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Lawyer: Iranian-British woman gets another year in prison
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - An Iranian-British woman long held in Tehran has been sentenced to another year in prison, her lawyer said Monday, drawing immediate criticism from Britain in the high pr...
Apr 26, 2021
Albania: Preliminary poll results show Socialists ahead
TIRANA, Albania - Preliminary results on Monday showed the ruling Socialist Party ahead in Albania's parliamentary election. With one-third of the votes counted, the left-wing Socialists of Prime Mini...
Apr 26, 2021
Japan's ruling party loses 3 key elections in blow to Suga
TOKYO - Japan's ruling party lost all three parliamentary byelections held Sunday, loosening Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's grip on power ahead of national elections later this year. Suga said he tak...
Apr 26, 2021
Biden expanding summer food program for 34M schoolchildren
The Biden administration is expanding a program to feed as many as 34 million schoolchildren during the summer months, using funds from the coronavirus relief package approved in March. The Agricultur...
Apr 26, 2021
Thailand imposes fines of up to $640 for not wearing masks
BANGKOK - Authorities in Thailand are imposing fines of up to 20,000 baht ($640) for people who fail to wear face masks in public in 48 provinces, as the government struggles to cope with a new wave o...
Apr 26, 2021
Leaked recording of Iran's top diplomat offers blunt talk
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A recording of Iran's foreign minister offering a blunt appraisal of diplomacy and the limits of power within the Islamic Republic has been leaked, providing a rare look ...
Apr 26, 2021
Indonesian brigadier general killed in 2-week Papua clash
JAYAPURA, Indonesia - An Indonesian brigadier general was killed in an ongoing clash between security forces and a rebel group in restive Papua province, authorities said Monday. The clashes started A...
Apr 26, 2021
Canada to get 1.9M vaccine doses this week, including first Johnson & Johnson shots
OTTAWA - The federal government says it expects Canada to receive around 1.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine this week, including its very first shipment of single-dose shots from Johnson & John...
Apr 26, 2021
Montreal latest Canadian city to consider granting voting rights to non-citizens
Montreal officials are looking into extending voting rights to more than 100,000 non-citizens in order to better integrate immigrants and encourage more racialized people to participate in municipal p...
Apr 26, 2021
Chloé Zhao makes history with best director Oscar win
LOS ANGELES - Chlo Zhao has made history at the 2021 Academy Awards, becoming the first woman of colour to win best director and just the second woman to win the award. Zhao won the directing Oscar fo...
Apr 25, 2021