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Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron vow to fight climate 2021-01-24 16:45:30PARIS — After increasingly strained U.S.-France relations under Donald Trump, President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed Su

China incursions into Taiwan air defense zone seen 2021-01-24 14:50:22A group of 15 Chinese warplanes intruded into Taiwan’s air defense zone on Saturday prompting the new Biden administration State Department to v

2 women found dead after fire in row 2021-01-24 13:09:56LEBANON, Pa. (AP) - Authorities say two women were found dead after a fire in a central Pennsylvania row home over the weekend. Fire crews were dispat

Israel opens embassy in UAE, expanding new relations 2021-01-24 12:54:25JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel on Sunday said it has opened its embassy in the United Arab Emirates, following through on last year’s U.S.-brokered agr

Russia to Biden: Butt out over protests 2021-01-24 11:01:33The Kremlin reacted angrily Sunday to U.S. criticisms of its handling of nationwide protests against President Vladimir Putin, protests which so far h

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks with counterparts in 2021-01-24 10:24:27Newly installed Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin spoke by phone over the weekend with his counterparts from South Korea and Japan, longtime allies wh

Kremlin: US comments on protests support law-breaking 2021-01-24 09:07:47MOSCOW (AP) - The spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin says the U.S. Embassy’s statements about the nationwide protests, in which more

One county, worlds apart: Bridging the political divide 2021-01-24 08:53:37FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - She fired up her laptop to scour the internet for bits from right-wing websites and conspiratorial YouTube channels. The inaugu

UN: Yemen’s warring sides resume talks on prisoner 2021-01-24 06:51:37CAIRO (AP) - Yemen’s warring sides Sunday resumed United Nations-backed negotiations over a prisoner swap, the world body said, more than three

Argentina's abortion law enters force under watchful eyes 2021-01-24 00:00:50BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Argentina’s groundbreaking abortion law went into force Sunday under the watchful eyes of women’s groups an

Britain's Boris Johnson presses Biden for new trade 2021-01-23 17:48:49WASHINGTON (AP) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made clear to President Joe Biden on Saturday that he's eager to forge a new U.S.-U.K. trade d

Boebert reignites Senate ratification debate with bill to 2021-01-23 16:04:54Rep. Lauren Boebert, Colorado Republican, has introduced a bill to block the Biden administration from reentering the Paris agreement until it receive

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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador tests positive 2021-01-24 19:52:18Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Sunday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and that the symptoms are mild.

New Zealand confirms 1st community spread case of 2021-01-24 19:38:48The infection in a 56-year-old woman who returned to New Zealand on Dec. 30 was of a coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa, the COVID-19

Growing number of Republican senators oppose impeachment trial 2021-01-24 16:15:03A growing number of Republican senators say they oppose holding an impeachment trial, a sign of the dimming chances that former U.S. president Donald

Anti-lockdown rioters clash with police, set fires in 2021-01-24 12:15:59Rioters set fires in the centre of the southern Dutch city of Eindhoven and pelted police with rocks on Sunday at a banned demonstration against coron

Trapped for 2 weeks, 11 workers rescued from 2021-01-24 11:19:43Eleven workers trapped for two weeks by an explosion inside a gold mine in China were brought safely to the surface on Sunday.

Why the Queen let it be known she's 2021-01-24 04:00:00Members of the Royal Family are generally reluctant to share many details of their personal health, but a decision by Queen Elizabeth to let it be kno

Dutch police arrest Canadian national who allegedly runs 2021-01-24 00:56:14Dutch police said on Saturday they had arrested the alleged leader of a multibillion-dollar drug syndicate who is listed as one of the world's most-w

Decision to award Margaret Court top Australian honour 2021-01-23 21:25:36Australia media are reporting that controversial former tennis champion Margaret Court will receive the country's top award in the Australia Day hono

Trump impeachment trial to begin week of Feb. 2021-01-23 13:23:05Opening arguments in the second Senate impeachment trial of former U.S. president Donald Trump will begin the week of Feb. 8. Trump is charged with in

Alexei Navalny's wife among thousands arrested at anti-Kremlin 2021-01-23 05:35:36Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny had called on his supporters to protest after being arrested last weekend as he returned to Russia from Germany for the

