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Indigenous community saves Colombia’s poison dart frog from coca and logging

Michigan school shooting: Student kills three and wounds six

Leaked papers link top Chinese leaders to Uyghur crackdown

MI6: China becomes single greatest focus for intelligence service as country accused of large-scale espionage operations against UK

As Russia masses its troops, Canadian soldiers in Eastern Europe keep watch

Covid: WHO urges those at risk from disease to delay travel over Omicron

Ghislaine Maxwell: Epstein pilot testifies he flew Prince Andrew

Emma Coronel: Wife of kingpin El Chapo sentenced to three years

After lifting all COVID restrictions on the 25th of September, Norway imposes new restrictions after infections reach all time high

Tens of thousands of people protest against military dictatorship in Sudan

COVID: First signs that vaccine protect against Omicron – health minister

Italian football fan banned for 'slapping' journalist live on TV

Four dead as storm tears through Turkey

Irish households donate more to charities than corporations

A Frankfurt court has handed a life sentence to an Iraqi man who joined the Islamic State group for genocide against the Yazidi minority, in the first verdict worldwide to use the label. Taha Al-Jumailly, 29, was found guilty of genocide and other crimes against humanity resulting in death

Ukraine PM says Russia 'absolutely' behind suspected coup attempt

University of Toronto student union bans ‘pro-Israel’ kosher caterers

COVID has devastated cancer treatment in Europe, new data reveals

Mike Pence asks Supreme Court to overturn abortion rights

Lesotho ex-PM Thomas Thabane charged with murdering wife

US warns Russia of 'serious consequences' in response to troop movements

Report: Taliban executed more than 100 police, military officers after takeover

The Taliban executed scores of Afghan security forces members after surrender, HRW report alleges

Why France is declaring Josephine Baker a national hero

World's first living robots can now reproduce, scientists say

Barbados to cut ties with Queen Elizabeth II, become a republic in a grand ceremony

Vegan Who Rejected COVID-19 Vaccine Over Animal Testing Dies Of Virus

Documents Reveal Biden Admin Not Fighting for a Covid Vaccine Patent Waiver, Despite Public Statements | Amid mounting concern about the Omicron variant, Biden declared U.S. support for a Covid-19 vaccine patent waiver. But new documents from Geneva tell a different story.

Mark Esper: Former Pentagon chief sues Pentagon over book release

China surveillance of journalists to use 'traffic-light' system

Toddlers Make Up 10% of Hospital Cases in Omicron Epicenter

US, allies 'biggest beneficiaries' of Australia's $17b China trade row, report finds

Canada's Quebec province discovers first case of new COVID-19 variant

Omicron: WHO warns of 'high infection risk' around globe

The Simpsons: Tiananmen episode not found in Hong Kong

Toronto, With Police Support, Moves Closer to Decriminalizing Drug Possession

New Research Finds Climate Emergency the 'Overwhelming Factor' Behind Australian Bushfires | "It is now clear that human-induced climate change is creating ever more dangerous conditions for fires in Australia."

Disney+ appears to censor episode of The Simpsons in Hong Kong referencing Tiananmen Massacre

Undercover: Police, brothel owners make millions as child prostitution, sex trafficking reign in Osun

Socialist Candidate Takes Commanding Lead in Honduran Election | Xiomara Castro, wife of Manuel Zelaya, a leftist former president ousted in a U.S.-backed coup in 2009, is on track to defeat the candidate of the right-wing incumbent party.

Covid: Biden urges calm over Omicron fears

China’s Xi promises 1bn COVID-19 vaccine doses to Africa

Canada supports plan for international pandemic treaty

COVID-positive couple arrested after leaving hotel quarantine in the Netherlands

Barbados to declare itself a republic tomorrow, cutting ties with Queen as head of state

The world must study the wreckage of Covid-19 and say "never again" by striking a pandemic preparedness treaty, the WHO said Monday as countries gathered to build a new accord

Joseph Kabila and DR Congo's missing millions

Iran nuclear deal: What key players want from talks

Gay and Muslim: 'My family wanted to cure me'

Coronavirus: Is India ready for a third wave?

