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Critics of Brazil's president being targeted by security law
SAO PAULO - Police in Brazil are starting to employ a dictatorship-era national security law against critics of President Jair Bolsonaro, while lawyers and activists rally to provide them with legal h...
Mar 20, 2021
India, US to expand military engagement, defence ties
NEW DELHI - Top defence officials from India and the United States pledged Saturday to expand their military engagement, underscoring the strengthening defence ties between two countries concerned ove...
Mar 20, 2021
Striking Myanmar rail workers move out as protests continue
MANDALAY, Myanmar - Residents of Myanmar's second-biggest city helped striking railway workers move out of their state-supplied housing Saturday after the authorities said they would have to leave if ...
Mar 20, 2021
UN says no international staff left in North Korea
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A U.N. spokesman said the world body in North Korea has been left with no international staff, who are now working remotely. Despite claiming to be coronavirus free, North ...
Mar 20, 2021
Singh commits to cancel up to $20,000 in tuition in election campaign-style promise
OTTAWA - New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh is renewing his pitch to young voters, pledging that an NDP government would cancel up to $20,000 in tuition. Singh says that, if elected, he would also free...
Mar 20, 2021
Psychiatrists more open to MAID for people with mental illnesses, survey finds
OTTAWA - Canadian psychiatrists' attitude toward medical assistance in dying for people with mental illnesses appears to have undergone a sea change over the past five years. When Canada first legaliz...
Mar 20, 2021
Faith leaders preach value of COVID-19 vaccines among followers
When plans for COVID-19 vaccines began to emerge, Rabbi Adam Cutler delivered a sermon at Toronto's Adath Israel Congregation about a blessing people could recite when receiving their shot. He said th...
Mar 20, 2021
O'Toole to face Conservative grassroots after laying out elements of election plan
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole will field questions from party members today, a day after he gave a speech outlining what he sees as the path to victory come the next election. And he was b...
Mar 20, 2021
Man carries toddler into San Diego Zoo's elephant habitat
SAN DIEGO - A father allegedly carried his 2-year-old daughter into an elephant habitat at the famous San Diego Zoo to take a photo with the animals, police said Friday. An elephant seemed like it wan...
Mar 19, 2021
Jennifer Jones, Brent Laing off to fast start at Canadian mixed doubles championship
CALGARY - Jennifer Jones and husband Brent Laing are off to a 3-0 start at the Home Hardware Canadian mixed doubles curling championship. The longtime Manitoba skip and Laing beat 2021 Canadian women'...
Mar 19, 2021