The fallout of a failed revolution: Egypt 10 2021-01-23 04:00:00It's been a decade since Egyptians dared to disrupt the status quo of living in a police state. But 10 years after the protests in Tahrir Square, man

Man pleads guilty to deaths of 36 people 2021-01-22 18:48:01The master tenant of a San Francisco Bay Area warehouse where 36 people perished when a fire ignited during a 2016 dance party pleaded guilty Friday t

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'Grim and beautiful,' Biden's inauguration a day of 2021-01-20 17:36:23President Biden's inauguration marked a return to a more traditional, unifying politics. But it was a surreal experience amid a pandemic and waves of

For some Americans, Biden-Harris inauguration reassures: 'We're going 2021-01-20 16:06:09Many Americans express hope and see the 'start of healing' with Biden-Harris swearing-in. Others are less than enthusiastic.

Watch and read L.A. native Amanda Gorman's inauguration 2021-01-20 14:08:49The national youth poet laureate read her galvanizing poem, 'The Hill We Climb,' just after Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th U.S. president.

Photos: History made as Kamala Harris is sworn 2021-01-20 13:49:11Kamala Harris was sworn in Wednesday as U.S. vice president — the first woman, first Black American and first Asian American in the position.

Braced for clashes, Washington is mostly empty and 2021-01-20 13:27:04Washington, D.C., was prepared for the worst ahead of Inauguration Day. But the worst stayed home.

In speeches and with champagne toasts, many across 2021-01-20 12:56:45As President Biden takes office, the rest of the world watches closely, some less focused on Biden's ascension than on Trump's departure.

Inauguration 2021: Howard University celebrates alumna Harris becoming 2021-01-20 12:37:22The Howard University community celebrated one of its own, Kamala Harris, becoming vice president with a flurry of online activity.

Trump pardons Lil Wayne and commutes Kodak Black, 2021-01-20 11:11:15In his final hours as president, Trump pardoned Lil Wayne and commuted the sentence of Kodak Black. No such luck for "Tiger King" star Joe Exotic.

Photos: Historic Inauguration Day | Trump leaves office, 2021-01-20 09:43:30During today's inauguration ceremony, Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States.

Biden becomes the 46th president, vowing to heal 2021-01-20 08:26:34After half a century as a senator and vice president, Biden assumes the presidency at a time when the country faces health, economic and societal cris

McManus: Yes, Biden is a 78-year-old Washington insider. 2021-01-20 07:00:54Improbable as it sounds, this politician of modest talents and limited eloquence may have exactly the gifts he needs to succeed.

Trump is throwing a wrench into what is 2021-01-20 06:00:17As he exits the White House President Trump is disrupting many of the most critical and cherished traditions of handing power from one president to an

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Exit polls suggest Portugal's president Rebelo de Sousa 2021-01-24 15:54:56Portugal’s president appeared poised to win a second term in office Sunday, in an election held amid a devastating COVID-19 surge that has made

US to strengthen bilateral ties with France, Biden 2021-01-24 15:50:05U.S. President Joe Biden spoke on Sunday with French President Emmanuel Macron, expressing his desire to strengthen bilateral ties, the White House sa

Israel opens embassy in United Arab Emirates after 2021-01-24 14:51:55Israel opened an embassy in the United Arab Emirates Sunday, its foreign ministry said, in a historic move four months after the Jewish state and the

Netherlands arrests alleged drug kingpin Tse Chi Lop, 2021-01-24 12:04:57The alleged ringleader of Asia's biggest crime syndicate and one of the world's most wanted men has been arrested in the Netherlands, with Australia

US reiterates support for Taiwan after China sends 2021-01-24 11:03:53The U.S. has reaffirmed its support for Taiwan following China’s dispatch of warplanes near the island in an apparent attempt to intimidate its

Suspected jihadist attacks on army in Mali kill 2021-01-24 10:12:49Twin attacks on the army in central Mali killed six soldiers, while some 30 suspected jihadists were also left dead in a fightback with help from Fren

Sanders’ mitten-maker becomes famous after gloves steal inauguration 2021-01-24 10:05:49Jen Ellis, a primary school teacher from Bernie Sanders’ home state of Vermont, has become something of a celebrity after the mit

