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The National Health Service in England is urging people with universal blood types to donate after a ransomware attack disrupted hospitals’ ability to match patients — underlining how cyberattacks can have serious …
Israeli forces have ended combat operations in the Jabalia area of north Gaza after destroying more than 10 kilometres of tunnels during days of intense fighting that included over 200 …
Several of the more seriously injured people who were on the Singapore Airlines flight that hit severe turbulence earlier this week will need spinal surgery, a Bangkok hospital said Thursday. Twenty people remained in intensive care …
Convicted Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who brought women victims to his pig farm during a crime spree near Vancouver in the 1990s and early 2000s, was assaulted in prison …
Slovak politicians have called for calm in the Central European country after Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot multiple times by a would-be assassin on Wednesday, a rare instance of …
Taraba said one bullet went through Fico’s stomach and a second hit a joint. Police cars are parked outside the F.D. Roosevelt University Hospital in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, where …
An Ottawa man who was shot dead Friday night is being remembered by his colleagues as a devoted badminton coach who’d been nationally recognized for his training efforts. Kevin Willington, …
When varsity athlete Megan Plamondon started feeling sick last November, she thought she’d pushed herself too hard on a two-hour run. The student at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont., started feeling tired toward …
There are early signals that measles — one of the world’s most contagious viruses — may be quietly spreading within parts of Canada as health officials brace for more imported …