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EU greenlights COVID-19 vaccine after agency gives safety OK
BRUSSELS - The European Union on Monday gave official approval for the coronavirus vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer to be used across the 27-nation bloc, raising hopes that countries can begin...
Dec 21, 2020
‘Wonder Woman 1984’ grabs $38.5 million overseas
The superhero sequel "Wonder Woman 1984" has earned an estimated $38.5 million in ticket sales from international theatres, Warner Bros. said Sunday. The film starring Gal Gadot started its rollout ab...
Dec 20, 2020
Asia Today: Outbreak grows in Sydney’s beach suburbs
SYDNEY, Australia - The outbreak in Sydney's northern beach suburbs has grown to 70 cases with an additional 30 in the last 24 hours, and authorities say they may never be able to trace the source. Wh...
Dec 20, 2020
EU-UK trade talks floundering over fish as cutoff day nears
BRUSSELS - With yet another Brexit deadline disappearing in the rearview mirror, a breakthrough on fishing rights remained elusive for the European Union and Britain on Sunday - leaving both without a...
Dec 20, 2020
Asia Today: Sydney beach suburbs in lockdown as cases rise
SYDNEY, Australia - Sydney's northern beaches will enter a lockdown similar to the one imposed during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March as a cluster of cases in the area increased to 41. Fro...
Dec 19, 2020
Feds detail $100 million pledged to fight food insecurity during COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA - The federal government will distribute $30 million to Indigenous communities and about $65 million to local organizations across Canada to support food security during the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
Dec 18, 2020
Feds throw support behind development of mini nuclear reactors; action plan released
TORONTO - Nuclear power is essential to meeting Canada's climate-change goals, and developing portable mini nuclear reactors is a key part of that strategy, the federal energy minister said on Friday....
Dec 18, 2020
PM says he kept hoping more money, or pressure, would help meet water-advisory goal
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he realized only recently that his government would not be able to make good on its long-held promise to lift all drinking-water advisories in First Nations...
Dec 17, 2020
UK extends salary support program to contain unemployment
LONDON - The British government on Thursday extended its salary support program by another month through to the end of April as it tries to keep a lid on unemployment as coronavirus restrictions slam ...
Dec 17, 2020
Volkswagen loses top EU court case in diesel scandal
BRUSSELS - The European Union's top court ruled on Thursday that Volkswagen breached the law by installing on its cars a so-called defeat device to cheat on emission tests and cannot argue it was mere...
Dec 17, 2020
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