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July 12, 2021 at 1:00 pm

What’s behind the burst of unprecedented protests in Cuba?

Cuba saw its largest protests in decades over the weekend. Thousands of people demonstrated in major cities on Sunday, with signs saying "freedom" and "enough."...

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July 5, 2021 at 9:34 am

Surging global food prices put staple meals out of reach, from Nigerian jollof rice to Russian pasta and Argentine steak

A year of coronavirus pandemic saw a pot of jollof rice grow steadily more expensive in the Nigerian suburb of Nyanya. At Nyanya Market, near...

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In this aerial photo taken from a helicopter, structures destroyed by wildfire are seen in Lytton, British Columbia, on Thursday, July 1, 2021. Lytton city council member Lilliane Graie, on behalf of Mayor Jan Polderman, said in an email Thursday that the fire had devastated the town, a village about 153 kilometers (95 miles) northeast of Vancouver. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP) VCRD113 VCRD113

July 1, 2021 at 11:52 am

‘Our poor little town of Lytton is gone’: Village at center of Canada’s heat wave devastated by ‘catastrophic’ fires

"Lytton has been devastated," said British Columbia Premier John Horgan after explosive wildfires swept through the village. Some of the 250 residents were unaccounted after...

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June 28, 2021 at 1:40 pm

Canada’s new heat record is 114 degrees in B.C., amid forecasts of even hotter weather

The temperature in Lytton, B.C., 58 miles north of Hope, soared to 114 degrees, breaking a Canadian record set in 1937. Predictions for Tuesday suggest...

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June 22, 2021 at 9:52 am

China and Canada face off with competing demands for human-rights abuse investigations

China called for an independent investigation on Tuesday of the recent discovery of the remains of more than 200 Indigenous children in Canada — moments...

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June 8, 2021 at 11:38 am

What is Anom, and how did law enforcement use it to arrests hundreds in a global sting?

Law enforcement officials around the world announced Tuesday they had tricked hundreds of alleged criminals into using an encrypted messaging app called Anom, secretly controlled...

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A medical worker holds a package for a Sinopharm vaccine at a vaccination facility in Beijing on Jan. 15, 2021. Two vaccines made by Chinaâ€™s Sinopharm appear to be safe and effective against COVID-19, according to a study published in a medical journal. Scientists have been waiting for more details about the two vaccines, even though they already are being used in many countries and one recently won the backing of the World Health Organization. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) XMAS202 XMAS202

June 3, 2021 at 12:10 am

China’s great vaccine hope, Sinopharm, sees reputation darkened amid COVID spikes in countries using it

Bahrain, one of the first countries to throw support behind China's Sinopharm vaccine, is now the latest to raise doubts about the vaccine's effectiveness. Bahrain's...

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May 28, 2021 at 3:08 pm

Biden’s renewed focus on COVID origins ramps up pressure on WHO for more aggressive investigation

The World Health Organization is facing renewed demands for an answer to a key question about the coronavirus pandemic: How did it begin? President Biden...

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May 27, 2021 at 11:24 am

As U.S. calls for focus on coronavirus origins, China repeats speculation about U.S. military base

China reacted angrily to the Biden administration's calls for a harder investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, by accusing the United States of...

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Weapons that the U.S. Navy described as coming from a hidden arms shipment aboard a stateless dhow are seen aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey on Saturday, May 8, 2021. The U.S. Navy announced Sunday it seized the arms shipment hidden aboard the vessel in the Arabian Sea, the latest-such interdiction by sailors amid the long-running war in Yemen. (U.S. Navy via AP) ARE103 ARE103

May 10, 2021 at 11:48 am

U.S. Navy shares photos of enormous Arabian Sea weapons seizure

The destination for the large shipment of weapons was not immediately clear. Similar shipments intercepted by the U.S. Navy and its allies had been bound...

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