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Austria shuts schools, most stores, to curb spread of virus
BERLIN - Austria announced Saturday that it is tightening its partial lockdown, including by closing non-essential stores and shifting schools to online teaching, amid galloping coronavirus infection ...
Nov 14, 2020
Armenians torch their homes on land ceded to Azerbaijan
KALBAJAR, Azerbaijan - In a bitter farewell to his home of 21 years, Garo Dadevusyan wrenched off its metal roof and prepared to set the stone house on fire. Thick smoke poured from houses that his ne...
Nov 14, 2020
India celebrates Diwali amid pandemic, pollution fears
NEW DELHI - More than a billion Indians celebrated Diwali on Saturday amid twin concerns of a resurgence in coronavirus infections and rising air pollution that is enveloping the country's north in a ...
Nov 14, 2020
Stroll takes pole position in chaotic Turkish GP qualifying
ISTANBUL - Lance Stroll took the first pole position of his Formula One career at a rain-soaked and chaotic qualifying session for the Turkish Grand Prix on Saturday. The Canadian driver placed .3 sec...
Nov 14, 2020
Lebanon begins two-week lockdown to limit spread of virus
BEIRUT - Lebanese police on Saturday patrolled the streets of the capital Beirut, ordering shops to close as the country began a two-week lockdown to limit the spread of the coronavirus that has kille...
Nov 14, 2020
Trump putting democracy to the test after his loss to Biden
WASHINGTON - Winston Churchill was not known for leaving his thoughts unspoken. One of them was this: "It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms...
Nov 14, 2020
Thai protesters rally again, promoting a diversity of causes
BANGKOK - Pro-democracy protesters in Thailand rallied again on Saturday, promoting a diversity of causes and taking an opportunity to display their rejection of the country's power structure directly...
Nov 14, 2020
Gucci, Gus Van Sant challenge fashion cycle with film collab
MILAN - Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele has been looking to transcend the runway show, and the coronavirus pandemic has provided an apt moment. Michele teamed up with American film director...
Nov 14, 2020
Biden likely to break barriers, pick woman to lead Pentagon
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden is expected to take a historic step and select a woman to head the Pentagon for the first time, shattering one of the few remaining barriers to women in the depa...
Nov 14, 2020
Waste collection schedules to change as City optimizes routes
NANAIMO - How landfill waste and recyclables are collected across Nanaimo is changing to ease the burden on trucks. Instead of the City's fleet of trucks collecting just landfill and organics one week...
Nov 14, 2020