Tigray: Suspicion and sacrifice as Ethiopia fighting spreads

Channel disaster: A father's anguish, a missing family

Israeli government approves immigration of thousands of Ethiopian Jews

Brazilian authorities burned more than 60 river-dredging boats in a crackdown on wildcat miners drawn to a major Amazon tributary by rumors of a gold find

Iran: Protests on water shortages turn violent as police arrest 67

2 cases of omicron variant confirmed in Ottawa, Ontario government says | CBC News

India plans to send humans to space by 2023

Covid: South Africa's president calls for lifting of Omicron travel bans

Channel disaster: A father's anguish over missing family since tragedy

Boris Johnson orders return to face masks and isolation to slow omicron variant

Virgil Abloh: Designer and Off-White founder dies aged 41

Ghana to make COVID vaccines mandatory for government employees, health workers, security personnel, staff and students of secondary and tertiary education from January 2022

Channel migrants: France wants 'serious' talks with UK

Iranian arrested in Kenya for planning terror attacks against Israeli targets - report

Covid-positive Czech president appointed new PM from plexiglass box

U.S. Navy Says It Rescued Two Iranians Adrift In Gulf Of Oman

Swiss reject plan to abolish COVID health pass: projection

A Conservation group aims to to stop trophy hunting by buying up all commercial hunting licenses in an area larger than the US State of Connecticut in the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia. The foundation currently holds the hunting rights to more than 14,000-square-miles of the B.C. coast

UAE decriminalises premarital sexual relations among 40 legal changes in reform push

Nigerian celebrities Simi and Chigul expose sexism in music and Nollywood

Covid vaccine: Can US troops be punished for refusing the jabs?

ICYMI: Smells like Christmas, confirms US First Lady

Israel banning entry of all foreigners in effort to contain omicron variant | CBC News

Vienna brothel offers customers 30 minutes with "lady of their choice" in exchange for coronavirus jab | World News

Activists hail Tanzania move to lift ban on pregnant schoolgirls | This makes Tanzania one of the last two countries in Africa to lift the controversial ban against pregnant schoolgirls from accessing education.

New Zealand Permanently Legalizes Drug Checking, a Global First

500 vigilantes gather in Mexico town, pledge to aid police

Hundreds of environmental protesters blocked roads in Belgrade and other Serbian towns , angered at mining giant Rio Tinto's plans to extract lithium in the Balkan nation. Substantial deposits of lithium, a key component for electric car batteries, are found around the western town of Loznica

Israel bans foreigners from entering country to stop Omicron variant

China risks ‘colossal Covid-19 outbreak’ by opening up, study finds

Hospital confirms first Czech case of new COVID strain

Thailand’s nightlife venues and bars told to keep closed until January 16

Advocates welcome halt to shortfin mako shark fishing, call for longer ban

'This land belongs to the Mi’kmaq people': 200 acres of historic land transferred in Nova Scotia, Canada

EU to open up 'black box' of political ads

Travel doors slam shut as new Covid variant triggers alarm, stranding hundreds of passengers

Social services 'didn't want to see' photos of bruises: Recordings of a six-year-old boy crying "no-one loves me" and "no-one's gonna feed me" before his death were released as the murder trial nears its end.

BioNtech says it needs 2 weeks to determine vaccine's effectiveness against Omicron

UK, Germany, Italy confirm cases of Omicron coronavirus variant

Violent video games do not leave a negative impact on children

Covid vaccine effective against new Omicron variant: South Africa's health minister

Peng Shuai: World Tennis Association Concerned Over ‘Censorship or Coercion’

Stephen Sondheim, Musical Theater Giant, Dies at 91

Mother left waiting in ambulance for an hour with her dead baby

Channel disaster: Kurdish woman is first victim identified

Australian council to ban cats outside unless they are on a lead

New omicron variant stokes world fears, triggers travel bans

New Paris mask mandate as variant found in Belgium

South Africa confirms 77 cases of new Covid 'super variant' bringing global total to 83

Merck's COVID-19 pill significantly less effective in new analysis

Unjabbed Britons could be banned from travelling to the EU next summer: Bloc's new proposals rule out entry unless vaccinated within last nine months

‘Our land, our life’: Okinawans hold out against new U.S. base in coastal zone

Canada enacts travel restrictions for southern Africa in light of new COVID-19 variant

Canada releases 50 million pounds from maple syrup reserve amid global shortage

New COVID variant possibly 500 percent more infectious than Delta

EU calls for sanctions on Russia's mercenary firm Wagner Group

Vaccines reduce Covid transmission by 40%: WHO

WHO classifies B.1.1.529 as a variant of concern named Omicron

Israeli drug for severe COVID reduces death by 70% - phase 2 trial

WHO labels newly identified Covid strain as Omicron, says it’s a variant of concern

New Omicron variant is a concern, WHO says

Ukraine-Russia conflict: Zelensky alleges coup plan involving Russians

Elderly man accused of 'unnatural sex with goat' faces whipping and prison

WHO labels newly identified Covid strain as Omicron, says it's a variant of concern

UK suspending flights from 6 African countries over new coronavirus variant fears: 'Our scientists are deeply concerned'

WHO calls special meeting to discuss new Covid variant found in South Africa with ‘a large number of mutations’

'Terrified' victim of Hull grooming gang beaten and burned during violent rape

UK PM calls on France to take back migrants

Channel tragedy: Whose lives were lost off Calais?

