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Voting bill collapses, Democrats unable to change filibuster Voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights leaders say is vital to protecting democracy collapsed late Wednesday when two senators refused to join their own party in…

South Africa mourns as Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies at 90 South Africa has been thrown into mourning as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in the country, died on Sunday at the age of…

Biden pushes shots, not more restrictions as variant spreads  President Joe Biden will urge Americans to get vaccinated and receive a booster shot as he seeks to quell concerns Monday over the new COVID-19 variant omicron, but…

Libya Election: Gadhafi son disqualified from running for president Libya’s top electoral body on Wednesday disqualified the son and one-time heir apparent of the late dictator Moammar Gadhafi from running for president in elections to be…

Colin Powell dies, exemplary general stained by Iraq claims Colin Powell, who served Democratic and Republican presidents in war and peace but whose sterling reputation was forever stained by his faulty claims to justify the U.S. war in…

Now question in NFL is: Does Gruden reflect broader culture? When Shad Khan set out more than a decade ago to become the first member of an ethnic minority to own an NFL team, the Pakistani-American heard the scuttlebutt. “The conjecture…

Assailant kills several people with bows and arrows in Norway A man armed with a bow and arrows killed several people and wounded others Wednesday near the Norwegian capital of Oslo before he was arrested, authorities said. The police…

Congress off the rails? Lawmakers barrel toward fall fights Year-end pileups of crucial legislation and the brinkmanship that goes with them are normal behaviour for Congress. This autumn, lawmakers are barreling toward battles that are…

EU regulator OKs Pfizer vaccine booster for 18 and older The European Union’s drug regulator gave its backing Monday to administering booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people 18 and older. The European Medicines…

Pentagon reverses itself, calls deadly Kabul strike an error The Pentagon retreated from its defence of a drone strike that killed multiple civilians in Afghanistan last month, announcing Friday that a review revealed that only civilians…