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Hong Kong police arrest 60 for protesting on China holiday
Hong Kong police arrested at least 60 people on suspicion of unauthorized assembly on China's National Day holiday Thursday after crowds gathered on the streets of a popular shopping district chanting...
Oct 01, 2020

Water and sewer project at Spencer/Kipling moving along
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The work to rehabilitate the water and sewer systems around Kipling Street and Spencer Street is moving to another stage and that means more traffic disruptions in the area. On Oct....
Oct 01, 2020

25 years after UN women's meeting, equality remains distant
TANZANIA, Tanzania - Twenty-five years ago, the world's nations came together to make sure that half of Earth's population gained the rights, power and status of the other half. It hasn't happened, an...
Oct 01, 2020

EU leaders seek end to embarrassing Belarus sanctions clash
BRUSSELS - European Union leaders sought Thursday to end an embarrassing standoff that prevents them from imposing sanctions on senior officials in Belarus who stand accused of falsifying presidential...
Oct 01, 2020

Armenia says it shot down Azerbaijani drone near capital
YEREVAN, Armenia - Armenia's military said its rockets shot down an Azerbaijani drone near the capital on Thursday night, as heavy fighting persisted in the conflict over the separatist region of Nago...
Oct 01, 2020

Pandemic takes toll on business of pisco producers in Peru
ICA, Peru - In the house where for decades she has bottled pisco, the grape brandy of South America's Pacific coast, Rosa Grados has thousands of stored litres that she has not sold because of the cor...
Oct 01, 2020

WikiLeaks' Assange won't get US extradition ruling this year
LONDON - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will likely spend the rest of 2020 inside a British prison cell before finding out whether he can be sent to the United States to face espionage charges, the ...
Oct 01, 2020

Second World War female aeronautical engineer Elsie MacGill gets Heritage Minute
Pioneering female aeronautical engineer Elsie MacGill is the focus of a new Heritage Minute.Historica Canada released a tribute to MacGill's influential role in the Second World War on Thursday to mar...
Oct 01, 2020

WATCH: Hinshaw to give COVID-19 update
Coming up at 3:30 p.m.Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw provides an update on COVID-19.
Oct 01, 2020

Toronto FC playmaker Alejandro Pozuelo named MLS player of the month
Toronto FC playmaker Alejandro Pozuelo has been named MLS Player of the Month for September. The Spanish midfielder scored four goals and added two assists in six games during the month as Toronto com...
Oct 01, 2020