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British Columbia sees death toll rising from massive flood; Ottawa pledges aid 18 Nov 2021 - 08:12 am

Abbotsford, British Columbia: The death toll from massive floods and landslides that devastated parts of British Columbia is set to rise, with the...

US plans to invest billions in manufacturing COVID-19 vaccine 17 Nov 2021 - 11:47 pm

WASHINGTON- The United States plans to invest billions of dollars in expanding COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing capacity and make available an additional one billion...

Canada sends air force to help flood-hit province, farmers rescue cows 17 Nov 2021 - 10:22 pm

ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia- Canada deployed the air force on Wednesday to help British Columbia deal with massive floods that killed one person, with...

Judge sentences U.S. Capitol rioter 'QAnon Shaman' to 41 months in prison 17 Nov 2021 - 08:26 pm

WASHINGTON: A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced the U.S. Capitol rioter nicknamed the "QAnon Shaman" for his horned headdress to 41 months in...

COVID-19 deaths decline 17% in the Americas, says health agency 17 Nov 2021 - 07:54 pm

BRASILIA- COVID-19 deaths have decreased 17% in the Americas over the past week, but the most populous countries like the United States, Brazil...

Biden heads to Detroit to tout US investment in electric vehicle market 17 Nov 2021 - 01:40 pm

Washington:President Joe Biden will take his victory tour celebrating a new U.S. infrastructure law to Detroit on Wednesday to tout investments aimed at...

Biden administration plans to buy 10 million courses of Pfizer Covid pill 16 Nov 2021 - 10:29 pm

The Biden administration plans to buy enough of Pfizer Inc.’s new Covid-19 pill to treat 10 million patients, people familiar with the matter...

Rescuers search for victims of Canada landslides, railways disrupted 16 Nov 2021 - 08:20 pm

OTTAWA- Search teams using dogs started looking for people whose cars may have been buried in landslides across the Canadian province of British...

Times Square is back open on New Year's Eve - with vax proof 16 Nov 2021 - 07:41 pm

NEW YORK- Crowds will once again fill New York's Times Square this New Year's Eve, with proof of COVID-19 vaccination required for revelers...

San Diego Zoo 'smiling hippo' named Otis is dead at age 45 16 Nov 2021 - 07:31 pm

SAN DIEGO- A 45-year-old male river hippopotamus named Otis and nicknamed the "smiling hippo” has died at the San Diego Zoo. Otis had...

Ollie the dog helps US kids with vaccine hesitancy one jab at a time 16 Nov 2021 - 02:16 pm

San Diego: There is no vaccine hesitancy like that of a 9-year-old girl staring down the glint of a hypodermic needle. And there...

Choppers rescue travelers on Canada highway after mudslides 16 Nov 2021 - 11:14 am

VANCOUVER, British Columbia: Nearly 300 people trapped overnight in their vehicles by mudslides on a highway in British Columbia were being flown to...

US CDC raises COVID-19 travel warnings for Czech Republic, Hungary 15 Nov 2021 - 11:16 pm

WASHINGTON- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advised against travel to the Czech Republic, Hungary and Iceland because of a...

Canadian town told to evacuate as massive rains prompt landslides, shut roads 15 Nov 2021 - 11:13 pm

OTTAWA- Massive rainstorms lashed the western Canadian province of British Columbia on Monday, triggering landslides and floods, shutting highways and prompting the evacuation...

NYC opens booster shots to all adults as cases tick up 15 Nov 2021 - 08:44 pm

New York City is advising health care providers to allow all adults to get the Covid-19 booster shot as the city grapples with...

A 20-year-old became one of 'America's Most Wanted' and 52 years later, his obituary helped solve the case 15 Nov 2021 - 04:26 pm

Tom Randele was dying, but he had to confess something to his family first. He hadn't had an affair. He didn't have another...

Biden to tell Xi that China must play by the rules - senior U.S. official 15 Nov 2021 - 02:34 pm

Washington: USPresident Joe Biden will tell Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a virtual meeting on Monday meant to reduce the chances of a...

After decades of increases, a drop in international students number in United States 15 Nov 2021 - 01:30 pm

The number of international students at U.S. colleges fell during the 2020-21 school year amid the covid-19 pandemic, according to a survey released...