More than 2,200 diplomats and other civilians have been evacuated from Afghanistan on military flights, a Western security official told Reuters on Wednesday, as efforts gathered pace to get people out after the Taliban seized the capital.
Day: August 18, 2021
The rise of the highly contagious delta variant means Canadians can expect more “breakthrough” infections among fully vaccinated individuals as overall case counts surge while vaccination rates slowly keep climbing.
A fossil egg found by a Chinese farmer has turned out to have a rare surprise inside: A baby turtle nearly ready to hatch. For the first time, that’s allowed scientists to figure out what kind of ancient turtle laid that egg.
The issue of child care in this federal election is quickly shaping up to be a showdown between what the Conservatives are offering on the one side and what the rest of the parties represented in Parliament are offering on the other.
For nearly a decade, Judi Riley says she has been relentlessly pushing for Ontario police to take the disappearance of her brother Jon seriously — repeatedly offering to submit her DNA or sit down with them to share what she knows. Now the OPP has finally agreed to review the case.