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WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's pick for health secretary, Xavier Becerra, faces two days of contentious Senate hearings. Republicans are portraying the Californian as unfit, but Democrats are unfa...

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam gave her clear support Tuesday to electoral reforms that would likely further exclude opposition voices and cement Beijing's control over the semi-autonomous Chine...

OECUSSE, East Timor - A defrocked American priest went on trial Tuesday to face charges he sexually abused young girls at his shelter for orphans and children from impoverished families, in the first ...

WASHINGTON - Congress is set to hear from former U.S. Capitol security officials for the first time about the massive law enforcement failures on Jan. 6, the day a violent mob laid siege to the buildi...

BEIJING - Improper storage and use of explosives caused a massive blast at a gold mine in eastern China that killed 10 people last month, state media reported Tuesday. A total of 45 people are facing ...

NICE, France - The doctor slid a miniature camera into the patient's right nostril, making her whole nose glow red with its bright miniature light. "Tickles a bit, eh?" he asked as he rummaged around ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia's immigration authorities said Tuesday they have deported 1,086 Myanmar migrants, breaking a court order to halt their repatriation following an appeal by two human r...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - The Nunavut government is to table its budget, the first since the COVID-19 pandemic started, in the legislative assembly today. Finance Minister George Hickes will deliver the draf...

OTTAWA - The Manitoba military reservist who pleaded guilty to eight charges related to an incident at Rideau Hall last summer is to be sentenced in an Ottawa courtroom today.Corey Hurren, 46, rammed ...

OTTAWA - The Canadian government is set to tell a Federal Court of Appeal hearing today a refugee pact between Ottawa and Washington does not violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Canada's lawye...