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The United States is paying athletes to “create disturbances” during the Beijing Winter Olympics, Chinese state media reported Saturday. The accusations come just a week before the start of the most politicised Games in recent memory and immediately drew a

Scott Simon talks with Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick, Republican from Pennsylvania and co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, about what the U.S. should do to deter Russia.

Tens of thousands of Vietnamese on Saturday bid farewell to the late monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh — one of the world’s most influential religious leaders — ahead of his cremation ceremony in the country’s Buddhist heartland. The

Molly Meacher’s voice quivers with emotion as she tells how her aunt took her own life after her liver cancer tumour grew to the size of a football. “One night, she took a whole lot of pills and whisky, and

City officials in Ukraine’s capital are considering a wide range of possible actions by Russia: invasion, siege, hybrid warfare, cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns.

If you choose to believe Fox News and right-wing social media, this weekend a 40-mile long “Freedom Convoy” of 50,000 Canadian truckers, plus millions of their supporters, will converge in Ottawa — our northern neighbor’s capital — for a mass

An ailing young whale found near the coast of Athens in a rare sighting has returned to deeper waters after receiving medication, Greek officials said on Saturday. The male Cuvier’s beaked whale is now swimming near the southern island of

Scott Simon talks with Tijuana journalist Gabriela Martinez about the recent murders of two colleagues, and the continuing violence against journalists there and in other parts of Mexico.

Security analysts are concerned that Russia could launch cyberattacks against Ukraine, as it did in 2017. That could compromise government agencies, banks, and energy infrastructure.