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Women's groups plan more protests over Poland abortion law
WARSAW, Poland - Women's rights activists are planning more protests in Poland after a top court tightened the predominantly Catholic nation's already strict abortion law. Angry street protests have b...
Oct 26, 2020
Spokesman: China to sanction US arms suppliers to Taiwan
BEIJING - China's government said Monday it will impose sanctions on U.S. military contractors including Boeing Co.'s defence unit and Lockheed Martin Corp. for supplying weapons to rival Taiwan, step...
Oct 26, 2020
Armenia, Azerbaijan accuse each other of truce violations
YEREVAN, Armenia - Armenia and Azerbaijan on Monday accused each other of violating the new cease-fire announced the day before in a bid to halt the fighting over the separatist region of Nagorno-Kara...
Oct 26, 2020
Crew safe, 7 detained after UK special forces raid tanker
LONDON - All crew members of an oil tanker that was stormed by British naval special forces after a group of stowaways threatened violence are "safe and well," the ship's operator confirmed Monday. Se...
Oct 26, 2020
Democrats ask Pence to skip Barrett vote over COVID-19 risk
WASHINGTON - A deeply torn Senate is set to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, but Democratic leaders are asking Vice-President Mike Pence to stay away from presiding over Monday's sessio...
Oct 26, 2020
Meng Wanzhou extradition case back in court for hearings on arrest
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court is scheduled to begin hearing evidence this week in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Five days of evidentiary hearings are scheduled starting t...
Oct 26, 2020
Two Toronto byelections test Liberal government's handling of pandemic
OTTAWA - Voters in two Toronto ridings head to the polls today in the first electoral test of the federal Liberal government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Both ridings - Toronto Centre and York...
Oct 26, 2020
Pfizer raises concerns ahead of Commons vote on probe of Ottawa's pandemic response
OTTAWA - Opposition parties are poised to approve a parliamentary probe of the Trudeau government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic despite growing objections from industry and experts. Pharmaceutic...
Oct 26, 2020
Money laundering commission resumes hearings in British Columbia
VANCOUVER - An inquiry into money laundering in British Columbia is scheduled to begin hearing witnesses today in Vancouver. The hearings were delayed until after Saturday's B.C. election. Commissione...
Oct 26, 2020
Wary of angering public, Iran has few ways to contain virus
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - As coronavirus infections reached new heights in Iran this month, overwhelming its hospitals and driving up its death toll, the country's health minister gave a rare spee...
Oct 26, 2020