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Burundi says president Nkurunziza has died of heart attack
NAIROBI, Kenya - Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza has died of a heart attack at age 56, the government announced Tuesday, ending a 15-year-rule marked by deadly political violence and a historic ...
Jun 09, 2020
US employers laid-off 7.7 million workers in April
BALTIMORE - U.S. employers laid-off 7.7 million workers in April - a deep the economic hole that was created by the closure of thousands of offices, restaurants, stores and schools during the pandemic...
Jun 09, 2020
Feds commit $8.9M in foreign aid for reproductive health services amid COVID-19
OTTAWA - Canada is dedicating $8.9 million in new international aid to ensure women and girls around the world have safe access to abortion and reproductive health services during the C...
Jun 09, 2020
Feds commit $8.9M in foreign aid for reproductive health services amid COVID-19
OTTAWA - Canada is dedicating $8.9 million in new international aid to ensure women and girls around the world have safe access to abortion and reproductive health services during the C...
Jun 09, 2020
Singh says NDP won't support Liberal bill that would jail, fine CERB fraudsters
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says it is irresponsible and wrong-headed for the Liberal government to draft a bill that would fine or imprison people who made fraudulent claims under the Canada Em...
Jun 09, 2020
Humpback whale that thrilled crowds in Montreal reported dead in St. Lawrence
MONTREAL - A whale research group says a wayward humpback whale that had captivated crowds in the Montreal area in recent days appears to have been found dead. The Group for Research and Edu...
Jun 09, 2020
More funding freed up for organizations working on food security
OTTAWA - The federal government is spending more money to help food banks and other community organizations working to increase food security. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced t...
Jun 09, 2020
B.C., Ontario shipyards team up to win multibillion-dollar icebreaker contract
OTTAWA - Canada's sharply divided shipbuilding industry was dealt a surprise this morning as two competing yards announced plans to team up to win a multibillion-dollar contract to build a new polar i...
Jun 09, 2020
Bahrain activist Nabeel Rajab released from prison
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A prominent human rights activist in Bahrain was released Tuesday amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Nabeel Rajab left prison and will serve the rest of his sentence ...
Jun 09, 2020
George Floyd, whose death energized a movement, to be buried
HOUSTON - The black man whose death has inspired a worldwide reckoning over racial injustice will be buried in Houston Tuesday, carried home in a horse-drawn carriage. George Floyd, who was 46 when he...
Jun 09, 2020
