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Top court will not review rejection of class action against Just for Laughs founder
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not examine the rejection of a class-action suit against the founder of Just for Laughs. A group of women known as "Les Courageuses" has pursued legal action ...
Nov 16, 2020
Email obtained by AP: 65 WHO staff have virus, 1 cluster
GENEVA - The World Health Organization has recorded 65 cases of the coronavirus among staff based at its headquarters, including at least one cluster of infections, an internal email obtained by The A...
Nov 16, 2020
Closing arguments begin in murder trial for 2018 Fredericton mass shooting
FREDERICTON - Closing arguments are underway in the trial of Matthew Raymond, the Fredericton man accused of murder in the shooting deaths of four people in the city two years ago.Crown prosecutors an...
Nov 16, 2020
Beijing blasts Bob Rae after ambassador calls for UN to investigate genocide claims
OTTAWA - The Chinese government is firing back at Canada's ambassador to the United Nations for calling on the UN to investigate whether China's persecution of ethnic Muslim Uighurs in its Xinjiang pr...
Nov 16, 2020
2nd coronavirus vaccine shows early success in U.S. tests
For the second time this month, there's promising news from a COVID-19 vaccine candidate: Moderna said Monday its shots provide strong protection, a dash of hope against the grim backdrop of coronavir...
Nov 16, 2020
Israelis protest EU delegation's visit to planned settlement
JERUSALEM - Israeli protesters shouted down a group of European diplomats on Monday who were visiting the site of a planned settlement expansion in east Jerusalem that would make it even harder to est...
Nov 16, 2020
2nd coronavirus vaccine shows early success in U.S. tests
For the second time this month, there's promising news from a COVID-19 vaccine candidate: Moderna said Monday its shots provide strong protection, a dash of hope against the grim backdrop of coronavir...
Nov 16, 2020
After congratulating Biden, France's Macron sees Trump envoy
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron faced the potentially uncomfortable position Monday of meeting U.S. President Donald Trump's top diplomat, having already congratulated President-elect Joe Bid...
Nov 16, 2020
Pro-Western candidate wins Moldovan presidential election
CHISINAU, Moldova - Maia Sandu, a former World Bank economist who favours closer ties with the European Union, has won Moldova's presidential runoff vote, decisively defeating the staunchly pro-Russia...
Nov 16, 2020
Trial in France for extremist foiled by 3 Americans on train
PARIS - An Islamic State operative goes on trial Monday in France on terror charges for swaggering bare-chested through a train in 2015 with an arsenal of weapons and shooting one passenger. He was br...
Nov 16, 2020