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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 08, 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 08, 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 08, 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 08, 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 08, 2021
Biden blames Trump for violence at Capitol that's shaken US
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden has denounced the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol as "domestic terrorists" and he blamed President Donald Trump for the violence that has shaken the nation'...
Jan 08, 2021
Stay or go? After Trump-fueled riot, aides debate early exit
WASHINGTON - A steady stream of Trump administration officials are beating an early path to the exits as a protest against the deadly siege of the U.S. Capitol this week even as others wrestling with ...
Jan 07, 2021
Capitol siege raises security concerns for Biden inaugural
WASHINGTON - The violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is intensifying scrutiny over security at an inauguration ceremony for President-elect Joe Biden already reshaped by a pandemic and the prospe...
Jan 07, 2021
Head of Chinese bank behind foreign building spree jailed
BEIJING - The former chairman of the main Chinese state bank behind Beijing's initiative to build railways and ports across dozens of Asian countries has been sentenced to life in prison on corruption...
Jan 07, 2021
'Justice delayed is justice denied:' Canadians mark one year of Flight PS752 downing
EDMONTON - A series of commemorative events stretching over two days has begun to mark the one-year anniversary of the downing of Flight PS752. At 9:42 pm EST - the exact moment the Ukrainian Internat...
Jan 07, 2021