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International
2/12/2022 6:24:41 PM
For five days, a blockade of pickups, cars and a handful of commercial trucks has choked off traffic at the Ambassador Bridge, the busiest border crossing between Canada and the United States. There are blockades at two other crossings as well. And for two weeks, downtown streets in Canada's capital have been snarled by a convoy of semis and other vehicles as protesters rail against COVID-19 restrictions and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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World
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International
2/11/2022 7:16:24 PM
With Russia carrying out a massive military buildup near Ukraine and the West roundly rejecting Moscow's security demands, a window for diplomacy in the crisis appears to be closing.
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World
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International
2/10/2022 10:38:24 AM
A peace agreement for the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine that has never quite ended is back in the spotlight amid a Russian military buildup near the country's borders and rising tensions about whether Moscow will invade.
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World
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International
2/6/2022 12:34:57 PM
Fears are rising about what would happen to Europe's energy supply if Russia were to invade Ukraine and then shut off natural gas exports in retaliation for US and European sanctions.
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World
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International
2/5/2022 10:52:44 AM
At the core of the Ukraine crisis is a puzzle: Why would Russian President Vladimir Putin push Europe to the brink of war to demand the West not do something that it has no plan to do anyway?
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World
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Region
2/3/2022 7:44:30 PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has again offered to mediate between Russia and Ukraine after talks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Thursday, as Turkey walks a tightrope balancing its relations with both countries.
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Life & Style
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Health
1/31/2022 12:27:27 PM
More than a third of COVID-19 survivors by some estimates will develop lingering problems.
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Sports
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World
1/27/2022 6:05:32 PM
The eight stadiums are ready in Qatar and World Cup tickets have been on sale for a week. Now the mission to snap up remaining tournament slots resumes.
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World
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Region
1/26/2022 7:20:20 PM
A distressing series of voice notes sent by an Australian teenager from a prison in northeast Syria underscores the plight of thousands of forgotten children who remain trapped in detention facilities in Syria and Iraq.
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World
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International
1/25/2022 1:30:49 PM
Kazakhstan's leader has trumpeted ambitious economic reforms following the worst unrest in the country of 19 million in three decades. The measures are aimed at reducing the state's deep involvement in the economy, bridging the gap between the wealthy minority and the struggling majority _ and eliminating triggers for further turmoil.
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World
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International
1/25/2022 10:23:31 AM
The financial options being considered to punish President Vladimir Putin if Russia invades Ukraine range from the sweeping to the acutely personal _ from cutting Russia off from US dollars and international banking to slapping sanctions on a former Olympic gymnast reported to be Putin's girlfriend.
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World
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International
1/20/2022 8:37:17 PM
President Joe Biden is not planning to answer a further Russian invasion of Ukraine by sending combat troops. But he could pursue a range of less dramatic yet still risky military options, including supporting a post-invasion Ukrainian resistance.
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World
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International
1/13/2022 6:55:14 PM
Europe's natural gas crisis isn't letting up. Reserves are low. Prices are high. Utility customers are facing expensive bills. Major Russian supplier Gazprom isn't selling gas like it used to.
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World
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International
1/10/2022 3:07:00 PM
Officials from Russia, and the United States and its NATO allies, are meeting this week for negotiations on Moscow’s demand for Western security guarantees and the West’s concerns about a recent buildup of Russian troops near Ukraine.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
1/6/2022 6:54:17 PM
Egypt is about to conclude development works on Greater Cairo’s Ring Road and the municipal transport authorities are working to implement the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system which will run through the 106-kilometre highway.
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Sports
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Omni sports
1/6/2022 5:04:17 PM
Novak Djokovic came within one victory of sweeping all four of last year's Grand Slam tennis tournaments and entered 2022 needing one title to set the men's record of 21 major championships.
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Life & Style
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Health
12/26/2021 5:39:00 PM
Newly infected COVID-19 patients have two new treatment options that can be taken at home.
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Life & Style
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Health
12/21/2021 10:52:36 AM
The new omicron variant took only a few weeks to live up to dire predictions about how hugely contagious it is but scientists don't yet know if it causes more severe disease even as the world faces exploding cases just before Christmas.
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World
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International
12/12/2021 10:59:10 AM
The calendar said December but the warm moist air screamed of springtime. Add an eastbound storm front guided by a La Nina weather pattern into that mismatch and it spawned tornadoes that killed dozens over five U.S. states.
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World
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International
12/10/2021 12:03:49 PM
Nicaragua's decision to sever diplomatic links with Taiwan and recognize China leaves the self-governing island democracy with just 14 diplomatic allies.
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