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Hamilton takes Portuguese GP pole position ahead of Bottas
PORTIMAO, Portugal - Lewis Hamilton edged out Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas to take pole position for the Portuguese Grand Prix on Saturday. Having secured a record-extending 97th career pole, Ham...
Oct 24, 2020
Big suicide bombing in Kabul kills 18 at education centre
KABUL - The death toll from the suicide attack Saturday in Afghanistan's capital has risen to at least 18 killed and 57 people wounded, including students, the interior ministry said. The explosion st...
Oct 24, 2020
Nunavut's young people 'should be expecting more' from government services: advocate
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Basic information about young people who have used government services in Nunavut isn't being tracked because of "complacency and a lack of accountability," says the annual report f...
Oct 24, 2020
Poland's President Duda tests positive for coronavirus
WARSAW, Poland - Poland's President Andrzej Duda has tested positive for coronavirus, his spokesman said on Saturday. The spokesman, Blazej Spychalski, said on Twitter that the 48-year-old conservativ...
Oct 24, 2020
B.C. voters head to polling stations in snap election called during pandemic
22Voters in British Columbia cast ballots today in an election campaign that was largely defined by the COVID-19 pandemic.NDP Leader John Horgan called the snap election one year before the fixed voti...
Oct 24, 2020
Positive COVID-19 case identified at Peace Wapiti Academy
Peace Wapiti Public School Division says a person affiliated with Peace Wapiti Academy has tested positive for COVID-19. In a letter issued by the division on Friday to parents and staff, the school d...
Oct 24, 2020
No trick-or-treating, but Prairie Mall still putting on Halloween festivities
The Prairie Mall has announced their plans for Halloween.October 31 is normally one of the busier days of the year for the mall. On average, the mall will see over 4,000 tick or treaters walk through ...
Oct 24, 2020
Correction: Britain-UAE-Assault Allegations story
LONDON - In a story first published Oct. 18, 2020, about allegations against the tolerance minister of the United Arab Emirates, The Associated Press reported on a statement by Britain's Metropolitan ...
Oct 24, 2020
Guinean president wins a 3rd term, electoral commission says
CONAKRY, Guinea - Guinea's President Alpha Conde has won a third term with 59.49% of the vote, the National Independent Electoral Commission declared Saturday. Some people went to the streets to prote...
Oct 24, 2020
TV reporter goes missing in southern Pakistan
ISLAMABAD - A reporter working for Pakistan's leading Geo News television has gone missing in the southern port city of Karachi, family and colleagues said Saturday. Geo bureau chief in Karachi, Fahim...
Oct 24, 2020