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'Midnight hour of need': St. Vincent pleads for 2021-04-19 17:35:30UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The prime minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines made a heartfelt plea Monday to the international community to help his cou

Sudan repeals Israel boycott law amid normalization efforts 2021-04-19 16:11:01CAIRO (AP) - Sudan on Monday abolished a decades-old law on boycotting Israel, part of efforts to establish normal ties with the Jewish state. A bill

Swedish teen Thunberg joins fight against vaccine inequity 2021-04-19 14:05:44GENEVA (AP) - Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has urged governments, vaccine developers and the world to “step up their game” to f

White House: Russia will be punished if Navalny 2021-04-19 12:45:00The Russian government will face consequences if Alexei Navalny dies in custody, the White House said Monday, as the opposition leader was transferred

Group urges UN to probe China for crimes 2021-04-19 09:07:23KASHGAR, China (AP) - A human rights group appealed to the United Nations on Monday to investigate allegations China's government is committing crime

Iran, Indonesia foreign ministers discuss trade, economy 2021-04-19 07:53:32JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif discussed trade and economic issues in a meeting in Jakarta on Monday

Rwanda report blames France for 'enabling' the 1994 2021-04-19 07:05:05PARIS (AP) — The French government bears “significant” responsibility for “enabling a foreseeable genocide,” a report co

EU to purchase 100 million more COVID-19 vaccine 2021-04-19 05:48:52BERLIN — Pharmaceutical company BioNTech and its U.S. partner Pfizer say they will provide 100 million more doses of their coronavirus vaccine t

Jailed Navalny to be moved to a hospital 2021-04-19 05:21:29MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian state penitentiary service said Monday a decision has been made to transfer imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexe

Australia reverses decision to withhold medals from veterans 2021-04-19 05:00:55CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australia’s government on Monday reversed a decision to strip soldiers of unit citations due to war crime allegations

EU estimates 150,000 Russian troops near Ukraine's borders 2021-04-19 04:56:15BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is estimating that 150,000 Russian troops have already amassed for the biggest military buildup ever near Ukr

India's capital to lock down as nation's virus 2021-04-19 04:02:35NEW DELHI (AP) — New Delhi imposed a weeklong lockdown Monday night to prevent the collapse of the Indian capital's health system, which author

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At least 11 killed, dozens injured in Egypt 2021-04-18 14:38:26Egyptian authorities say at least 11 people have been killed and almost 100 others injured in a passenger train derailment north of Cairo.

The U.S. is awash in vaccine supply. Its 2021-04-18 04:00:00With some U.S. states now boasting more than one dose of COVID-19 vaccine for every adult, the newest concern involves demand: Will enough Americans g

U.S. safety regulator issues warning about Peloton's Tread+ 2021-04-17 19:06:45U.S. safety regulators warned people with kids and pets Saturday to immediately stop using a treadmill made by Peloton after one child died and nearly

Health of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny worsening amid 2021-04-17 17:08:25Dr. Yaroslav Ashikhmin said Saturday that test results he received from Navalny's family show him with sharply elevated levels of potassium, which ca

MP William Amos speaks out: Leaked naked photo 2021-04-17 12:11:49The Liberal MP who inadvertently flashed his parliamentary colleagues says the fact that a screenshot of him in the nude was leaked to the media sends

Chauvin trial highlights and takeaways 2021-04-16 19:45:00CBC's Susan Ormiston takes a look back at 14 days of testimony at the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged

Biden will lift refugee cap in May after 2021-04-16 19:13:04Facing swift blowback from allies and aid groups, the White House on Friday said U.S. President Joe Biden plans to lift his predecessor's historicall

MIT researchers turn spider webs into musical forms 2021-04-16 18:20:00Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology put spider web formations through computer algorithms, creating melodic tones, chords and dis

Russia to expel 10 U.S. diplomats in response 2021-04-16 16:30:48Russia said it would expel 10 U.S. diplomats and take other retaliatory moves in a tense showdown with Washington in response to a barrage of new U.S.

