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Mali's former president Amadou Toumani Toure dies at 72
BAMAKO, Mali - Mali's former president Amadou Toumani Toure has died at the age of 72. Senegalese President Macky Sall on Tuesday confirmed the death of the former leader on Twitter. Mali's government...
Nov 10, 2020
Erekat, longtime spokesman for the Palestinians, dies at 65
JERUSALEM - Saeb Erekat, a veteran peace negotiator and prominent international spokesman for the Palestinians for more than three decades, died on Tuesday, weeks after being infected by the coronavir...
Nov 10, 2020
Pandemic survey and Giller Prize winner: In The News for Nov. 10
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 10 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Nov 10, 2020
Seventy years on, Canadian veterans keep memories of 'forgotten' Korean War alive
Seventy years after Canada committed troops to a conflict the public still knows little about, the country's dwindling ranks of Korean War veterans continue to speak out about their experiences in the...
Nov 10, 2020
'Cultural genocide:' Nunavut passes changes to education, language protection acts
IQALUIT - A bill passed in the Nunavut legislature that will shape how Inuit languages are taught in school for years to come is being called a form of cultural genocide. The territory's original Educ...
Nov 10, 2020
Two-thirds of Canadians would support a COVID-19 curfew if pandemic severe: Poll
OTTAWA - More than two-thirds of Canadians say they would support a curfew if the COVID-19 pandemic became serious enough, according to a new poll.The survey by Lger and the Association for Canadian S...
Nov 10, 2020
Group cites 'unconscionable delay' by RCMP in court bid for watchdog report
OTTAWA - A civil liberties group is heading to court to force the release of a long-delayed watchdog report on its complaint about alleged RCMP surveillance of anti-oil protesters. The British Columbi...
Nov 10, 2020
As virus spikes, Europe runs low on ICU beds, hospital staff
PARIS - In Italy lines of ambulances park outside hospitals awaiting beds, and in France the government coronavirus tracking app prominently displays the intensive care capacity taken up by COVID-19 p...
Nov 10, 2020
It's done: The NBA comes back on Dec. 22, a 72-game season
It's official: The NBA is coming back Dec. 22. The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association announced Monday night that they've struck a deal on rules for this coming season, setting the st...
Nov 09, 2020
Asia Today: Shanghai airport worker gets virus; 8,000 tested
BEIJING - Authorities in China's financial hub of Shanghai have quarantined 186 people and conducted coronavirus tests on more than 8,000 after a freight handler at the city's main international airpo...
Nov 09, 2020