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Trudeau has been urging Canadians for weeks not to take any non-essential trips outside the country. And hes been warning that the federal government could impose at any time restrictions that it would make it harder for them to return. Hes expected to follow up those warnings today with concrete action, in time to put a stop to an exodus of winter-weary Canadians taking advantage of the coming March break to vacation in warmer climes. Quebec Premier Francois Legault has been urging Ottawa to r...

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read WARSAW, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Poland will reopen shopping malls on Feb. 1 while keeping most other restrictions in place until the middle of next month, as the number of coronavirus infections has fallen, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said on Thursday. Most shops in shopping malls, as well as hotels and ski resorts have been closed since the end of December. Children only in the first three years of primary school attend regular lessons. Niedzielski said that the pan...

Weekly roundup of world briefs   By Ben Sales (JTA) — On Friday, reports surfaced that Twitter had appeared to suspend an account belonging to Iran’s vehemently anti-Israel supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. But @khamenei_site wasn’t the authoritarian leader’s real account. The reason for the suspension was that the account had tweeted a photo calling for “revenge” against former President Donald Trump. Along with a photo showing Trump golfing beneath the shadow of a military ...

Paul Felenbok obituary Paul Felenbok (in grey jumper) was an astronomer at the Paris Observatory, and he made several major advances in his field Paul Felenbok (in grey jumper) was an astronomer at the Paris Observatory, and he made several major advances in his field WlodkaRobertson Fri 29 Jan 2021 11.59 EST Last modified on Fri 29 Jan 2021 12.27 EST My cousin Paul Felenbok, who has died aged 84, was, like myself, a child survivor of the Warsaw ghetto and the Holocaust. Since the end of the se...

Nearly Two Dozen People Arrested In Northern Indiana Drug Sting WARSAW, Ind. — After several months of investigation by the drug task force NET43 in Kosciusko County, nearly two dozen people were arrested in what was called “Operation Groundhog.” During the overnight hours from Wednesday into Thursday, officers from multiple law enforcement agencies throughout the county arrested 21 people. During the operation, police seized a large amount of narcotics and firearms. No information was im...

ORANGE CITY, Iowa — Craig Sterk, a student at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, has earned a spot on the Academic Dean’s List for the fall 2020 semester. The Dean’s List is comprised of students who have achieved a semester grade point average of 3.50 or above while carrying a minimum of 12 graded hours. This semester, 435 students qualified for the Dean’s List. Students who earned a GPA of 3.75 or higher are considered Collegiate Scholars, designated with an asteri...

Funeral Announcements for January 29, 2021 A private Mass of Christian Burial for Jack Francis Veulemans, of Sedalia, formerly of Tipton, will be held at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Tipton.  Although the funeral will be limited to family only, it will be livestreamed on Meisenheimer Funeral Home’s Facebook page at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 30. There will be no formal visitation, but friends are welcome to pay their respects and sign the guest book between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2...

Emerging Europe this week Budvar, the Czech brewer that has been in a long legal dispute with US giant Anheuser-Busch over use of the Budweiser brand, increased output to record levels last year, as the Covid-19 pandemic saw people drink less in bars and more at home. Budejovicky Budvar, a 125-year-old state-owned brewery, said on Thursday that its output rose three per cent to 1.73 million hectoliters in 2020. The brewer’s exports were up almost 3.5 per cent last year, according to directo...

ksuadminJanuary 29, 2021 31 Tens of thousands of people protested Friday evening (29) against a law virtually banning abortion in Poland. The protests took place in at least 35 cities, and in Warsaw there was a conflict with the police. Promoted mainly by young people, the marches deliberately adopt aggressive slogans, such as “This is war”, “This witch will not be burned” and “Fuck it!”. According to the organizers of the protest movements, the aim is to show the right-wing con...

Thousands of people across Poland have demonstrated to protest against a court ruling that effectively bans abortion in the country.