Castro era ending in Cuba as Raúl announces 2021-04-16 14:52:03Raúl Castro confirmed he was handing over the leadership of Cuba's all-powerful Communist Party, ending an era of formal leadership by hi

Peaky Blinders, Harry Potter actor Helen McCrory dead 2021-04-16 12:15:24Britain's Helen McCrory, who starred in Harry Potter films and the TV series Peaky Blinders, has died after a battle with cancer, her husband, a

U.S. preparing for COVID-19 booster shots, as Pfizer 2021-04-16 10:17:46The United States is preparing for the possibility that a booster shot will be needed between nine to 12 months after people are initially vaccinated

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After deadly year on the roads, California and 2021-04-19 08:00:31Lawmakers in California and other states are rethinking how they set and enforce speed limits, giving local authorities more power to slow drivers.

How a scrappy Chicano from L.A. came to 2021-04-19 08:00:27With supreme confidence and politically incorrect bluster, businessman Dan Pena made a fortune. He prods and pokes his students to do the same.

Clock's running out on climate change. California says 2021-04-19 08:00:03Solar panels, wind turbines and electric cars are not enough to beat climate change. California is also looking at giant carbon-sucking vacuums.

Maintaining a memorial at the scene of George 2021-04-19 06:00:55For many in Minneapolis, the space outside Cup Foods where Floyd died is sacred ground that should remain closed off or a meaningful site that shouldn

Op-Ed: Missiles and warheads in holes in the 2021-04-19 06:00:47Keep warheads mobile, at sea or in the air, not in underground silos whose location hasn't changed in decades.

Chicago's Little Village divided over police shooting of 2021-04-18 21:42:46 Video of Chicago police officer shooting 13-year-old Adam Toledo fuels peaceful protests.

Column: No matter the verdict in the Chauvin 2021-04-18 08:00:54After Adam Toledo, Daunte Wright and Caron Nazario, I'd like to think something has changed. But the many calls for police reform sound just as hollo

Afghanistan's war — and America's stakes in it 2021-04-18 07:00:58The battle for Afghanistan began long before American troops arrived in 2001, and won't end when the last U.S. soldier is gone.

Police killed their loved ones. Now they're hopeful 2021-04-18 06:00:51It's a club no one wants to join. These Black families have lost loved ones to police brutality. The Chauvin trial could bring justice.

Op-Ed: We don't need a new Cold War 2021-04-18 06:00:13The national security state is cheering for a new Cold War with China. Americans should be deeply worried.

A royal feud has some Jordanians asking: Is 2021-04-18 05:00:32The shocking rupture between King Abdullah and his half-brother Prince Hamzah has caused many Jordanians to reappraise their country's monarchy.

U.S. pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccine could 2021-04-17 14:07:13Experts said that while the pause on Johnson & Johnson's vaccine may make sense for the U.S., stoppages in poorer countries would end up costing

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NASA helicopter makes history with successful flight on 2021-04-19 08:17:55NASA’s miniature robot helicopter Ingenuity performed a successful takeoff and landing on Mars early on Monday, achieving the first powered, con

Russia moves Navalny to prison hospital amid outcry 2021-04-19 08:06:25Russia’s penitentiary service on Monday said it was transferring ailing Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to prison hospital, as the EU warned it wo

Tottenham sack Mourinho as head coach days before 2021-04-19 07:30:16Jose Mourinho was sacked as manager of Tottenham Hotspur on Monday after 17 months in charge of the London club and six days before they will appear i

‘Annette’, starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard, to 2021-04-19 05:45:49The new film from French auteur Leos Carax will open the delayed Cannes Film Festival in July, the organisers said Monday.

