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  • Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama gets vaccine shot

    March 06, 2021 - 9:48 AM

    DHARMSALA, India - The Dalai Lama, the 85-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader, was administered the first shot of the coronavirus vaccine on Saturday at a hospital in the north Indian hill town of Dharmsala.

  • Daytona motorcycle rally goes on despite pandemic

    March 06, 2021 - 9:47 AM

    DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Despite the coronavirus pandemic, Daytona Beach's annual Bike Week has brought tens of thousands of motorcyclists to the city and its neighbours this weekend — and few of them are wearing masks.

  • Egypt's president el-Sissi visits Sudan amid rapprochement

    March 06, 2021 - 9:39 AM

    CAIRO - Egypt’s president visited Sudan on Saturday, his first visit to the country since a popular uprising led to the military’s overthrow of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir in 2019.

  • Pope, top Iraq Shiite cleric deliver message of coexistence

    March 06, 2021 - 9:38 AM

    PLAINS OF UR, Iraq - Pope Francis walked through a narrow alley in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf for a historic meeting with the country’s top Shiite cleric, and together they delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence in a country still reeling from back-to-back conflicts over the past decade.

  • Biden, Dems prevail as Senate OKs $1.9T virus relief bill

    March 06, 2021 - 9:32 AM

    WASHINGTON - An exhausted Senate narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Saturday as President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies notched a victory they called crucial for hoisting the country out of the pandemic and economic doldrums.

  • Afghan officials say car bomber kills prosecutor, bodyguard

    March 06, 2021 - 9:19 AM

    KABUL - A suicide car bombing killed the Afghan intelligence directorate’s chief prosecutor Saturday, an official said, amid an increase in violence in the war-ravaged country.

  • Pakistan security forces say 8 militants killed in raids

    March 06, 2021 - 9:16 AM

    MULTAN, Pakistan - Pakistani security forces say they raided militant hideouts in two different operations in former Taliban strongholds in North Waziristan Saturday, killing eight Islamic militants.

  • The Latest: Irelands reaches half million vaccinations

    March 06, 2021 - 9:16 AM

    LONDON — Ireland has given out half a million coronavirus vaccinations about two months after the first inoculation.

  • California OKs reopening of ball parks, Disneyland

    March 06, 2021 - 9:04 AM

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California has cleared a path for fans to hit the stands at opening-day baseball games and return to Disneyland nearly a year after coronavirus restrictions shuttered major entertainment spots.

  • Lebanon's caretaker PM warns of chaos as currency plunges

    March 06, 2021 - 8:37 AM

    BEIRUT - Lebanon's caretaker prime minister warned Saturday that the country was quickly headed toward chaos and appealed to politicians to put aside differences in order form a new government that can attract desperately needed foreign assistance.
  • JONESIE: TNRD spending isn't the real issue
      OPINION Nice to see shock and a swift reaction in Kamloops when residents learned how their hard-earned money was being spent by staff at the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. If you tuned it out because those
  • Golden brown and crispy is what you are aiming for when cooking schnitzel at home. Weekend Recipe: Make it a schnitzel night
    Schnitzel is a serious crowd favourite and bound to light up the faces of your eaters this weekend. It's even fun to say: shhhhh-nit-zzzel. Anyone raised in a German household is very familiar with this delicious dish. Basically it is a

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