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Dubai deluge likely made worse by warming world, scientists find
News/Climate | Thu, 25 Apr 2024 16:21:04 EDTA powerful rainstorm that wreaked havoc on the desert nation of the United Arab Emirates last week was likely made more intense because of climate change, a team of international scientists has found. read more
Bombardier gets federal exemption from sanctions on Russian titanium
News/Politics | Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:25:05 EDTBombardier is now the second large Canadian corporation known to have been granted an exemption from federal government sanctions on Russian titanium. read more
UN team in Gaza shaken after pier site came under fire during visit, spokesperson says
News/World | Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:22:13 EDTA United Nations team in the Gaza Strip visiting the site for a pier and the staging area for maritime aid operations had to seek shelter in a bunker "for some time" on Wednesday after the area came under fire, a UN spokesperson said on Thursday. read more
U.S. Supreme Court weighs extent of immunity for former presidents like Trump
News/World | Thu, 25 Apr 2024 12:01:28 EDTA lawyer representing the special counsel was beginning his presentation on whether a former U.S. president can be prosecuted for acts while he was in office. Earlier, Donald Trump's lawyer argued that the prospect of being indicted could constrain a president. read more
Accusers 'gutted' as Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction in New York overturned
News/Entertainment | Thu, 25 Apr 2024 09:35:57 EDTNew York's highest court has overturned Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with improper rulings, including a decision to let women testify about allegations that weren't part of the case. read more
Haiti's prime minister resigns, transitional leadership takes over as gang violence persists
News/World | Thu, 25 Apr 2024 12:50:37 EDTHaitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has resigned, his office said on Thursday, as a transitional council took power with the aim of returning stability to a country where gang violence has caused chaos and misery. read more
Venice is struggling with overtourism: Will a €5 fee help?
| Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:53:28 EDTTourism officials in the popular Italian city of Venice are introducing a new €5 fee that will apply to day trippers on busy summer days as the city tries to balance the desires of tourists with the needs of locals. read more
WADA to launch independent review into Chinese doping case
Sports/Olympics/Summer Sports/Aquatics | Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:38:30 EDTThe under-fire World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Thursday it would launch an independent review over its handling of a case that allowed 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance to avoid punishment. read more
El Niño is nearing its end. Does that mean global temperatures will cool down in 2024?
News/Science | Thu, 25 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTLa Niña is on its way, but global temperatures are so high already that some climate scientists say it may not have as much of a a cooling effect this year as in the past. read more
U.S. Supreme Court hears landmark presidential immunity case launched by Trump
News/World | Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:00:37 EDTThe U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday will hear arguments over a question that could affect whether former president Donald Trump can be prosecuted over his efforts to undo his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden. read more
Venice residents protest as new charge on daytrippers kicks in
News/World | Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:18:26 EDTVenice became the world's first city to introduce a payment system for tourists on Thursday in an effort to thin the crowds that throng its canals, but the fee drew protests from some residents saying they didn't want to live in a theme park. read more
Acute hunger rose sharply in 2023, with greatest concerns in Gaza, Sudan: UN report
News/World | Thu, 25 Apr 2024 09:57:55 EDTNearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023, with war-torn Gaza as the territory with the largest number of people facing famine, according to the Global Report on Food Crises released Wednesday. read more
'I'm scared': As hope fades for a hostage deal, a former captive fears for her husband still held in Gaza
News/World | Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:04:50 EDTFormer hostage Aviva Siegel is imploring the government of Israel and others to get the remaining captives home from Gaza, including her husband, Keith. read more
Trump allies Meadows, Giuliani among 18 indicted in Arizona election interference case
News/World | Wed, 24 Apr 2024 21:04:52 EDTAn Arizona grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump 's chief of staff Mark Meadows, lawyer Rudy Giuliani and 16 others for their efforts to use so-called fake electors to try to overturn Trump's loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. read more
WATCH | UN calls for investigation over bodies dug up beneath Gaza hospital
| Wed, 24 Apr 2024 21:23:00 EDTVideo shot for CBC News shows bodies being unearthed beneath Nasser Hospital, in the Gaza city of Khan Younis. The hospital was recently abandoned by Israeli troops who said they’d finished searching it for Hamas fighters. The UN is now calling for an inquiry. read more
WATCH | Mike Johnson to Columbia president: control protests or quit
| Wed, 24 Apr 2024 22:12:00 EDTAfter days of unrest on campus, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson denounced pro-Palestinian protesters camped out at Columbia University, accusing them of antisemitism and calling on the school's president to restore order or resign. read more
Ukraine's ambassador slams Canada for Airbus sanctions waiver on critical Russian mineral
News/Politics | Wed, 24 Apr 2024 22:57:10 EDTUkraine's ambassador to Canada has called out the Trudeau government over a decision to grant Airbus Defence and Space a waiver that will allow the European aerospace giant to continue to use Russian titanium in the manufacture of its aircraft engines. It comes after the company vowed to find a new supplier in 2022. read more
Baby girl, delivered after Palestinian mother killed in Israeli airstrike, improving in hospital, doctors say
News/World | Wed, 24 Apr 2024 17:45:23 EDTA baby girl delivered from a Palestinian woman who was killed alongside her husband and daughter in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah is stabilizing in hospital after her critical first days, according to her family and doctors. read more
WATCH | Runaway horses cause rush-hour chaos in London
| Wed, 24 Apr 2024 21:29:00 EDTMorning rush hour in central London turned chaotic Wednesday as five escaped military horses galloped at full speed through busy city streets, injuring at least four people. All five horses were rounded up and given veterinary care. read more
U.S. secretly sent long-range missiles to Ukraine for its fight with Russia
News/World | Sat, 12 Feb 2022 11:04:48 EST
