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Bombardier Transportation signs $721M deal with TransLink for 205 new SkyTrain cars
VANCOUVER - Bombardier Transportation says it has signed a deal with TransLink to build 205 new rail cars for Vancouver's SkyTrain network.The contract is valued at $721 million and includes options f...
Dec 21, 2020
Iran urged not to squander chance to salvage nuclear deal
BERLIN - Countries trying to keep alive the 2015 deal on Iran's nuclear program agreed Monday to "positively address" the possibility of a U.S. return to the accord under the Biden administration. Ger...
Dec 21, 2020
Kilauea volcano erupts on Hawaii's Big Island
HONOLULU - The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island has erupted, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The eruption began late Sunday within the within Halema'uma'u crater. The volcano is located within ...
Dec 21, 2020
German court convicts man of murder over synagogue attack
BERLIN - A German court on Monday convicted a right-wing extremist of murder and attempted murder and sentenced him to life in prison for his attack on a synagogue last year on Yom Kippur, Judaism's h...
Dec 21, 2020
6 Hungarian parties join forces to try to defeat Orban
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Six Hungarian opposition parties have announced that they will unite in an effort to unseat Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his ruling Fidesz party in 2022 national elections. The ...
Dec 21, 2020
New strain of COVID-19 is driving South Africa's resurgence
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has announced that a new variant of the COVID-19 virus is driving the country's current resurgence of the disease, which is seeing higher numbers of confirmed cases, hospit...
Dec 21, 2020
UK holds crisis talks as France closes border on virus fears
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to chair a meeting of the government's emergency committee later Monday after France closed its borders to arrivals from the U.K. to stem the spread of...
Dec 21, 2020
EU regulator meets to discuss approval of COVID-19 vaccine
AMSTERDAM - The European Medicines Agency is meeting Monday to consider approving a coronavirus vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer that would be the first to be authorized for use in the Europea...
Dec 21, 2020
AP Interview: China signals shift but no let-up in Xinjiang
BEIJING - A Chinese Communist Party official signalled Monday that there would likely be no let-up in its crackdown in the Xinjiang region, but said the government's focus is shifting more to addressi...
Dec 21, 2020
5 things we've learned about COVID-19 since the pandemic struck
VANCOUVER - When the first COVID-19 cases trickled into Canada, little was known about the novel coronavirus. Almost one year later, experts have made major strides in cracking the virus's code and un...
Dec 21, 2020