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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
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
With protocols in place, QMJHL set to begin season amid COVID-19 second wave
MONTREAL - The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League could not save its season when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, but seven months later and on the eve of the start of the 2020-21 season, their efforts have ...
Oct 01, 2020
New rules for Liverpool as virus cases in England quadruple
LONDON - Britain imposed tighter restrictions on social gatherings in the port city of Liverpool and three towns as scientists reported Thursday that the number of COVID-19 cases in England has quadru...
Oct 01, 2020
Airline unions call on Ottawa for $7 billion in loans for ailing industry
Labour leaders are calling on Ottawa to provide immediate financial aid and rapid viral testing to an airline industry devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The heads of two pilots' unions and Unifor a...
Oct 01, 2020