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Less than 24 hours after acknowledging election loss, Trump again bucks up supporters
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Less than 24 hours after acknowledging his election loss, U.S. President Donald Trump is again urging grassroots supporters to keep the faith. Trump, whose Twitter account was brief...
Jan 8, 2021
No unexpected side-effects from COVID-19 shots given in Canada so far: Health Canada
OTTAWA - Health Canada has no reports of unexpected side-effects from patients vaccinated against COVID-19 thus far. Health Canada's chief medical adviser Dr. Supriya Sharma is releasing the first of ...
Jan 8, 2021
Senior IOC member says he's not sure Tokyo Games will happen
TOKYO - A senior member of the International Olympic Committee has said he "can't be certain" the postponed Tokyo Olympics will open in just over six months because of the surging pandemic in Japan an...
Jan 8, 2021
UK regulators approve use of 3rd vaccine against coronavirus
LONDON - Britain has authorized a coronavirus vaccine developed by Moderna, the third to be licensed for use in the country. The Department of Health said Friday that the vaccine meets the regulator's...
Jan 8, 2021
Indonesia's top Islamic body OKs China's Sinovac vaccine
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia's highest Islamic body on Friday gave its religious approval to China's Sinovac vaccine, paving the way for its distribution in the world's most populous Muslim nation. ...
Jan 8, 2021
Honouring Flight PS752 victims and officer dies after riots: In The News for Jan. 8
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 8 ...What we are watching in Canada ...Co...
Jan 8, 2021
Canadians continue to mark one year of downing of Flight PS752 in Iran
Commemorations continue today for the victims of a passenger jet shot down by the Iranian military one year ago today. They began Thursday with a livestream at 9:42 p.m. ET, the exact moment Flight PS...
Jan 8, 2021
Calls for Ribbon Skirt Day after Saskatchewan Indigenous student wearing one shamed
REGINA - Chris Kulak says his 10-year-old daughter, Isabella, thinks it might be time for a new downstairs closet to hold all the ribbon skirts arriving from around the world. The brightly patterned h...
Jan 8, 2021
'That's the plane': How the federal government reacted to the downing of Flight PS752
OTTAWA - Shortly before 10 p.m. on Jan. 7, 2020, Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne peeked at his mobile phone during a particularly intense teleconference. A BBC report of a plane c...
Jan 8, 2021
Seoul court orders Japan to compensate 12 Korean sex slaves
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A South Korean court on Friday ordered Japan to financially compensate 12 South Korean women forced to work as sex slaves for Japanese troops during World War II, the first...
Jan 8, 2021