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'Extreme urgent need': Starvation haunts Ethiopia's Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya - From "emaciated" refugees to crops burned on the brink of harvest, starvation threatens the survivors of more than two months of fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region. The first humani...
Jan 17, 2021

Official: Gunmen kill two women judges in Afghan capital
KABUL - Gunmen fired on a car in northern Kabul on Sunday, killing two women judges who worked for Afghanistan's high court and wounding the driver, a court official said. It was the latest attack in ...
Jan 17, 2021

Vaccine skepticism hurts East European anti-virus efforts
BELGRADE, Serbia - Vaccines from the West, Russia or China? Or none at all? That dilemma faces nations in southeastern Europe, where coronavirus vaccination campaigns are off to a slow start - oversha...
Jan 17, 2021

Harris to be sworn in by Justice Sotomayor at inauguration
WASHINGTON - Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris will be sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday, a history-making event in which the first Black, South Asian and female vice-pre...
Jan 17, 2021

Iran asks watchdog not to publish 'unnecessary' nuke details
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran urged the United Nations' nuclear watchdog to avoid publishing "unnecessary" details on Tehran's nuclear program, state TV reported Sunday, a day after Germany, France and Britain ...
Jan 17, 2021

Navalny plans to return to Russia after recovery in Germany
BERLIN - Leading Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny plans to fly home to Russia on Sunday after recovering in Germany from his poisoning in August with a nerve agent. Navalny announced Wednesday that he wo...
Jan 17, 2021

Canada's spy-catching system caused delay, angst in Delisle case: former FBI official
OTTAWA - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's former head of counter-intelligence says it fell to him to tell the RCMP about a spy in the Canadian navy, even though the Canadian Security Intelli...
Jan 17, 2021

Care home staff struggle to isolate dementia patients during outbreaks: experts
VANCOUVER - Staff in long-term care homes across Canada are struggling to isolate elderly residents with dementia during COVID-19 outbreaks, accelerating the deadly spread of the virus, experts say. T...
Jan 17, 2021

Markstrom's 32-save shutout lifts Calgary Flames to 3-0 win over Vancouver Canucks
CALGARY - Jacob Markstrom's 32-save shutout against his former club spurred the Calgary Flames to a 3-0 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday. Sean Monahan, Dillon Dube and Matthew Tkachuk scored...
Jan 16, 2021

Bills advance to AFC championship with 17-3 win over Ravens
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - Taron Johnson could've kept running into next week on a 101-yard interception that carried the Buffalo Bills to their first AFC championship game appearance in 27 years. Johnson's...
Jan 16, 2021