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Tanzania's Magufuli accepts official results of reelection
DODOMA, Tanzania - Tanzania's populist President John Magufuli has accepted the official certification of his victory in the East African country's election last week. Magufuli, 61, was declared the w...
Nov 01, 2020
French Muslims, stigmatized by attacks, feel under pressure
PARIS - The pressure rises with each gruesome attack. After three in five weeks, France's Muslims are feeling squeezed. A spotlight of suspicion was trained on them again even before the latest acts o...
Nov 01, 2020
Fighting over separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region continues
YEREVAN, Armenia - Fighting over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh entered sixth week on Sunday, with Armenian and Azerbaijani forces blaming each other for new attacks. Nagorno-Karabakh of...
Nov 01, 2020
French manhunt underway after shooting of Greek priest
LYON, France - French police interrogated one suspect and searched for others Sunday after a Greek Orthodox priest was shot and critically wounded while closing the door to his church in the French ci...
Nov 01, 2020
Mom of naval officer killed in 2004 submarine fire named Silver Cross mother
OTTAWA - Debbie Sullivan vividly remembers the last time she saw her son Chris Saunders alive more than 16 years ago.The 32-year-old naval lieutenant had driven his young family from Halifax to his mo...
Nov 01, 2020
Advocates say provinces should invest CERB savings in social welfare programs
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - At a time when anxieties were expected to run high for everyone, the Calgary Counselling Centre saw something surprising during the pandemic lockdown period: distress levels in thei...
Nov 01, 2020
Trudeau government eyes national declassification centre for historical spy documents
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is looking at ways to pry open Canada's neglected national security vaults, possibly through creation of a centre to declassify historical documents, a newly released m...
Nov 01, 2020
Suspect arrested in Quebec City stabbings that left two dead, five injured
QUEBEC - Police in Quebec City say two people are dead and five others have been injured in a stabbing rampage in the provincial capital.They say a man in his mid-20s has been arrested in connection w...
Nov 01, 2020
Ruling due in Depp's high-stakes libel suit against tabloid
LONDON - A British judge will decide Monday whether a tabloid newspaper defamed Johnny Depp by calling him a "wife beater," a ruling with huge implications for the careers of both Depp and former spou...
Nov 01, 2020
The Latest: UK virus lockdown may last longer than 4 weeks
LONDON - A British government minister says a new national lockdown in England may have to last longer than the planned four weeks if coronavirus infection rates don't fall quickly enough. The lockdow...
Nov 01, 2020