Turkey: Police fire tear gas at women's rights march

Egypt: Grand opening for Luxor's 'Avenue of the Sphinxes'

Covid: New heavily mutated variant B.1.1.529 in South Africa raises concern

British scientists warn of 'horrific' new COVID-19 variant; only 10 cases so far

QAnon's 'Queen of Canada' Calls for Followers to 'Kill' People Vaccinating Children

Chile's lower House approves same-sex marriage, Bill sent to Senate

Covid: New heavily mutated variant B.1.1.529 in South Africa raises concern

Scientists call for travel ‘code red’ over Covid variant found in southern Africa

Young activists sue Boris Johnson for failure to tackle climate crisis

52 people dead in Siberian mining disaster

WHO says fully vaccinated should wear masks and physically distance as Covid infections surge

German government will push for a European federation: The Social Democrats, Greens and the liberal FDP announced that a ‘traffic light’ coalition between the three parties would push for the development of a fully-fledged European federation.

Philippine government lawyers have opposed Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa going to Oslo next month to collect her award in person, describing the journalist in court documents as "a flight risk"

NASA confirms existence of hundreds of new worlds outside our solar system

Macy's Thanksgiving Parade: Baby Yoda and Snoopy delight crowds

Spanish police recover rare 2,000-year-old Iberian sword. More than 2,000 years after it was last wielded by a warrior somewhere on the Iberian peninsula, a rare, magnificent – and plundered – sword has been recovered by Spanish police, who tracked it down before it was sold online.

Afghan girl from famous cover portrait is evacuated to Italy | AP News

Female IDF soldiers were ‘pimped’ to terror inmates, prison commander says

Man in China creates a home laboratory to make a life-saving treatment for his son

What Ahmaud Arbery's murder exposes about America

Canada considers boosting military aid to Ukraine as Russia amasses troops at the border

Malawi asks Mike Tyson, former boxer, to be cannabis ambassador

India's fertility rate has dipped below replacement level for the first time

Hong Kong libraries remove books for "violating" national security law

Ahmaud Arbery: Three US men guilty of murdering black jogger

Ahmaud Arbery: Key moments in the trial over black jogger's killing

Germany to legalize recreational cannabis, country’s new coalition government announces | The coalition also plans to lower the voting age from 18 to 16-years-old and pass other measures such as phasing out coal power.

North Korean sentenced to death after students caught watching Squid Game

Inside Dunkirk's new migrant camp

2 Chinese activists who supported #MeToo movement, also disappeared like Peng Shuai

Scientists warn of new Covid variant with high number of mutations

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida declared on Nov. 24 that Japan will release its state oil reserves for the first time ever in a bid to ease the soaring price of crude. It follows the Biden administration’s announcement that the United States is tapping into its own emergency oil reserves

Netherlands 10 days away from health care rationing, doctor warns in lockdown appeal

The Taliban destroyed Afghanistan's ancient Buddha statues. Now they're welcoming tourists.

Belgium to label settler products, Israeli diplomat cancels events

Taliban sign $450m deal with Australian group for cannabis center: Taliban spokesman

Security forces in Qatar detained two journalists from Norwegian state television for over 30 hours and deleted footage they gathered at a migrant labor camp as they tried to report on worker issues ahead of the FIFA 2022 World Cup

'I was raped by 150 men': Young women claim grooming gang at large in Hull

Germany's incoming government unveils plans to legalize cannabis and phase out coal

Great Barrier Reef"gives birth" in massive coral spawning event

It’s not just tennis star Peng Shuai. China is cracking down on #MeToo movement

Climate change causing albatross divorce, says study

Investors now make up more than 25% of Ontario homebuyers, pushing prices higher, experts warn

Spanish renters are declaring 'war' on the American investors that bought up all the apartments in their neighborhoods

Walgreens, CVS, and Walmart fuelled opioid crisis, Ohio jury finds

Guatemala has decreed a state of emergency in El Estor, an eastern town of mainly indigenous people in conflict with a Swiss-owned nickel mine they accuse of polluting their lake