Macron wants change in law after Jewish woman’s 2021-04-19 05:14:39President Emmanuel Macron urged a change in French law after a man who murdered a Jewish woman in 2017 avoided a trial on the grounds he acted in deli

New Delhi announces week-long lockdown amid ‘critical’ Covid-19 2021-04-19 04:30:04India’s capital New Delhi will impose a week-long lockdown from Monday night, officials said, as the megacity struggles to contain a huge surge

‘A war on football’: Creation of breakaway Super 2021-04-19 02:27:25The announcement by major European football clubs that they plan to join a breakaway European Super League sparked furious reactions on Sunday, with&n

Egypt: Train derailment near Cairo leaves at least 2021-04-18 22:40:44A train accident north of Cairo on Sunday left 11 people dead and 98 others injured, Egypt's health ministry said, in the latest rail calam

George Floyd: Americans await verdict as Derek Chauvin 2021-04-18 22:21:03A jury is to hear closing arguments on Monday in the trial of the white ex-police officer accused of murdering African-American George Floyd, a c

Calls for more oxygen, hospital beds as India’s 2021-04-18 21:41:35More government hospital beds will be freed for Covid-19 patients, India's health ministry said Sunday, as the vast nation grappled with a worse

South African students evacuate Cape Town university as 2021-04-18 21:11:07A wildfire on the slopes of South Africa's Table Mountain forced University of Cape Town students to evacuate on Sunday, as runaway fl

Australia opens quarantine-free travel bubble with New Zealand 2021-04-18 21:01:58Emotions ran high Monday as excited passengers set off on the first flights to take advantage of a quarantine-free travel bubble between Australia and

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Cuomo facing NEW probe into alleged use of 2021-04-19 18:09:23 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has found himself dealing with yet another public controversy as the state’s attorney general is now investigating w

Spinning POTUS? What Biden ACTUALLY meant by ‘crisis’ 2021-04-19 17:44:39 Arguing that President Joe Biden’s words aren’t the official position of his administration, the White House said his use of “crisi

Czech govt bars Russia’s Rosatom from nuclear power 2021-04-19 16:54:46 Russia’s nuclear energy corporation Rosatom won’t be invited for a security assessment as a bidder vying to renovate the Dukovany nuclear

Critics, including CNN, attack Chauvin defense for ‘reasonable 2021-04-19 16:46:28 The prosecution and defense lawyers have made their closing arguments in the trial of former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin, with his legal team earni

Facebook plots to conceal inflammatory George Floyd-related content 2021-04-19 16:28:18 Social media giant Facebook says it plans to crack down on the conversation regarding the imminent verdict at former police officer Derek Chauvin&rsq

Duterte says he will send Philippines' navy ships 2021-04-19 16:27:52 The Philippines will send naval vessels into the disputed South China Sea in a bid to defend what it claims are its oil and mineral resources, Presid

‘My Pillow Guy’ ramps up crusade against ‘election 2021-04-19 15:53:22 Trump superfan and pillow-peddling conservative Mike Lindell has launched a new social media platform to coincide with a $1.6 billion lawsuit he&rsqu

‘I’d love to see her resign’: Detroit police 2021-04-19 15:34:26 Detroit Police Chief James Craig has blasted Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) for calling policing “inherently and intentionally racist,”

‘F*ck the Super League’: Pop star Louis Tomlinson 2021-04-19 15:28:46 One Direction's Louis Tomlinson has thrown his weight behind the fan fury at the proposed European Super League mutiny, telling his Twitter followin

‘I’m always in football’: Jose Mourinho films media 2021-04-19 14:54:52 Jose Mourinho has hinted that he will return to football very soon as he gave brief comments to the media hours after the Portuguese boss was sacked

Biden shuts migrant center for underage girls two 2021-04-19 14:38:13 Joe Biden’s administration has closed a migrant shelter located at a warehouse in Houston housing hundreds of unaccompanied underage girls, aft

‘I expect it on Friday’: UEFA executive claims 2021-04-19 14:23:34 Football giants Chelsea, Real Madrid and Man City will be expelled from this season's Champions League on Friday over joining the European Super Lea

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UK PM Boris Johnson’s India visit stands cancelled 2021-04-19 20:22:32UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson cancelled on Monday his trip to India on April 25 owing to the grim Covid situation in the country and said he would h

Facebook unveils big audio push, adding podcasts 2021-04-19 20:06:04

Alexei Navalny transferred to Russian prison hospital, health 2021-04-19 19:13:46Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been transferred to a prison hospital, supporters and officials said on Monday, 20 days into a hunger str

