This year’s winner of the World Food Prize focused on small fish to fry
This year’s World Food Prize winner was surprised by the honour. Unlike previous winners, she didn’t work on staple crops such as rice, wheat or corn. But her techniques for raising small fish have made a big difference to improve nutrition around the world. CBC | World News More...
U.S. stocks slide as prices of food, clothes, cars spike amid inflation worries
Inflation worries rattled Wall Street Wednesday, pulling the Dow Jones Industrial Average more than 680 points lower and putting the major stock indexes on track More...
Colonial Pipeline begins restart efforts after disruptive cyberattack in U.S.
Colonial Pipeline said on Wednesday it has begun to restart the largest U.S. pipeline network six days after a ransomware attack prompted it to shut the line, triggering More...
U.S. pipeline problems expose Canada’s vulnerability to having the taps turned off
Problems with two major oil and gasoline pipelines in the U.S. underscore how fragile the North American energy infrastructure grid is and how vulnerable Canadians More...
Jay-Z, Foo Fighters and the Go-Go’s to be inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Jay-Z, Foo Fighters and the Go-Go’s were elected Wednesday to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame their first time on the ballot, leading a class that also More...
India’s COVID-19 death toll exceeds 250,000 after deadliest 24 hours of pandemic
India’s coronavirus death toll crossed 250,000 on Wednesday in the deadliest 24 hours since the pandemic began, as the disease rampaged through the countryside, More...
Republicans demote Liz Cheney, critic of Trump’s ‘Big Lie,’ from leadership role
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to eject Liz Cheney from her leadership post in caucus, a move likely to cement their dependence More...
How can we stop the next pandemic? Experts call for major changes in surveillance, alert systems
A new transparent global system should be set up for probing disease outbreaks, empowering the World Health Organization to deploy investigators at short notice More...
Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world on Wednesday
India’s coronavirus deaths crossed a quarter million on Wednesday in the deadliest 24 hours since the pandemic began, as the disease rampaged through the More...
Escalating violence between Israelis and Palestinians bears hallmarks of 2014 Gaza war
Rockets streamed out of Gaza and Israel pounded the territory with airstrikes early Wednesday as the most severe outbreak of violence since the 2014 war took on More...