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Serena Williams pulls out of French Open with hurt Achilles
PARIS - Saying she is "struggling to walk," Serena Williams ended her latest bid for a 24th Grand Slam title and withdrew from the French Open before her second-round match Wednesday because of an inj...
Sep 30, 2020
Trump facing devastating debt load? Experts say not so fast
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump reportedly must pay back more than $300 million in loans over the next four years, raising the possibility his lenders could face an unprecedented situation should he...
Sep 30, 2020
Trump to far-right extremists: 'Stand back and stand by'
President Donald Trump on Tuesday didn't condemn white supremacist groups and their role in violence in some American cities this summer, branding it solely a "left-wing" problem and telling one far-r...
Sep 30, 2020
Judge urged to keep Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's extradition hearing moving
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Canada's attorney general says the defence team for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou is trying to fight their case against charges she faces in the United States in a Canadian co...
Sep 30, 2020
Statistics Canada to unveil GDP reading for July
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will say today how the economy fared in July with expectations that it grew, albeit at a slower pace than in June. The average economist estimate for GDP growth in July is t...
Sep 30, 2020
COVID-19 cases rising in Indigenous communities
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says Indigenous communities have been facing an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases during the last few weeks. Miller says 673 COVID-19 cases have been re...
Sep 30, 2020
Quebec's second wave driven by community transmission, muddled messaging, expert says
MONTREAL - Quebecers following the COVID-19 news in recent days may be feeling a certain sense of deja vu. The government has been announcing 700, 800, even close to 900 new cases per day - numbers no...
Sep 30, 2020
Indian court acquits all accused in razing of Babri mosque
LUCKNOW, India - An Indian court on Wednesday acquitted all 32 people who had been accused of crimes in a 1992 attack and demolition of a 16th century mosque that sparked Hindu-Muslim violence leaving...
Sep 30, 2020
'I Am Woman' singer Helen Reddy, '70s hitmaker, dies at 78
LOS ANGELES - Helen Reddy, who shot to stardom in the 1970s with her rousing feminist anthem "I Am Woman" and recorded a string of other hits, has died. She was 78. Reddy's children Traci and Jordan a...
Sep 29, 2020
Debate veers from 'How you doing?' to 'Will you shut up?'
CLEVELAND - It started out civil enough, with President Donald Trump striding deliberately to his lectern, and Democrat Joe Biden nodding to his opponent and offering, "How you doing, man?" Within 15 ...
Sep 29, 2020