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Congress returns with virus aid, federal funding unresolved
WASHINGTON - After months of shadowboxing amid a tense and toxic campaign, Capitol Hill's main players are returning for one final, perhaps futile, attempt at deal-making on a challenging menu of year...
Nov 30, 2020
Uproar in France over proposed limits on filming police
PARIS - French activists fear that a proposed new security law will deprive them of a potent weapon against abuse - cellphone videos of police activity - threatening their efforts to document possible...
Nov 30, 2020
Cardinal's prison diary explores suffering, solitary lockup
ROME - Cardinal George Pell, who was convicted and then acquitted of sexual abuse in his native Australia, reflects on the nature of suffering, Pope Francis' papacy and the humiliations of solitary co...
Nov 30, 2020
Biden looks to fill out economic team with diverse picks
President-elect Joe Biden is expected in the coming days to name several of his most senior economic advisers, a group that includes several liberal economists and policy specialists who established t...
Nov 30, 2020
Sri Lankan prison riot leaves 6 inmates dead, 35 injured
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Six inmates were killed and 35 others were injured when guards opened fire to control a riot at a prison on the outskirts of Sri Lanka's capital, officials said Monday. Two guards...
Nov 30, 2020
Australian leader calls China's graphic tweet 'repugnant'
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Monday a tweet by a Chinese official which shows a fake image of an Australian soldier appearing to slit a child's throat is "tr...
Nov 30, 2020
Source: Pa. lawmaker gets a positive test at Trump meeting
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Pennsylvania state senator abruptly left a West Wing meeting with President Donald Trump after being informed he had tested positive for the coronavirus, a person with direct knowl...
Nov 30, 2020
Biden chooses an all-female senior White House press team
WILMINGTON, Del. - President-elect Joe Biden will have an all-female senior communications team at his White House, reflecting his stated desire to build out a diverse White House team as well as what...
Nov 30, 2020
Star defence witness to testify at Alek Minassian's murder trial
TORONTO - The defence's star witness is set to testify today at the trial of the man who killed 10 people in Toronto's van attack. Dr. Alexander Westphal is expected to say Alek Minassian is not crimi...
Nov 30, 2020
B.C.'s economic recovery minister says getting through pandemic will be team approach
VICTORIA - The British Columbia cabinet minister appointed to lead the province's COVID-19 pandemic recovery says he plans to mount a large team effort from inside and outside of government spur econo...
Nov 29, 2020