Cuba's Communist Party chooses Miguel Diaz-Canel as leader 2021-04-19 19:00:15In many ways, Cuba's new maximum leader is nothing like those who have governed the island for the past six decades. Miguel Diaz-Canel was never a gu

Rejected Broadway posters on sale to help theater 2021-04-19 18:53:08Letting the world see your failures is usually something most people try to avoid. Not for theatrical poster designer Frank Verlizzo - he hopes you'l

Albanian man with knife wounds 5 at mosque 2021-04-19 18:41:20An Albanian man with a knife wounded five people Monday at a mosque in the capital, police said, as investigators tried to determine a motive for the

US sends team to probe fatal Tesla crash 2021-04-19 18:27:56Federal safety regulators have sent a team to investigate the fatal crash of a Tesla in a Houston suburb in which local authorities say no one was beh

Greta Thunberg backs Covid vaccine inequity fight 2021-04-19 17:57:49Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg on Monday slammed the "tragedy" of vaccine inequity as she donated 100,000 euros ($120,000) from her found

US Supreme Court brings end to another Republican 2021-04-19 17:14:42The US Supreme Court on Monday brought an end to another lawsuit related to the Nov. 3 presidential election field by a Republican former congressiona

Prosecutor: Derek Chauvin 'had to know' George Floyd's 2021-04-19 17:01:31Officer Derek Chauvin "had to know" he was squeezing the life out of George Floyd as the Black man cried out over and over that he couldn't breathe

Progress in Iran nuclear talks but resolution still 2021-04-19 16:51:24High-level talks in Vienna aimed at bringing the United States back into the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran are moving ahead with experts working on draf

Veteran Syria opposition figure Michel Kilo dies of 2021-04-19 16:43:51Michel Kilo, an exiled veteran Syrian opposition figure, died Monday of complications from Covid-19 in a hospital in Paris where he lived, family and

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Alexei Navalny’s team calls for massive protests amid 2021-04-18 08:58:01``Our patient could die at any moment,'' said doctor Yaroslav Ashikhmin.

Armed patrol group joins Daunte Wright protests in 2021-04-18 07:17:48Hundreds of people have gathered outside the heavily guarded Brooklyn Center police station every night since Sunday.

3 dead, 2 injured after shooting at tavern 2021-04-18 07:03:22The shooting happened at Somers House Tavern in the Village of Somers, Kenosha County Sgt. David Wright said.

Indianapolis’ Sikh community calls for U.S. gun reforms 2021-04-18 00:29:52The attack was another blow to the Asian American community a month after authorities said six people of Asian descent were killed by a gunman in the

Experts find more evidence COVID-19 is airborne, that 2021-04-17 22:43:04A report published from leading experts found evidence that the disease was spreading through aerosols -- tiny airborne particles that come from peopl

Canada troubled by China’s targeting of pro-democracy activists 2021-04-17 19:40:37A total of nine advocates were given jail terms after they were found guilty earlier this month of organizing and participating in a massive protest i

India records over 200K COVID-19 cases in a 2021-04-17 15:44:50In recent weeks, festivals, political rallies in India attracted thousands of people, few of whom followed COVID-19 safety protocols.

Prince Philip funeral: Trudeau announces $200K donation to 2021-04-17 14:19:35Philip was a ``devoted public servant whose contributions changed countless lives around the world, especially those of young people,'' Trudeau said

Princes Harry, William, mourn grandfather Philip during funeral 2021-04-17 13:16:33Prince Harry travelled from California to attend the funeral of his grandfather, Prince Philip.

Meghan Markle reportedly watching Prince Philip’s funeral at 2021-04-17 10:59:02The funeral, held at the St George's Chapel, where Harry and Meghan married in 2018, marked the first time the prince met his family since the Oprah

Watch Live: Prince Philip’s funeral at Windsor Castle 2021-04-17 08:56:18You can watch Global News' live coverage of Prince Philip's funeral here at 9 a.m. ET.

Prisoners in Myanmar pardoned by military junta, unclear 2021-04-17 07:49:26The move comes as daily protests against the Feb. 1 ouster of the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi continue, as does the use of deadly force aga