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Canada's chief public health officer says the collective efforts to fight COVID-19 are paying off, even as the country sits at a 'critical juncture' in the fight against fast-spreading variants. Dr. T...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Workers in Tennessee raced Sunday to fix water mains that failed in freezing temperatures, and COVID-19 vaccine shipments resumed as the South carried on with efforts to recover from ...

EDMONTON - On Thursday it's budget day in Alberta, a time that will cruelly and ironically remind residents that last year's projected eye-popping $6.8-billion deficit was actually the good old days. ...

BLAUSASC, France - Canadian rider Michael Woods finished runner-up at the three-day Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var on Sunday, Gianluca Brambilla's 13-second stage win moved the Italian atop the po...

JERUSALEM - Israel closed all its Mediterranean beaches until further notice on Sunday, days after an offshore oil spill deposited tons of tar across more than 100 miles (160 kilometres) of coastline ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Workers in Tennessee raced Sunday to fix water mains that failed in freezing temperatures, and COVID-19 vaccine shipments resumed as the South carried on with efforts to recover from ...

SAN FRANCISCO - California's new system of delivering, tracking and scheduling coronavirus vaccines is being rolled out in select counties, a first step in Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to smooth out what ...

CAIRO - The motorcade of the interior minister of Libya's U.N.-backed government came under attack on Sunday in the capital, Tripoli, a government spokesman said. Armed men opened fire at Fathi Bashag...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Two days after violence related to Somalia's delayed elections, the country's foreign ministry has accused "external forces" for contributing to the problems. At least five soldie...

MELBOURNE, Australia - Maybe, just maybe, the thinking went, Novak Djokovic would be just a tad more susceptible to trouble this time around at the Australian Open. After all, he tore an abdominal mus...