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Philippines demands more U.S. security aid to retain pact
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's administration wants considerably more military aid from the United States in exchange for not abrogating a key security pact with Washingt...
Feb 15, 2021
As the Lionel Desmond inquiry resumes, a look at what has been learned so far
HALIFAX - Lionel Desmond was a desperately ill man, and he knew it. The former Canadian soldier was suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder and a possible traumatic brain injury when he w...
Feb 15, 2021
Feds expect Pfizer to start ramping up vaccine deliveries to Canada this week
OTTAWA - Canada's sluggish COVID-19 vaccination efforts are expected to get a big boost starting this week as the federal government prepares for a ramp up in the delivery of shots from Pfizer-BioNTec...
Feb 15, 2021
UK opens quarantine hotels, pushes on with vaccine drive
LONDON - Britain's newly established quarantine hotels received their first guests on Monday as the government tries to prevent new variants of the coronavirus from derailing its fast-moving vaccinati...
Feb 15, 2021
Canada's Bianca Andreescu 2nd round winner at Phillip Island Trophy
MELBOURNE, Australia - Canada's Bianca Andreescu improved to 2-1 for 2021 with a 7-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory over American Madison Brengle in the second round of the Phillip Island Trophy on Monday. The sec...
Feb 15, 2021
Russian cargo ship launched to International Space Station
MOSCOW - An unmanned Russian cargo ship launched successfully Monday with a load of supplies for the International Space Station. The Progress MS-16 cargo ship blasted off as scheduled at 9:45 a.m. (0...
Feb 15, 2021
Major Australian media company strikes Google news pay deal
CANBERRA, Australia - Seven West Media has become the largest Australian news media business to strike a deal with Google to pay for journalism in a partnership announced Monday before the nation's Pa...
Feb 15, 2021
Trump looks to reassert himself after impeachment acquittal
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump took in the win at Mar-a-Lago, surrounded by friends and family. His lawyers celebrated with hugs and smiles. One joked, "We're going to Disney World!" Now acquitted in his s...
Feb 15, 2021
At Camp David retreat, Biden hangs out, shows he's got game
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden spent his third week in office visiting the Pentagon, touring the National Institutes of Health and working on the administration's COVID-19 response. He capped it off...
Feb 15, 2021
Impeachment isn't the final word on Capitol riot for Trump
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's acquittal at his second impeachment trial may not be the final word on whether he's to blame for the deadly Capitol riot. The next step for the former president could be th...
Feb 15, 2021
