Alec Baldwin said in a TV interview that he did not pull the trigger of the gun that fired a live bullet and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie Rust.
On Nov. 30, Barbados transitioned to a republic by removing Queen Elizabeth as head of state. Canada now sits in an increasingly shrinking club of nations that continue to have the Queen in their highest ceremonial office.
Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced Thursday he is stepping down just two months after taking over from predecessor Sebastian Kurz, who stumbled over corruption allegations.
Canada has imposed new sanctions on Belarusian officials over human rights violations in that country — measures taken in coordination with the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union.
The figure skating Grand Prix Final next week has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic for the second season in a row. The Dec. 9-12 event in Osaka, Japan, was the only global event matching the best skaters across all four disciplines before the Winter Olympics in Beijing in February.
U.S. President Joe Biden is set to kick off a more urgent campaign for Americans to get COVID-19 booster shots Thursday as he unveils his winter plans for combating the coronavirus and its omicron variant with enhanced availability of shots and vaccines but without major new restrictions.
