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EXPLAINER: A closer look at Arizona
A CLOSER LOOK AT ARIZONA State officials said Friday there are 150,000 votes still to be counted in Arizona, a Western presidential battleground state where Democrat Joe Biden had a .92 percentage poi...
Nov 9, 2020
McCarrick: What's known about the abusive US ex-cardinal
ROME - The Vatican on Tuesday will release its report into the rise and fall of ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the once-influential American cardinal who was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 after a...
Nov 9, 2020
Pakistan's supreme court orders release of detained TV mogul
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's supreme court on Monday granted bail to the owner and editor-in-chief of country's largest independent group of newspapers and television stations, months after his arrest in a ...
Nov 9, 2020
Already flooded, South Florida feeling wrath of Eta
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Beaches and coronavirus testing sites were closed, public transportation shut down and some evacuations in place early Monday after Tropical Storm Eta made landfall in the Flor...
Nov 9, 2020
China holding off sending congratulations in US election
BEIJING - China said Monday it has taken note of Joe Biden's declaration of victory in the U.S. presidential election but is holding off on sending any message of congratulations. Foreign ministry spo...
Nov 9, 2020
World markets rise on relief over U.S. election outcome
TOKYO - World markets advanced Monday as investors evinced relief over the end of U.S. presidential election limbo after Joe Biden was declared the president-elect. France's CAC 40 jumped 1.7% in earl...
Nov 9, 2020
The 'bittersweet' legacy of Canada's wartime Jewish and Italian internment camps
MONTREAL - In 1940, a Jewish student in the United Kingdom named Edgar Lion was sent to Canada against his will on a ship that carried both German and Austrian Jews and Nazi prisoners of war. And when...
Nov 9, 2020
Disabled veterans struggle with COVID-19 as Canada prepares to mark Remembrance Day
OTTAWA - Canadians from coast to coast to coast will mark Remembrance Day on Wednesday, once again taking a moment to honour and remember those who offered up their lives to defend Canada, its values ...
Nov 9, 2020
EXPLAINING RACE CALLS: How AP called the race for Biden
WASHINGTON - Democrat Joe Biden captured the presidency on Saturday when The Associated Press declared him the victor in his native Pennsylvania at 11:25 a.m. EST. That got him the state's 20 electora...
Nov 8, 2020
Vancouver Whitecaps finish season strong with 3-0 win over L.A. Galaxy
PORTLAND, Ore. - The Vancouver Whitecaps finished their season on a positive note Sunday, beating the L.A. Galaxy 3-0. Lucas Cavallini opened the scoring in the 24th minute, and Fredy Montero ad...
Nov 8, 2020