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Pakistan says it has evidence of India sponsoring attacks
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Saturday said India was sponsoring "terrorism" aimed at destabilizing the country and targeting its economic partnership with China, accusations that top Pakistani officials de...
Nov 14, 2020
Ethiopia's Tigray region bombs airports as conflict spreads
NAIROBI, Kenya - Ethiopia's defiant Tigray regional government has fired rockets at two airports in the neighbouring Amhara region as a deadly conflict threatens to spread into other parts of Africa's...
Nov 14, 2020
UK nurse accused in murder of 8 babies denied bail
LONDON - A British judge has denied bail to a nurse accused of murdering eight babies and the attempted murder of 10 other infants in a hospital's neonatal unit. Lucy Letby was charged with committing...
Nov 14, 2020
Harris inspiring young Black Canadians toward politics: MPs
OTTAWA - The election of Kamala Harris as vice-president of the United States will inspire more young Black women in Canada to engage in politics and run for office, says Velma Morgan, a Black Canadia...
Nov 14, 2020
Democrats keep winning the popular vote. That worries them.
Democrats won the popular vote in this year's presidential election yet again, marking seven out of eight straight presidential elections that the party has reached that milestone. And, for some Democ...
Nov 14, 2020
Trump skips Southeast Asia summit for third year in a row
HANOI, Vietnam - President Donald Trump skipped a summit with his Southeast Asian counterparts for the third year in a row on Saturday, with rival China set to expand its influence with a massive free...
Nov 14, 2020
US top diplomat arrives in France on touchy 7-nation tour
PARIS - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Paris on Saturday at the start of a seven-country tour of Europe and the Middle East, a trip that is certain to be awkward since all the nations ...
Nov 14, 2020
Iota threatens second tropical hit for Nicaragua, Honduras
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Tropical Storm Iota was brewing in the Caribbean Sea early Saturday, threatening a second tropical strike for Nicaragua and Honduras, countries recently ransacked by a Category ...
Nov 14, 2020
Turkey's COVID-19 deaths returns to April levels
ISTANBUL - Turkish health ministry statistics show 93 people died in one day of COVID-19 amid a surge in infections, bringing the daily death toll to numbers last seen in April. In figures released la...
Nov 14, 2020
Biden faces tough choice of whether to back virus lockdowns
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden faces a decision unlike any other incoming president: whether to back a short-term national lockdown to finally arrest a raging pandemic. For now, it's a question the president-...
Nov 14, 2020