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Lunar New Year: Chinese families meet for bittersweet reunions

It's been three years since the young communication professional, who lives in Hong Kong, has been home to Shanghai. She last saw her family in 2020 when she visited them over the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, as it's known in China.

Rishi Sunak fined for not wearing seatbelt in back of car

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been fined for not wearing a seatbelt in a moving car while filming a social media video. Lancashire Police said it had issued a 42-year-old man from London with a conditional offer of a fixed penalty.

Canada Settles $2 Billion Suit Over 'Cultural Genocide' at Residential Schools

OTTAWA — Canada said on Saturday that it had agreed to pay 2.8 billion Canadian dollars, about $2 billion, to settle the latest in a series of lawsuits seeking reparations for the harm done to Indigenous people through a system of mandatory residential ...

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Entry to Machu Picchu suspended amid unrest in Peru

CNN

(CNN) — Tourist entry to Machu Picchu Citadel and the Inca Trail Network has been suspended until further notice due to ongoing unrest in Peru, officials in the country said Saturday. The Decentralized Culture Directorate and Machu Picchu Historical ...

Who wants to live forever?

Who wants to live forever? Countries and companies are facing an aging crisis, and experts say policymakers and business leaders need to rethink how they deal with older workers.

Eritrean troops seen leaving Ethiopian town of Shire

Reuters

Reuters

The Eritrean forces' continuing presence in Tigray despite a November ceasefire agreement between Ethiopia's government and Tigray regional forces that requires the withdrawal of foreign soldiers is seen as a key obstacle to a lasting peace.

While many ring in the Year of the Rabbit, Vietnam celebrates the cat

NPR

NPR

The holiday is celebrated throughout much of Asia and the Asian diaspora, including among those of Vietnamese, Chinese and Korean descent. The holiday is also celebrated in Mongolia, but in February, as the date is determined with a different calendar ...

Peru protests: Machu Picchu closed indefinitely and tourists stranded

Peru has closed its famous tourist site Machu Picchu indefinitely over the ongoing protests against the country's new president. The government said it closed the site, and the Inca trail hike leading up to it, to protect tourists and citizens.

Avalon could see 60 cm of snow as Newfoundland faces weekend blast of winter weather

CBC.ca

CBC.ca

Environment Canada has upped its estimated snowfall totals for eastern Newfoundland, saying a messy mix of winter weather could bring as much as 60 centimetres to the Avalon peninsula. Snow started falling Friday night and eased Saturday morning.

'Very traumatizing': Myles Gray's family unsure they'll attend April inquest

Globalnews.ca

Globalnews.ca

The family of a man killed during an altercation with Vancouver police seven years ago say they're doubtful they will attend a coroner's inquest into his death. Myles Gray, 33, was unarmed when he died in a backyard on the Vancouver-Burnaby boundary in ...