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California Republican Darrell Issa headed back to Congress

SAN DIEGO - Former California Republican U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa was victorious Saturday in his race to return to Congress where he once headed the powerful House Oversight and Government Reform Commit...

Nov 07, 2020

Pedro Pierluisi wins gubernatorial race in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Pedro Pierluisi of Puerto Rico's pro-statehood New Progressive Party won a majority of votes to become the U.S. territory's next governor, according to official preliminary res...

Nov 07, 2020

Suu Kyi victory expected as voting underway in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar - Voting was underway in Myanmar's elections on Sunday, with the ruling party of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi heavily favoured to be returned to power. More than 90 part...

Nov 07, 2020

Democrat Joe Biden projected to be 46th President of United States

NANAIMO - The United States' electoral saga is over with a sitting president failing to be re-elected for the first time in nearly 30 years.Democratic candidate Joe Biden is projected to be the 46th P...

Nov 07, 2020

Joe Biden: Stumbles, tragedies and, now, delayed triumph

Days before he left the White House in 2017, President Barack Obama surprised Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, declaring his septuagenarian, white-haired lieutenant "the best vice-pre...

Nov 07, 2020

Ethiopia to replace Tigray region leadership as forces clash

NAIROBI, Kenya - Ethiopia moved Saturday to replace the leadership of the country's defiant northern Tigray region, where deadly clashes between regional and federal government forces are fueling fear...

Nov 07, 2020

Joe Biden: Stumbles, tragedies and, now, delayed triumph

Days before he left the White House in 2017, President Barack Obama surprised Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, declaring his septuagenarian, white-haired lieutenant "the best vice-pre...

Nov 07, 2020

Harris becomes first Black woman, South Asian elected VP

Kamala Harris made history Saturday as the first Black woman elected as vice-president of the United States, shattering barriers that have kept men - almost all of them white - entrenched at the highe...

Nov 07, 2020

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