Marques, a former senior advisor to Trudeau, that…

Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin and chief medical officer of health Dr. Robert Strang are expected to provide an update on the provincewide shutdown on Friday as the province continues to see a spike in COVID-19 daily cases. Earlier this week, Strang…

World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Friday that the organization gave emergency use listing for Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine, making it the 6th vaccine to receive the organization’s validation for "safety, efficacy, and quality." Ghebreyesus also said that the…

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is announcing details on a COVID-19 vaccine partnership between Alberta and Montana at a Friday news conference. Kenney is joined by Alberta Transportation Minister Ric McIver and Alberta Motor Transport Association president Chris Nash. The announcement comes just…

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will provide an update Friday on the country’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the state of the vaccine rollout. It comes after federal officials said Thursday that Canadians could get their COVID-19 vaccines "sooner than…

Scuffles between Israeli forces and Palestinians took place in an East Jerusalem neighbourhood on Thursday night (May 6) over the possible eviction of Palestinian families. Israeli police said they had arrested nine people for disorderly conduct or assault as settlers faced off…

Undefeated former world champion Floyd Mayweather and YouTube star-turned-amateur boxer Logan Paul took the stage Thursday to promote next month’s exhibition boxing match. The pair talked plenty of trash and posed for photos at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami where they will…

Marking ballots and history, young residents in Wales walked into polling stations Thursday, May 6, paper voter registration cards in hand. Over 70,000 new voters are able to cast their first ballot in the Wales election, after the country lowered the voting…

The Trudeau government is adding a second heavy icebreaker to its plans for the Canadian Coast Guard, a move that will boost the shipbuilding industry in two key provinces for the Liberals — and which could come at a hefty cost to…

Canada’s supply of COVID-19 vaccines is growing, just as the country became the first in the world to approve Pfizer’s shot for children aged 12 to 15. To date, more than 41 per cent of Canadian adults have received at least one…

Canadians with loved ones in India are watching in fear, as that country’s COVID-19 crisis worsens by the day. To help, Canada is sending medical supplies in an effort to support India’s COVID-19 response as the country faces a devastating second wave…

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Vaccinations are underway at the sites of Canada’s latest COVID-19 hot spots, Alberta’s oil sands, where more than a dozen outbreaks have made hundreds of workers sick. One company, Suncor Energy Inc. will delay a planned maintenance shutdown at its Base Plant…

Good news and bad news about COVID-19 in Canada. The good news is the progress on vaccines with more doses arriving and in the pipeline, provinces are ramping up their rollout to younger Canadians. The bad news is the virus is still…

A veteran staffer at Canada’s security intelligence service, CSIS, is slamming his employer for its initial refusal to have a mandatory masking policy amid the COVID-19 pandemic. CSIS only recently made this an office-wide rule after its building had already been hit…

Rivers of lava flowed down Guatemala’s Pacaya volcano on Thursday, following a brief pause after one of the most extensive volcanic episodes in recent years. Drone video showed the lava coming down from a new fissure that opened on its northwest flank…

Thursday on the NewsHour, the Republican party weighs punishing Liz Cheney for decrying "The Big Lie" of a stolen election. Then, former Secretary of Defense and CIA Director Robert Gates discusses American foreign policy, the Biden administration, and the state of the…

A new book shows that there were a handful of researchers, scientists and public health officials who seemed to have an early, prescient understanding of how bad the pandemic would hit the U.S., and what we could do to avert it. Michael…

As India suffers through a devastating surge in COVID-19 infections, the 4.2 million members of the Indian diaspora in the U.S. are stricken with panic, pain and grief. Many are volunteering to help. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the vaccines produced in the country are safe ‘as a Kalashnikov assault rifle,’ citing an unnamed European expert. Putin was on a video conference with the country’s Deputy Prime-Minister Tatiana Golikova, related to the…

More than 100,000 Albertans aged 30 and older signed up for the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, the first day eligibility was expanded. "That is incredibly exciting and I encourage all Albertans to book as soon as they can," chief medical officer of…

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