EU to force pharmaceutical companies to fulfill Covid-19 2021-01-24 08:32:56The European Union will make pharmaceutical companies respect contracts they have signed for the supply of Covid-19 vaccines, European Council Preside

Outpouring of shock, anger over brutal attack on 2021-01-24 07:33:57A 15-year-old boy was beaten up and left in a coma in an upscale area of Paris on January 15, prompting a wave of outrage across France and abroa

France imposes new border controls in effort to 2021-01-24 05:58:27New border controls went into force in France on Sunday as part of a massive effort to contain the spread of Covid-19 and avoid another nationwide loc

Donald Trump Jr. shares a video he claims 2021-01-24 05:39:16A video from January 17, showing then-President-elect Joe Biden seeming lost and confused while on stage at an event, has garnered more than three mil

Russian police violence under review after mass arrests 2021-01-24 05:26:45More than 3,300 protesters were arrested at demonstrations in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, a monitor reported Sunday, as prosecuto

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‘Badge of honor’: Arizona GOP censures state's governor 2021-01-24 17:14:54 Arizona Republicans expressed their displeasure with Rep. Cindy McCain, former Sen. Jeff Flake, and Gov. Doug Ducey for the trio’s opposition t

Trump to use millions in campaign cash, threat 2021-01-24 16:07:59 Former President Donald Trump is reportedly planning on leveraging the threat of supporting primary challengers and starting a third party to keep Se

Riot cop visits hospital to apologize to woman 2021-01-24 15:39:56 The pair seen in the viral clip which caused so much outrage on social media have met again as the riot police officer came to the hospital to apolog

Reporter critical of Antifa flees US amid threats 2021-01-24 15:21:00 Journalist Andy Ngo, whose parents fled to the US from Vietnam in 1978, has become a political refugee himself, fleeing to London, saying he received

National Guard to remain in Washington, DC until 2021-01-24 14:18:20 Some 5,000 National Guard troops will reportedly remain deployed in Washington, DC throughout former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial

Trump loses Dr. Birx too as she claims 2021-01-24 13:30:20 Dr. Deborah Birx has joined Anthony Fauci as another member of the Coronavirus Task Force in criticizing Donald Trump, claiming she “always&rdq

‘Absolute meddling’: Kremlin condemns US embassy’s support for 2021-01-24 13:29:33 The US embassy in Moscow interfered in Russia’s affairs by backing anti-government rallies, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, asking pe

Ozil and out: Arsenal outcast Mesut Ozil bids 2021-01-24 12:02:52 Mesut Ozil has issued an emotional farewell statement after departing Arsenal for Turkish Super Lig side Fenerbahce after signing a three-and-a-half-

Dustin Poirier details savage calf-kick strategy which left 2021-01-24 11:59:46 Dustin Poirier’s victory over Conor McGregor at UFC 257 may have ended in an explosive flurry of punches but the brutal calf kicks dished out b

Anti-lockdown protesters in Denmark burn effigy of PM, 2021-01-24 11:36:09 Crowds of black-clad protesters have taken to the streets, launching fireworks, torching an effigy of Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, and clashing

Senator Cruz’s tweet about watching Disney’s ‘Fantasia’ as 2021-01-24 11:34:53 Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and actor Seth Rogen came to verbal blows on Twitter, with the former getting himself in hot water for calling the ‘

Rowdy youth torch Covid-19 testing site in Netherlands 2021-01-24 10:18:57 The Netherlands has endured its first night of curfew imposed in a bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus. The restriction was broken at multiple

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SpaceX launches 143 satellites, breaks world space record 2021-01-24 19:55:23Nearly a fortnight after Elon Musk’s Tesla entered India on January 8, his SpaceX on Sunday night broke a world space record by launching 143 sa

Israel opens embassy in UAE, expanding new relations 2021-01-24 19:20:16Israel on Sunday said it has opened its embassy in the United Arab Emirates, following through on last year's US-brokered agreement to establish full

Pak govt to mortgage Islamabad's biggest park to 2021-01-24 16:16:24To overcome Pakistan's ailing economy, Prime Minister Imran Khan is considering mortgaging Islamabad's biggest park to get a loan of around Rs 500 b

