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MADRID -- Most political parties in Spain put aside their differences Friday to condemn a series of death threats mailed to the country's interior minister, the director of the Civil Guard police force and the leader of a far-left political party. But the issue provoked a bitter confrontation between United...

Pregnant people in Ontario are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, the provincial government announced Friday. The decision comes days after the Ministry of Health said it was reviewing vaccine eligibility criteria for pregnant people following a surge in severe COVID-19 symptoms among expectant individuals. “In response to emerging...

COPENHAGEN -- An email brought Faeza Satouf's world to a standstill. The 25-year-old Syrian refugee had fled the civil war with her family in an all-too-familiar journey across the sea to Europe, where they finally arrived in Denmark and were granted asylum in 2015. Yet six years later, she was...

More than two-thirds of Ontarians disapprove of the job Premier Doug Ford is doing handling the pandemic and a plurality of residents now believe that his government should shoulder most of the blame for the devastating third wave that has brought our healthcare system to the brink of collapse, according...

MOSCOW -- Russian troops began pulling back to their permanent bases Friday after a massive buildup that caused Ukrainian and Western concerns. On Thursday, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu declared the sweeping manoeuvrs in Crimea and wide swaths of western Russia over, and ordered the military to pull the troops...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- SpaceX launched four astronauts into orbit Friday using a recycled rocket and capsule, the third crew flight in less than a year for Elon Musk's rapidly expanding company. The astronauts from the U.S., Japan and France should reach the International Space Station early Saturday morning, following...

As part of an original Citytv documentary, VeraCity: The Gun Chase, reporter Cristina Howorun examines the causes behind and source of Toronto’s gun problem and the impact the violence has on victims and their families. Below is the first of five stories in our news series. The documentary premieres Tuesday,...

For the second year in a row the City of Toronto will be installing social distancing circles at Trinity Bellwoods Park.The circles were first introduced last summer as a means to encourage physical distancing for parkgoers.City crews plan to begin painting the circles next week, though it will be entirely...

PORT ALLEN, La. — Police video shows a Louisiana officer using a stun gun on a handcuffed 67-year-old man sitting in a patrol car’s back seat and then saying, “Scream again.”Officer Nolan Dehon III was arrested on charges of malfeasance in office and aggravated battery, Port Allen Police Chief Corey...

ANNAPOLS, Md. — A psychiatrist at a detention centre where the man who killed five people at the Capital Gazette newspaper has been held will be limited to testifying about her personal observations and won’t be able to provide her opinion to jurors that he doesn’t suffer from autism or...

RENO, Nev. — A federal judge has given the Fish and Wildlife Service just 30 more days to make an overdue decision on whether to formally propose endangered species protection for a rare desert wildflower at the centre of a fight over a proposed lithium mine in Nevada.Conservationists say the...

The numbers used for deciding how many congressional seats each state gets can’t be released until next Monday at the earliest, according to an agreement that settles litigation between the U.S. Census Bureau and a coalition of local governments and civil rights groups.The agreement filed in court on Thursday also...

BAGHDAD — At least three rockets hit near Baghdad international airport late Thursday, the Iraqi military said.A total of eight missiles were fired and three landed near the airport complex, the statement said. It did not detail whether the attack caused casualties.The rockets struck areas known to contain Iraqi security...

BILLINGS, Mont. — President Joe Biden has nominated a longtime environmental advocate and Democratic aide to oversee the vast expanses of federally-owned land in western states — the latest political appointment raising concerns among Republicans as Biden moves to curtail energy production from public reserves.Tracy Stone-Manning of Missoula, Montana was...

OTTAWA - The federal labour minister says the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to give workers the ability to avoid work emails and text messages as the lines between home and work lives blur. The idea, known as the right to disconnect, first came up as a proposed addition...

TORONTO - The City of Toronto will mark the third anniversary of the van attack today with remarks from the mayor. The city says John Tory will deliver a commemoration this morning via livestream due to the pandemic. Around 1:30 p.m. on an unusually warm, bright day three years ago,...

LOS ANGELES - Just a few months ago, California was the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. Hospitals in Los Angeles were drowning in patients, and ambulances were idling outside with people struggling to breathe, waiting for beds to open. The death count was staggering - so many...

Toronto and Peel Region could begin to order the temporary closure of some businesses today to control workplace COVID-19 outbreaks. The orders from the top doctors in both regions were expected to come into effect today, a measure they both said was designed to protect tens of thousands of essential...

KATHMANDU, Nepal - The coronavirus has conquered the world's highest mountain. A Norwegian climber became the first to be tested for COVID-19 in Mount Everest base camp and was flown by helicopter to Kathmandu, where he was hospitalized. Erlend Ness told The Associated Press in a message Friday that he...

N'DJAMENA, Chad - Chad's slain President Idriss Deby Itno is being buried Friday near his hometown after a state funeral in the capital, N'Djamena. The country faces an uncertain future. Both opposition leaders and the rebels accused of killing Deby say they aren't happy with what they say amounts to...