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WASHINGTON - Lawmakers are trying to balance openness with safety after Friday's attack within steps of the Capitol, a challenge for Congress, nearly three months after a mob stormed the seat of Ameri...

Canada's chief public health officer is urging people to keep their guard up as COVID-19 disrupts Easter celebrations for a second year. Theresa Tam wrote on Twitter that Canadians need to be careful ...

CALGARY - Canada's Brendan Bottcher dropped a 6-4 decision to Switzerland's Peter de Cruz in an extra end on Sunday at the BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship.Bottcher had a chanc...

OTTAWA - Mark Carney, long touted as a potential Liberal leader one day, will be a keynote speaker at the federal party's convention later this week. It's a political coming out party of sorts for the...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A collision between a cargo ship and a fishing boat killed at least two fishermen and left 15 missing off Indonesia's main island of Java, officials said Sunday. The fishing boat ...

VATICAN CITY - Christianity's most joyous feast day was celebrated worldwide with faithful sitting far apart in pews and singing choruses of "Hallelujah" through face coverings on a second Easter Sund...

YANGON, Myanmar - Anti-coup demonstrators in Myanmar, adept at finding themes to tie together protests nationwide, took to the streets holding painted eggs in a nod to the Easter holiday on Sunday. In...

LONDON - Police in Northern Ireland have appealed for calm after officers were attacked and cars were set on fire during a second night of unrest. Three cars were hijacked and set on fire Saturday nig...

PARIS - The main stadium in the French city of Lyon opened as a mass vaccination centre during Easter weekend, and thousands of people spent the holiday lining up for injections elsewhere in France as...

JERUSALEM - Jordan's allies on Sunday rallied around King Abdullah II after his half-brother unleashed unprecedented public criticism of how the country is run, complaining of corruption and lack of f...