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Justin Bieber, UK health workers team up for charity song
LONDON - Justin Bieber has teamed up with a choir of London medical staff to record a special charity Christmas single. The choir, made up of nurses, doctors and other health care staff working in the...
Dec 14, 2020
Leigh Centurions chosen to replace the Toronto Wolfpack in Super League
The Leigh Centurions have been chosen to replace the Toronto Wolfpack in Super League.Leigh was the unanimous choice among the six teams applying from the second-tier Betfred Championship to take the ...
Dec 14, 2020
Qualification still needed but now Canada knows what awaits at 2023 Rugby World Cup
Pick your poison. Canada will face either New Zealand or England in group play if it secures one of the two direct qualifying spots from the Americas for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. At Monday'...
Dec 14, 2020
From best friends to entrepreneurs: Two local women turn creative outlet into business
MEDICINE HAT, AB- 22-year-old Kirsten Hill and Kiera Charette boldy remember the very first day they met. "We met on the very first day of grade 6. My first impression of her was I walked into the roo...
Dec 14, 2020
Families marry off daughters to ease finances amid COVID-19
KOIDU, Sierra Leone - The man first caught a glimpse of Marie Kamara as she ran with her friends past his house near the village primary school. Soon after, he proposed to the fifth-grader. "I'm going...
Dec 14, 2020
Asia Today: South Korea to open more virus testing sites
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea was opening dozens of free COVID-19 testing sites in the greater Seoul area, as the country registered additional 718 new cases Monday amid a surge in infection...
Dec 14, 2020
Early in-person voting begins in Georgia Senate runoffs
ATLANTA - What could be the main event in Georgia's twin U.S. Senate runoffs - early in-person voting - begins Monday. More than half of the record 5 million votes in the Nov. 3 general election were ...
Dec 14, 2020
Electors meeting to formally choose Biden as next president
WASHINGTON - Presidential electors are meeting across the United States on Monday to formally choose Joe Biden as the nation's next president. Monday is the day set by law for the meeting of the Elect...
Dec 14, 2020
GOP voters ready for Georgia runoffs despite Trump's claims
ATLANTA - Many Republican voters in Georgia are angry. They're convinced that widespread voter fraud - claims that are baseless - cost President Donald Trump the election to Democrat Joe Biden. But wi...
Dec 14, 2020
Protesting Indian farmers call for 2nd strike in a week
NEW DELHI - Tens of thousands of protesting Indian farmers have called for a national strike on Monday, the second in a week, to press for the quashing of three new laws on agricultural reform that th...
Dec 14, 2020