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FDA advisory body this week recommended coronavirus booster shots for people over age 65 and those at high risk.
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Polls show PM Justin Trudeau’s Liberals hold a slight edge over the rival Conservatives ahead of Monday’s vote.
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Canadians go to the polls on Monday. Here’s what you need to know about the parties, leaders, and key election issues.
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US plan to step up deportations has not dampened the resolve of many Haitian migrants to seek a better life.
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Australia’s move to ditch a submarine deal has spiralled into an unprecedented diplomatic row between Western allies.
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China’s new restrictions might be unthinkable elsewhere, but it is time for a digital detox.
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Turkey hopes relations with the US, blighted by a litany of disputes, can be salvaged on President Erdogan’s trip.
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Photos suggest expanded enrichment plant could increase production of weapons-grade plutonium by as much as 25 percent.
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The Elon Musk-developed spacecraft splashed down in calm seas off Florida on Saturday evening.
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Foreign minister says unprecedented recalling of envoys ‘very symbolic’ act after scrapping of submarines contract.
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Thousands of people in Del Rio to be put on ‘removal flights’ within next three days, officials say.
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Did 9/11 really open a ‘new’ chapter in American history?
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Grieving relatives of Afghan civilian victims demand accountability, as well as financial compensation and relocation.
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Durst, suspected of killing three people, found guilty by a Los Angeles court of murdering Susan Berman in 2000.