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Can the U.S., a beleaguered superpower, still play leader of the free world?
The U.S. just lost Afghanistan to the Taliban. Can it really deter Russia's Vladimir Putin from invading Ukraine? We're about to find out whether an old superpower, using new sanction threats, can still shape events in eastern Europe.
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U.K. PM apologizes, aide resigns, as scandal over alleged Christmas party intensifies
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday ordered an inquiry and said he was "furious" after a leaked video showed senior members of his staff joking about holding a lockdown-breaching Christmas party.
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Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Wednesday
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced tighter restrictions Wednesday to stem the spread of the omicron variant, urging people in England to again work from home and mandating COVID-19 passes for entrance into nightclubs and large events.
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U.S. Coast Guard recovers body from submerged car near Niagara Falls
A U.S. Coast Guard diver recovered a body from a submerged vehicle stuck in rushing rapids just metres from the brink of Niagara Falls on Wednesday.
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Minnesota officer 'betrayed her badge' when she shot Daunte Wright, prosecutor says as trial begins
Kim Potter, the suburban Minneapolis police officer who killed Daunte Wright, violated her training when she shot the 20-year-old Black man with a handgun instead of a Taser during an April traffic stop, a prosecutor told jurors as her manslaughter trial began Wednesday.