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Pakistan launches new anti-polio drive amid tight security
ISLAMABAD - Despite a steady rise in coronavirus cases, Pakistan on Monday launched a five-day vaccination campaign against polio amid tight security, hoping to eradicate the crippling children's dise...
Jan 11, 2021
Parler squeezed as Trump seeks new online megaphone
President Donald Trump has been kicked off of most mainstream social media platforms following his supporters' siege on the U.S. Capitol. But it remains to be seen how fast or where - if anywhere - on...
Jan 11, 2021
Capitol assault a more sinister attack than first appeared
WASHINGTON - Under battle flags bearing Donald Trump's name, the Capitol's attackers pinned a bloodied police officer in a doorway, his twisted face and screams captured on video. They mortally wounde...
Jan 11, 2021
Biden faces challenge in guiding America past Trump era
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden appeared on television last week as a bipartisan group of lawmakers huddled in an undisclosed location to protect them from a violent mob that was ransacking the...
Jan 11, 2021
N. Korea's Kim adds title: General secretary of ruling party
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was given the title of general secretary of the ruling Workers' Party formerly held by his late father and grandfather, state media reported...
Jan 11, 2021
Pompeo to designate Yemen's Houthi rebels as terrorist group
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that he will designate Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels as a "foreign terrorist organization" as time runs down on the Trump administration. ...
Jan 11, 2021
Indonesia green-lights emergency use of Chinese vaccine
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia's Food and Drug Authority on Monday green-lighted emergency use of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by China-based Sinovac Biotech Ltd., with vaccinations of high-risk grou...
Jan 11, 2021
CRTC to launch hearing on CBC's application to renew broadcasting licences
OTTAWA - Canada's telecommunications regulator will launch a multi-day review today of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.'s broadcasting licences. The CRTC says electronic hearings will begin at 10 a.m. ...
Jan 11, 2021
Manslaughter trial begins for Ontario trucker charged in death of Edmonton woman
EDMONTON - A jury trial is to begin today for an Ontario truck driver charged in the death of a woman at an Edmonton motel a decade ago. Bradley David Barton, who is 52, is charged with manslaughter. ...
Jan 11, 2021
China: WHO experts arriving Thursday for virus origins probe
BEIJING - China said Monday that a group of experts from the World Health Organization are due to arrive this week for an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. A one-sentence ann...
Jan 10, 2021
