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Group reports health facilities looted in Ethiopia's Tigray
KAMPALA, Uganda - Health facilities in Ethiopia's embattled region of Tigray have been "looted, vandalized and destroyed in a deliberate and widespread attack on health care," the humanitarian group D...
Mar 15, 2021
Myanmar junta orders martial law in 6 Yangon townships
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's ruling junta has declared martial law in six townships in the country's largest city, as security forces killed dozens of protesters over the weekend in an increasingly let...
Mar 15, 2021
Voting starts in coronavirus-affected Dutch election
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Polling stations opened across the Netherlands early Monday in a general election that has been spread over three days to allow people to vote safely during the coronavirus pa...
Mar 15, 2021
Merkel's party faces German election 'wake-up call'
BERLIN - Two German state election defeats have put the spotlight on chances of a government without Chancellor Angela Merkel's bloc after September's national vote. A possible contender to succeed he...
Mar 15, 2021
Flights cancelled during China's worst sandstorm in a decade
BEIJING - China's capital and a wide swath of the country's north were enveloped Monday in the worst sandstorm in a decade, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights. Skyscrapers in the centre o...
Mar 15, 2021
Australians rally at Parliament to demand justice for women
CANBERRA, Australia - Australians rallied in the capital and other cities Monday demanding justice for women and calling out misogyny and dangerous workplace cultures as the government reels from two ...
Mar 15, 2021
Meng Wanzhou returns to B.C. court for arguments over evidence, abuse of process
VANCOUVER - The conduct of Canadian police and border officers is expected to face scrutiny in British Columbia Supreme Court this week as hearings resume in the extradition case of Huawei executive M...
Mar 15, 2021
East Coasters proud of COVID record, but some worry over heavy cost to mental health
HALIFAX - Atlantic Canada's political leaders have touted the region as an example to the world after the novel coronavirus was repeatedly beaten back by a population that dutifully followed orders to...
Mar 15, 2021
Coming week will see trickle of COVID-19 vaccine doses before floodgates open
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada is expecting a smaller-than-normal shipment of COVID-19 vaccines this week, with fewer than 445,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech shots scheduled for delivery ov...
Mar 15, 2021
Meng Wanzhou returns to B.C. court for arguments over evidence, abuse of process
VANCOUVER - The conduct of Canadian police and border officers is expected to face scrutiny in British Columbia Supreme Court this week as hearings resume in the extradition case of Huawei executive M...
Mar 15, 2021
