India’s Republic Day marked with massive farmer protests
NEW DELHI — Tens of thousands of farmers drove a convoy of tractors into the Indian capital as the nation celebrated Republic Day on Tuesday in the backdrop of agricultural …
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U.S. COVID-19 numbers drop, as the race against new strains heats up
Coronavirus deaths and cases per day in the U.S. dropped markedly over the past couple of weeks but are still running at alarmingly high levels, and the effort to snuff …
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Dominion Voting Systems sues Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani over U.S. election claims
WASHINGTON — Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit on Monday against Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who led the former president’s efforts to spread baseless claims about the …
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French court hears Agent Orange case against chemical firms
EVRY, FRANCE — A French court will on Monday hear a case against more than a dozen multinationals, accused by a French-Vietnamese woman of causing grievous harm to her and …
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Police in Jamaica probe murder of Markham, Ont. woman
TORONTO — A 43-year-old Markham woman who was a prominent member of the Caribbean community in Toronto was found dead in Jamaica Thursday, and police are now investigating her death …
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Kremlin: U.S. comments on protests support law-breaking
MOSCOW — The spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin says the U.S. Embassy’s statements about the nationwide protests, in which more than 3,500 people reportedly were arrested, interfere in …
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Israel expands vaccination campaign to teens
JERUSALEM — Israel began administering COVID-19 vaccines to teenagers Saturday as it pushed ahead with its inoculation drive, with a quarter of the population now vaccinated, health officials said. Since …
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Capitol rioter charged with threatening to ‘assassinate’ Rep. Ocasio-Cortez
The Justice Department revealed new charges against a Texas man who allegedly participated in the Capitol attack and posted online death threats against Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a U.S. Capitol …
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Biden administration faces mounting pressure to address SolarWinds breach
Despite announcing a thorough intelligence review of Russian misconduct, President Joe Biden’s administration faces mounting pressure to respond to one of the worst data breaches ever to hit the U.S. …
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Diamond magnate gets 5 years in prison in Swiss corruption trial
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — French-Israeli diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz was sentenced by a Geneva court on Friday to five years behind bars for corruption linked to mining rights in Guinea. After …
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