Iran bypasses Hormuz Strait to export crude oil
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran Thursday began exporting crude oil for the first time in the Gulf of Oman, bypassing the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
For South Sudan mothers, COVID-19 shook a fragile foundation
JUBA, South Sudan — Paska Itwari Beda knows hunger all too well. The young mother of five children — all under age 10 — sometimes survives on one bowl of porridge a day, and her entire family is lucky to
For South Sudan mothers, COVID-19 shook a fragile foundation
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Paska Itwari Beda knows hunger all too well. The young mother of five children — all of them under age 10 — sometimes survives on one bowl of porridge a day, and her entire family
Man with coronavirus disguises as wife on Indonesian flight
TERNATE, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian man with the coronavirus has boarded a domestic flight disguised as his wife, wearing a niqab covering his face and carrying fake IDs and a negative PCR test result.
Trudeau says federal security, tax agencies must do more to end Islamophobia
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called out federal security and tax agencies during a national summit on Islamophobia, saying they must do more to put an end to anti-Muslim sentiments in Canada. Speaking to the meeting organized by the governmen...
Government docs on porn regulator will take six years to access: Justice Department
OTTAWA — A New Democrat MP's request for documents related to a new regulator that will handle child pornography and exploitive material could take over half a decade for the government to process. In a letter responding to NDP ethics critic
N.S. Progressive Conservatives project Year 1 election promises at $553 million
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservatives released their election platform Thursday, projecting $553 million in new spending during their first year in office to fulfil campaign promises, mostly for the health-care sector. The new spending wou...
US, S. Korea say they’ll push North to return to nuke talks
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Top U.S. and South Korean officials agreed Thursday to try to convince North Korea to return to talks on its nuclear program, which Pyongyang has insisted it won’t do in protest of what it calls
All 14 workers lost in tunnel flood in China confirmed dead
BEIJING (AP) — The bodies of all 14 workers trapped when a tunnel under construction was flooded last week have been recovered, authorities in southern China said Thursday.
Room for 10,000: Inside China’s largest detention center
DABANCHENG, China (AP) — The Uyghur inmates sat in uniform rows with their legs crossed in lotus position and their backs ramrod straight, numbered and tagged, gazing at a television playing grainy black-and-white images of Chinese Communist Party hist...