UK Animal Welfare Law Would Recognize Lobsters, Crabs, Octopuses as Sentient Beings

At least 45 dead after bus crashes and catches fire in Bulgaria

US jury awards $25m in damages over Unite the Right rally

Albert Einstein relativity document sells for record €11m

Bulgarian holiday bus tragedy hits young nation

99.5% of Black Friday ‘deals’ cheaper or the same price at other times of the year

Apple Sues Israeli Spyware Maker, Seeking to Block Its Access to iPhones

Bulgaria bus crash: Survivors broke window to flee inferno that killed 46

Ethiopia's Tigray conflict: Foreigners advised to leave

China bans celebrities from showing off wealth and 'extravagant pleasure' on social media, saying pop stars must comply with 'core socialist values'

Popeyes opens first location in England. Its biscuits mystify British diners

Ex-U.S. intelligence officials working for foreign countries on rise, report says

Ahmaud Arbery: Jury to decide fate of men accused in his murder

India announces plans to ban most cryptocurrencies in new clampdown

Grammy Awards: Olivia Rodrigo dominates nominations for 2022

China bans Namewee's viral pop song Fragile

Six Inuit snatched by Denmark 70 years ago demand compensation

Indigenous Greenlanders demand compensation from Denmark over failed colonial experiment

Trial opens against accused elephant poachers in Indonesia

Germany Is Gearing Up To Legalize The Adult Use Of Cannabis

US considering sending extra weaponry to Ukraine as fears mount over potential Russian invasion

Rolls-Royce's all-electric airplane smashes record with 387.4 MPH top speed | Engadget

Ethiopia's Tigray conflict: What are Facebook and Twitter doing about hate speech?

Can South Africa embrace renewable energy from the sun?

Online child abuse rises in India during Covid-19 pandemic

Six ways shoebox-sized satellites are trying to change the world

Wisconsin witnesses recount how SUV mowed down parade-goers

'Pipelines will be blown up,' says David Suzuki, if leaders don't act on climate change

Italy lights up Colosseum in red to remember women killed by men

Peppa Pig and losing notes: UK PM's bizarre speech

Barbados will finally cut ties to the British monarchy, after years of trying | Queen Elizabeth II has long been the former colony’s official head of state. But on November 30, the Caribbean’s ‘Little England’ becomes a monarch-free republic.

Japan looking to allow more foreigners to stay indefinitely in a major immigration policy shift

Austrian Chancellor: 'You don’t only have rights, you have obligations'

Wisconsin: Waukesha Police Chief chokes up while naming Christmas parade incident victims

Greenland strips Chinese mining firm of licence

U.N. warns of 'colossal' collapse of Afghan banking system

Jaguars in Mexico are growing in number, a promising sign that national conservation strategies are working

Iranians Hold Mass Protest Over Poor Water Management Amid Drought

Priceless Roman mosaic spent 50 years as a coffee table in New York apartment

Swedish far-right MEP convicted of sexually assaulting fellow party member

Outrage after two journalists detained at Indigenous protest in Canada. Press organizations have condemned the arrest of two journalists who were detained by RCMP while covering Indigenous-led resistance to a controversial pipeline project.

Afghanistan: Taliban unveil new rules banning women in TV dramas

Russian rescue dog Monika has a new leash on life after prosthetics operation

Chinese hypersonic weapon fired missile over South China Sea

Haiti kidnappers release two missionaries among 17 abducted

Kenyan police investigate BBC worker's death in Nairobi

Australia surpasses 85 per cent full vaccination rate

U.S. Intel Shows Russian Plans for Potential Ukraine Invasion

Afghanistan: Taliban unveil new rules banning women in TV dramas

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: Man Utd sack manager with club seventh in Premier League

Khashoggi's fiancee urges Justin Bieber to cancel Saudi performance

Filipino megachurch founder forced girls and young women into sex, telling them it was ‘God’s will,’ feds say

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai said she is safe in video call, says International Olympic Committee

Hamas Gunman Kills 1, Wounds 4 in Terror Shooting in Jerusalem Old City

Dog poop politicized in Turkey: Man tries to frame popular stray dog by placing feces on tramway

President Nayib Bukele said El Salvador plans to build the world's first "Bitcoin City", powered by a volcano and financed by cryptocurrency bonds.

