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Canada preparing for second Trump presidency
AP
TORONTO, Canada - Canada’s government is preparing for the possibility that Donald Trump could reach the White House again and the “uncertainty” that would bring, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday at a Cabinet retreat.
EU pushes for Palestinian statehood
AP
BRUSSELS, Belgium - European Union (EU) foreign ministers argued on Monday that the creation of a Palestinian state is the only credible way to achieve peace in the Middle East, and they expressed concern about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s clear rejection of the idea.
Trump closes in on Republican nomination after big New Hampshire win
BBC NEWS
Donald Trump has won the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary - the second state contest to find the party's presidential candidate.
Apple overtakes Samsung as world's biggest phonemaker
BBC NEWS
Apple now has the lion's share of the global smartphone market, knocking Samsung off the top spot for the first time in 12 years.
New cloned monkey species highlights limits of cloning
CNN
BEIJING, China - Meet Retro, a cloned rhesus monkey born on July 16, 2020. He is now more than 3 years old and is “doing well and growing strong,” according to Falong Lu, one of the authors of a study published in the journal Nature Communications Tuesday that describes how Retro came to be.
US passenger bites flight attendant forcing plane to return to Tokyo
CNN
TOKYO, Japan - An American airline passenger allegedly bit a female cabin crew member mid-flight on Tuesday, forcing an All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight bound for Seattle to return to Tokyo, an airline spokesperson said.
New Jersey under a state of emergency as flooding, wind, pummel Northeast
AP
CONCORD, N.H, USA - A major storm drenched the Northeast and slammed it with fierce winds, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands following a bout of violent weather that struck most of the US.
3 dead as severe storms sweep through US
BBC NEWS
At least three people have died and over half a million homes are without power after a series of powerful winter storms swept through parts of the eastern US and Canada.
Clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses must pay $260K legal expenses
FOX NEWS
A federal judge has ruled that former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis must pay over $260,000 in attorney fees and expenses following her court case relating to her refusal to issue marriage licenses to a same-sex couple.
Thousands of doctors in Britain walk off the job in strike
AP
LONDON, UK — Thousands of doctors walked off the job in Britain on Wednesday, the start of a six-day strike over pay that was set to be the longest in the history of the state-funded National Health Service.