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U.S farmers pushed to the brink by drought

Recurring drought in the U.S. southwest has left less water to divvy up between seven states and pushed some family farms to the brink of collapse. CBC’s Susan Ormiston travelled to the region and ...

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Boris Johnson grilled over Partygate

Former U.K. prime minister Boris Johnson clashed with MPs at a hearing over parties held at Downing Street while the rest of the country was in lockdown. The scandal, which drove Johnson out of the...

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Children 'taken' by Russia returned

Seventeen Ukrainian children who were sent to camps in Crimea by Russian officials were reunited with their families in Kyiv today. They are among thousands who were transferred to Russia or the re...

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Deadline comes, goes without Trump arrest

Former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Jeremy Saland shares insight on the likelihood of Donald Trump being indicted, what’s happening behind the scenes and how the arrest of a former U.S. pr...

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Helping a scared community feel safe after massacre

A team of peacekeepers has been patrolling James Smith Cree Nation since the mass killing last fall, but they have no guns, no training and no authority to stop the violence on the streets. CBC’s ...

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Thousands make a living on Mumbai's garbage mountain

Thousands of people living near India’s largest mountain of garbage in Mumbai depend on rummaging through its waste for their livelihood, but suffer terrible health issues as a result. Despite gove...

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UN scientists issue "final warning" on climate change

Top climate scientists released their final assessment report on climate change, declaring this is the last chance to limit human-caused global warming to 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels before t...

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America’s largest reservoir 'almost dry'

Millions of Americans are facing a potential water crisis as the country's largest reservoir, Lake Mead, is now at critically low levels after decades of drought and increased demand.

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Global central banks band together to prevent crisis

Global central banks have banded together to reassure world markets and prevent the spread of the banking crisis that started with the collapse of two regional U.S. banks earlier this month from sp...

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U.S braces for 'unprecedented' Trump arrest

Anticipation is building over reports that former U.S. President Donald Trump could be indicted as early as today. Barriers have been erected around a Manhattan courthouse in anticipation of protes...

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Xi Jinping calls for Ukraine ceasefire

China's Xi Jinping received a warm welcome from Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Western allies will be watching this visit closely for signs China may be considering supplying weapons f...

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Report finds global warming 'likely' to hit 1.5C

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Trump calls on supporters to protest his 'arrest'

Former U.S. president Donald Trump claims he will be arrested tomorrow and is calling on his supporters to protest. He faces possible criminal charges related to the Manhattan district attorney’s i...

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UBS to acquire rival bank Credit Suisse

Switzerland’s government has fast-tracked approval for the country’s largest bank, UBS, to take over its ailing rival Credit Suisse to prevent a banking crisis. Experts say it’s a reflection of tou...

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Putin visits 'scene of the crime' in Mariupol

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited occupied Ukraine for the first time since launching his full scale invasion. Western analysts say it sends a message ahead of a pivotal visit to to Moscow f...

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Chrétien reflects on decision to keep Canada out of Iraq war

Rosemary Barton Live speaks with Canada's former prime minister Jean Chrétien about his decision 20 years ago to keep Canada out of the war in Iraq.

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Viral Ukrainian soldier speaks about Bakhmut 'duty'

Rosemary Barton Live speaks with Ukrainian soldier Roman Trokhymets about life as a sniper on the battlefield and the toll it's taking on him emotionally.

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Restaurant turns discarded food into gourmet meals

Spill, a sustainable restaurant in Malmö, Sweden, prepares daily meals for its customers by taking meat, vegetables and other ingredients destined to be thrown away by wholesale suppliers but is sa...

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'Outrageous': Russia slams Putin arrest warrant

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his commissioner for children's rights. Both are wanted for alleged war crimes related to the de...

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Analysis: 'Difficult to enforce' Putin arrest

A legal expert says the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for Russian President Vladimir Putin is a rare indictment that will be significant to some families, but it will be...

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Canadian officers ambushed by gunman

Edmonton Police Service says Consts. Travis Jordan and Brett Ryan were unaware how dangerous the situation they were walking into was before they were shot by a 16-year-old gunman. An investigation...

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The Cure frontman ‘sickened’ by Ticketmaster fees

The Cure's Robert Smith says Ticketmaster is partially refunding fans for some fees, after he lashed out at the company online. Some fans complained the fees effectively doubled the original ticket...

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Arrest warrant for Putin issued over war crimes

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of being responsible for the war crime of illegal deportation of children ...

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Xi Jinping set to visit Moscow, urges peace talks

Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit comes after China last month published a 12-point plan for 'a political resolution of the Ukraine crisis' — and after China's foreign minister, in a rare phone ...

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Analysis: Putin arrest warrant 'just the beginning'

Payam Akhavan is a professor of international law and a senior fellow at Massey College in Toronto and a special adviser to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. He says the arrest wa...

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'Got too close': Analysts react to drone incident

The Pentagon releases video showing a Russian jet dumping fuel and ultimately bringing down a U.S. Reaper drone over the Black Sea. A former U.S. military pilot explains what he sees, and what it r...

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Major U.S. banks step in to stop another collapse

Some of America’s top lenders have deposited $30 billion at First Republic Bank to prevent another potential collapse of a U.S. bank. Juggernauts like JP Morgan, Wells Fargo and Bank of America wer...

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Russia committed war crimes, UN report says

The UN has released a report detailing a horrific range of alleged war crimes committed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine. But for the international criminal justice system, establishing the fact...

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Artist turns a desert solar farm into a canvas

Swiss-French artist Saype worked through heat and wind to create a huge one hectare painting in an Oman desert near a solar farm to get people thinking about the future of sustainable energy.

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Analysis: What's behind the 'run on banks'?

The Swiss central bank's decision on Wednesday to loan Credit Suisse 50 billion francs ($74 billion Cdn) to bolster confidence in the country's financial system is 'emergency medicine,' said U.S. m...

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