Poland says Belarus border crisis may be prelude to "something worse"

Peng Shuai: fresh videos fail to ease concerns as China faces global backlash

Peng Shuai: Chinese tennis star tells Olympic officials she is safe

El Salvador Bitcoin city planned at base of Conchagua volcano

Covid: Water cannons and tear gas fired at protesters in Belgium

Latest Peng Shuai images do little to ease concerns about her safety | Peng Shuai

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai claims to be safe in 30 minute video call with IOC chief Thomas Bach

Western Canada braces for more torrential rain after deadly mudslides

Barcelona tackles roaming wild boar problem

Peng Shuai: Chinese state media claims to show new video clips of Chinese tennis star

Thousands protest virus restrictions in Vienna, Zurich

Netherlands Covid riots: Fireworks and chaos on the streets for a second night

Bear shot dead by 70-year-old hunter in France

'Orgy of violence': Dutch police open fire on rioters

France: Tens of thousands protest violence against women. Chanting protesters took to the streets across France to call for an end to sexual violence. More than 100 women have been killed in France by their partners or ex-partners in 2021

High Society Is Bracing Itself for Ghislaine Maxwell's Trial - Rolling Stone

On World Children’s Day… Israel Killed 15 Palestinian Kids, Detained Hundreds In 10 Months

Vietnamese workers at Chinese factory in Serbia cry for help

Somali journalist Abdiaziz Mohamud Guled killed in suicide attack

All-women militia formed in Myanmar’s Sagaing region in response to military violence

Yemeni army strikes military bases, Aramco refineries and airports deep inside Saudi Arabia

WTA chief casts doubt on Chinese player Peng video

Paris St-Germain 3-1 Nantes: Lionel Messi opens Ligue 1 account as 10-man leaders win

Thousands march in France protesting violence against women

Kyoto University experiment removes mouse memories with light

Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Canadian police to release detained journalists

RCMP arrest photojournalist Amber Bracken and 13 others during pipeline protest in Wet’suwet’en territory

Poland says Belarus has changed tactics on border crisis - Belarus said to be directing smaller groups of people to multiple points along the EU’s eastern frontier

Wife of jailed ex-Interpol chief says friend risks same fate

US defends air strikes that killed civilians in Syria

Colombia nun freed after 4-year captivity in Mali returns home

Peng Shuai: How China censored a tennis star

Fires have killed nearly 20% of the world's giant sequoias in the last two years

U.S. ignores recommendation to put India on religious freedom violation list

Four Taiwan semiconductor makers provided data to US government after being asked to provide information deemed confidential about semiconductor makers’ inventories, lead times, clients and suppliers

Nicaragua Leaves the Organization of American States

Riots erupt during anti-lockdown protest in Rotterdam.

Norway Is Running Out of Gas-Guzzling Cars to Tax

Kyle Rittenhouse: Who is US teen cleared of protest killings?

Peng Shuai: US 'deeply concerned' over Chinese tennis star

In pictures: British Columbia devastated by catastrophic floods

US demands ‘verifiable proof’ of tennis player Peng Shuai’s well-being after she disappears following claim of sexual abuse against Chinese ex-official

Indian farmers score victory as Modi retreats on pro-corporate farm laws

Access to unsafe toilets is impacting the health of 3.6 billion people, says UN

A convicted Russian agent who was recently freed from US prison says her new seat in Russia's parliament is 'not a reward'

White House concerned by reports about Chinese tennis star Peng

Man in China banned from all-you-can-eat BBQ for eating too much

Mexico Sends 1500 National Troops to Riviera Maya for Tourist Protection

Russian, Chinese warplanes enter South Korean air buffer zone: Seoul

Canadian army stops delivering supplies to Afghan translator stranded in Ukraine

Poland says Belarus ferries migrants back to border after clearing camps

Kyle Rittenhouse: US teenager cleared over Kenosha killings

Future German coalition agrees to legalize cannabis

U.S. warns China after South China Sea standoff with Philippines

Taiwan deploys advanced fighter jets amid tensions with China

Poland border crisis: Camp empty as migrants move to warehouse

Ros Atkins on... the missing Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai

Afghanistan: The teenage girls returning to school under the Taliban

Australian school food van: 'I didn't believe in myself until I got this job'

The US Justice Department announced indictments Thursday of two Iranians who allegedly took part in an online "disinformation and threat" campaign to influence American voters in the 2020 presidential election

France bans wild circus animals and mink farms, but not bullfighting | France

150 British army Royal Engineers will be sent to help reinforce Poland's border with Belarus

Wife of American man kidnapped 5 years ago in Africa says release being hindered by U.S.