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World Hospitals and clinics across India turned away patients except for emergency cases on Saturday as medical professionals started a 24-hour shutdown to protest the brutal rape and killing of a doctor in the eastern city of Kolkata. More than a million doctors expected to join nationwide, 24-hour walkoutThomson ReutersContinue Reading

World Harris vows to help home buyers, ban food price gouging in sweeping cost-of-living proposalsU.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris announced a sweeping set of economic proposals on Friday meant to cut taxes and lower the cost of groceries, housing and other essentials for many Americans. ‘Building up the middle class willContinue Reading

Military authorities in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk on Friday urged civilians to speed up their evacuation because the Russian army was quickly closing in on what has been one of Moscow’s key targets for months. Pokrovsk officials said in a Telegram post that Russian troops are “advancing atContinue Reading

World Negotiators ended two days of talks in Doha, Qatar, on Friday in an effort to hammer out a Gaza ceasefire agreement as Israel continued to slam targets in the Palestinian enclave. Talks will resume next week in Cairo. Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 17 people were killed FridayContinue Reading

World Democrats will gather in Chicago on Monday to kick off the Democratic National Convention and welcome U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris as the party’s presidential candidate to square off against Donald Trump in the November 5th U.S. election. Here’s how to follow all of the events on CBC platforms. DemocratsContinue Reading

World Russia said on Thursday that it would beef up border defences, improve command and control and send in additional forces nearly 10 days after Ukraine made the biggest attack on Russian sovereign territory since the Second World War. Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says troops have taken town of Sudzha in Russia’sContinue Reading

World Alberto Fernandez, Argentina’s last president, charged with abuse of former spouse Fabiola YanezA federal prosecutor on Wednesday formally charged Argentina’s former president Alberto Fernandez with committing violence against Fabiola Yanez, his spouse when he was leading the South American nation. Alleged abuse discovered via text messages obtained in separateContinue Reading

World Russia began evacuating thousands more people from its border regions on Thursday after Ukraine said it was advancing deeper into the country in a lightning incursion aimed at forcing Moscow to slow its advance along the rest of the front. Another Russian district in Kursk evacuates about 20,000 peopleThomson ReutersContinue Reading

World Mohammed Mahdi Abu Al-Qumsan, 26, was on his way to pick up birth certificates for his newborn twins when he received the call: Aysal, Ayser and their mother Jumana were killed in an Israeli strike.  Mohammed Mahdi Abu Al-Qumsan was picking up birth certificates for twins when he learnedContinue Reading