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Canada faces fresh calls to help fight terrorism, facilitate peace talks in Mali
OTTAWA - Canada is being urged to step up in Mali, including through the provision of military assistance to help fight Islamic militants in the region and a diplomatic push to lead peace and reconcil...
Nov 15, 2020
BioNTech scientist: Vaccine could halve virus transmission
LONDON - One of the scientists behind the experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer said Sunday that he was confident that it could halve the transmission of the virus, resulti...
Nov 15, 2020
SpaceX aims for night crew launch, Musk sidelined by virus
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX aimed for a Sunday night launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station, although the prospects of good weather were just 50-50 and its leader was sidelined...
Nov 15, 2020
Chase Heat evens record with win
CHASE - The Chase Heat opened their home schedule Saturday night with a 7-5 win over the North Okanagan Knights. The result evened the club's record at 1 and 1 over the first weekend of the Kootenay I...
Nov 15, 2020
Bound despite Brexit: Prince Charles hails UK-Germany ties
BERLIN - Prince Charles called Sunday for Britain and Germany to remember their long and close ties, reaffirmed by the nations' reconciliation after two world wars, as the U.K. tries to find its place...
Nov 15, 2020
Nobel UN food agency warns 2021 will be worse than 2020
TANZANIA, Tanzania - The head of the World Food Program says the Nobel Peace Prize has given the U.N. agency a spotlight and megaphone to warn world leaders that next year is going to be worse than th...
Nov 15, 2020
Trump seems to acknowledge Biden win, but he won't concede
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to acknowledge for the first time that Joe Biden won the White House, but made clear he would not concede and would keep trying to overturn the e...
Nov 15, 2020
'He is not alone,' victim of Toronto's van attack struggles to understand Minassian
TORONTO - Dina Risin is terrified there are other men like Alek Minassian. The fears that began when she became one of his victims intensified this week as she watched the first day of the virtual mur...
Nov 15, 2020
Israel advances plans in sensitive east Jerusalem settlement
JERUSALEM - A settlement watchdog group said Sunday Israel is moving ahead with new construction of hundreds of homes in a strategic east Jerusalem settlement that threatens to cut off parts of the ci...
Nov 15, 2020
'It's just disgusting': Broncos parents angry over lack of action on bus seatbelts
AIRDRIE, Alta. - Not a day goes by in the painful aftermath of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash that Michelle Straschnitzki doesn't wonder what if? Straschnitki's son, Ryan, was one of 13 survivor...
Nov 15, 2020
