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Lebanon's leader challenges US sanctions against son-in-law
BEIRUT - Lebanon's leader on Saturday asked the United States to offer evidence to back up new sanctions against the former Lebanese foreign minister, who is an important political ally of the Iran-ba...
Nov 07, 2020
Police question children for supporting teacher's beheading
LE PECQ, France - Police in France questioned four 10-year-olds who voiced support for the beheading of a schoolteacher and who said they would kill their own teacher if he lampooned Islam's prophet, ...
Nov 07, 2020
Increasingly normal: Guns seen outside vote-counting centres
The most turbulent and norm-breaking presidential election of a lifetime has led to an extraordinary spectacle in the United States over the past three days: armed protesters gathering nightly outside...
Nov 07, 2020
Egyptians vote in 2nd stage of parliamentary election
CAIRO - Egyptians began voting Saturday in the second and final stage of the country's parliamentary elections, after a relatively low turnout in the first stage that embarrassed the government of Pre...
Nov 07, 2020
UAE announces relaxing of Islamic laws for personal freedoms
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United Arab Emirates announced on Saturday a major overhaul of the country's Islamic personal laws, allowing unmarried couples to cohabitate, loosening alcohol restri...
Nov 07, 2020
Canada not on track to hit its first electric car target in 2025
OTTAWA - National cash rebates convinced more Canadians to buy an electric car in the last 18 months, but Transport Canada says it won't be enough to hit the first zero-emission vehicle sales targets ...
Nov 07, 2020
Black Canadians fought racism, discrimination to serve in Second World War
OTTAWA - When one starts asking questions about the experience of Black Canadians during the Second World War, it doesn't take long to land on the name Allan Bundy. That's because at a time when the C...
Nov 07, 2020
Thousands of mail-in ballots to be counted this weekend to finalize B.C.'s election
VICTORIA - Counting of the mail-in and absentee ballots from British Columbia's election will resume this morning. Elections BC had about 660,000 ballots to count and while a handful of ridings ...
Nov 07, 2020
Thousands of mail-in ballots to be counted this weekend to finalize B.C.'s election
VICTORIA - Counting of the mail-in and absentee ballots from British Columbia's election will resume this morning. Elections BC had about 660,000 ballots to count and while a handful of ridings ...
Nov 07, 2020
B.C. officials to hold weekend COVID-19 update as cases spike
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's provincial health officer and health minister are holding a rare weekend news conference today amid a dramatic spike in COVID-19 cases. Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health...
Nov 07, 2020