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Biden set to withdraw USA troops from Afghanistan by September 11

The US, the official said, will coordinate with North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies and partners about a drawdown of their forces in the same timeframe be...

COVID-19 on Vancouver Island

Dr. Bonnie Henry says firefighters, police and paramedics are being vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines over the next few weeks alongside s...

Mich. Gov. Whitmer faces resistance to COVID-19 shutdowns

In the week ended April 11, MI reported the highest number of new cases per capita of all 50 states and also led the country in hospitalizations per capita. WHI...

Iran starts up advanced centrifuges in nuclear deal breach

Iran is seeking to have USA sanctions lifted, while the Biden administration is looking for the country to return to the terms of the 2015 Nuclear Deal. While...

New Zealand halts all flights from India amid fears of in-flight infection

But Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern immediately announced a temporary halt to travel into the country from India, the departure point for most infected arrivals i...

New Zealand 'absolutely missed' Australia, PM Jacinda Ardern says

The confirmation of a quarantine-free travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand means Super Rugby Trans-Tasman can start as planned on May 14. New data ...

Matt Gaetz sought preemptive pardon in final weeks of Trump's presidency

Matt Gaetz published an opinion piece in the Washington Examiner defending himself on Monday, where he states that he is not a criminal and that he would n...

US Navy medic killed by military police after shooting in Maryland

Lando said shortly after, authorities learned the suspect had traveled to U.S. Army Garrison Fort Detrick , about a 10-minute drive away, where the suspect was...

Covid: Trust regulator on AstraZeneca vaccine safety, Boris Johnson says

Two vaccines - developed by Oxford-AstraZeneca and Pfizer-BioNtech - are being used in the UK. After several countries suspended the use of the AstraZeneca ja...

$100 Billion for Broadband Included in Biden's Infrastructure Plan

Billed " The American Jobs Plan ", Biden's proposal would heavily invest in rebuilding the nation's crumbling infrastructure and shift to greener energy over th...

Amid wastewater overflow threat, Florida officials urge residents to heed evacuation orders

Crews were working around the clock on Monday to prevent the collapse of a waste water reservoir's leaky containment wall near Tampa Bay, Florida , making stea...

Jordanian military tells king's half-brother to halt actions related to country's stability

The head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Yousef Ahmed al-Hunaiti, denied reports that the former crown prince and King Abdullah's half-brother was under house arr...

Situation Outside US Capitol in Wake of Deadly Vehicle Attack

Authorities identified the Capitol Police officer who died in the attack as William "Billy" Evans. Berkshire County native William "Billy" Evans, who grew u...

Fully vaccinated people can travel at 'low risk': US CDC

For those who are not considered fully-vaccinated, the CDC's guidance remains to limit travel to necessary trips only, get tested one to three days before a tri...

Green light for AstraZeneca vaccine supplied through Covax

Professor Kidd said he wanted to reassure Australians the risk of contracting COVID-19 was "far greater" than contracting the "very small potential risk" of a r...

Suez Canal blockage to have insignificant impact on Mombasa port

However, since the Ever Given got stuck on the vial waterway, it has brough global trade to a near standstill and other countries have come forward with sugge...

Reports record 1,013 new cases of COVID-19 and 3 more deaths

The province has now identified a total of 100,048 infections and suffered 1,458 related fatalities since the start of the pandemic. The pair urge everyone to...

GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz under investigation for alleged sex trafficking of teen

I think someone is trying to make that look criminal when it is not."Asked whether any of the women he interacted with were minors, Gaetz said he was "absolut...

8 new local cases overnight

The other two cases were acquired overseas. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian warned she expected cases to cross the border as infected people had been to a numb...

AstraZeneca Covid shots not recommended for under 55s in Canada

Morrison said millions of people around the world have received the AstraZeneca vaccine without any reported issues, including more than 300,000 doses in C...

'Impending doom': Shaken CDC director 'scared' about another surge of COVID-19

So far, the CDC has reported more than 8,300 cases of the variant in the United States - and the agency has previously said the number only represents cases...

Pfizer, BioNTech start testing COVID-19 vaccine in children under 12

California is opening the COVID-19 vaccine to all adults , but the timing of scheduling an appointment remains in flux. The countrywide vaccination drive w...

Dominion Voting Systems files massive $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News

Back in February, Smartmatic , another voting machine company, sued Fox News for spreading baseless accusations that the company was part of an global commu...

Ontario's daily COVID-19 count climbs over 2,000

Of the deaths reported today, three were individuals between 40 and 59 years old, nine were between 60 and 79 years old, and five were over the age of 79. Rigor...

H&M's Xinjiang cotton ban sparks China backlash

H&M China in a statement on Wednesday night said it "does not represent any political position" and remains committed to long-term investment in China. Ryoh...

Boulder Shooting Triggered Over a Face Mask Dispute at King Soopers?

There is no ongoing public threat, Yamaguchi said, adding that it was unclear if the person had a connection to King Soopers, the grocery store where the shoot...

South East Queensland on high alert as heavy rain lashes region

Australia was set on Monday to evacuate thousands more people from suburbs in Sydney's west, battered by the worst flooding in 60 years, with torrential rain...

Republican congressman forced to admit Biden never 'opened the borders'

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas placed the blame for the current influx of migrants on the southern border at the feet of the prior administ...

MI nonprofit hosting virtual resource event for Asian community following Atlanta murders

He admitted to the crime and was charged with murder. Subsequently hearing from some in her community that this was a time to stay home because "people are ...

Biden Administration To Share Millions of AstraZeneca Vaccine To Mexico

President Joe Biden's press secretary, Jen Psaki, confirmed said that 2.5 million doses were being lined up for Mexico and 1.5 million for Canada. She added t...

Georgia shootings: Eight people killed in attacks on spas in Atlanta

With two shootings at massage parlors in Atlanta and the knowledge of the Acworth shooting, Atlanta police said they dispatched officers to check nearby similar...

Russia's Putin likely directed 2020 election meddling, U.S. finds

The Russians were responsible for 'denigrating President Biden's candidacy and the Democratic Party , supporting former President Trump , undermining public...

Cyprus suspends AstraZeneca vaccine pending European Union agency review

However, it doesn't appear Canada will stop using the drug just yet, with the country's health agency continuing to point out the supply we have is not one of...

USA outreach to North Korea getting no answer - worldwide

The main target of Tuesday's irate statement was South Korea, and Kim Yo Jong made it clear that even a scaled-back exercise, created to target "fellow countr...

Two men charged with assaulting Capitol Police officer Sicknick with chemical spray

Authorities still have not yet fully answered that question, but they have fingered two of the fallen officer's accused assailants: George Pierre Tanios , 39, ...