Pak ready to work with new US administration: 2021-01-24 15:16:13Under the Trump administration, the relations between Pakistan and the US were chaotic as well as complex. "In (these) four years the world has chan

Germany buys same corona meds used to treat 2021-01-24 15:02:35 Germany will become the first European Union country to start using the same experimental antibodies treatment credited with helping Donald Trump rec

Kremlin says US interfering in Russian 'domestic affairs' 2021-01-24 14:09:19The Kremlin on Sunday accused the US embassy of interfering in Russia's domestic affairs after the mission distributed a "demonstration alert" to U

11 Chinese miners saved as rescuers race to 2021-01-24 09:37:59The miners were brought to the surface starting from around 11 am Sunday, state broadcaster CCTV reported -- a major breakthrough for a rescue operati

Hong Kong plans to lift lockdown on Monday 2021-01-24 09:08:54Hong Kong plans to lift the Covid-19 lockdown that was imposed on one of its most densely populated districts on Monday, Chief Secretary Matthew Cheun

Pak authorises emergency use of Sputnik V vax 2021-01-24 09:00:07Pakistan's Drug Regulatory Authority has approved the emergency use of the Russian-made vaccine against the coronavirus disease, Gam-COVID-Vac, commo

New Zealand detects first community case in 2 2021-01-24 08:35:16New Zealand health officials on Sunday confirmed the first case of Covid-19 in the community for more than two months, sparking urgent contract-tracin

Brazil late start on vaccinations fuels public ire 2021-01-24 06:38:22The inoculation drive so far involves six million doses of the CoronaVac vaccine from China's Sinovac, and two million of the British AstraZeneca-Oxf

Czech trainers teach dogs to sniff out Covid 2021-01-24 05:23:34"Good boy!" exclaims Lenka Vlachova, a trainer working at Prague's fire brigade, as jagdterrier Renda sits down by one sample, wagging his tail.

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Biden to repeal Trump’s U.S. military transgender ban 2021-01-24 16:44:47Trump announced the ban in July 2017, reversing a decision by Barack Obama, which allowed transgender people to serve openly and receive medical care

Some in the White House believed coronavirus was 2021-01-24 15:41:26Defending her tenure, Birx told CBS' "Face the Nation" on Sunday that she was at times censored by the Trump administration but denied ever withhol

Bernie Sanders says he’s happy inauguration meme is 2021-01-24 15:22:56"So, It turns out actually to be a good thing, and not only a fun thing," Sanders said.

Armed man arrested by Secret Service near White 2021-01-24 14:06:34Washington's Metropolitan Police Department told Global News the armed man was arrested by members of the Secret Service.

Several U.S. states mull allowing concealed carry of 2021-01-24 12:06:01Fifteen states already allow concealed carry without a permit, and lawmakers in nine others have proposed allowing or expanding the practice.

Canada didn’t start Keystone XL dispute — the 2021-01-24 11:40:32Alberta Premier Jason Kenney offered new criticisms of U.S. President Joe Biden's decision to block the US$8-billion cross-border energy project on h

Israel to ban all passenger flights in effort 2021-01-24 11:03:48To date, Israel has seen 595,097 cases and 4,361 deaths associated with the virus, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University. 

U.S. criticism of Navalny’s arrest, protest support encourage 2021-01-24 10:57:44Dmitry Peskov made the criticism on Sunday, a day after protests took place across the country demanding the release of jailed opposition leader Alexe

Pope Francis prays for homeless dead, limits appearances 2021-01-24 09:41:29It is the second time in recent weeks that Francis has been hobbled by what the Vatican has said is sciatica pain, forcing him to skip events.

Police weigh disciplining officers after riot at the 2021-01-24 09:11:43Most of the officers have not been publicly identified; only a few have been charged. Some were identified by online sleuths.

What you need to know about Alexei Navalny’s 2021-01-23 16:03:16More than 2,600 protesters, as well as Navalny's wife, Yulia Navalnaya, were detained on Saturday.

Over 150 National Guard at Biden’s inauguration in Washington test positive for 2021-01-23 14:29:43The National Guard said in a statement that it would not discuss coronavirus cases, but personnel were following Centers for Disease Co