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Uganda's 'taxi divas' rise from COVID-19's economic gloom
KAMPALA, Uganda - The women grappled with each other inside the vehicle. The driver jerked to ease the grip around her neck, then turned to elbow her attacker in the back seat. She flung the door open...
Oct 18, 2020
Guinea votes to see if president can extend decade in power
CONAKRY, Guinea - Guinean President Alpha Conde is seeking to extend his decade in power in Sunday's election, after the country's constitution was changed earlier this year to allow the 82-year-old l...
Oct 18, 2020
B.C.'s snap election means 700k ballots will be counted manually, delaying results
VANCOUVER - British Columbia residents won't learn the results of next Saturday's snap election for at least two weeks after polls close thanks to the need to count hundreds of thousands of mail-in ba...
Oct 18, 2020
B.C.'s snap election means 700k ballots will be counted manually, delaying results
VANCOUVER - British Columbia residents won't learn the results of next Saturday's snap election for at least two weeks after polls close thanks to the need to count hundreds of thousands of mail-in ba...
Oct 18, 2020
US, Israeli envoys fly to Bahrain to advance nascent ties
JERUSALEM - A joint American-Israeli delegation headed Sunday for Bahrain, where officials will be signing a number of bilateral agreements following an announcement last month to normalize relations....
Oct 18, 2020
Armenia, Azerbaijan report violations of new cease-fire
YEREVAN, Armenia - Despite a second attempt at a cease-fire, Armenia and Azerbaijan traded accusations Sunday of violating the new truce in their destructive conflict over the separatist region of Nag...
Oct 18, 2020
Turkish Cypriots pick leader as stakes soar in Mediterranean
NICOSIA, Cyprus - Turkish Cypriots began voting Sunday in a leadership runoff to choose between an incumbent who pledges a course less bound by Turkey's dictates and a challenger who favours even clos...
Oct 18, 2020
Vietnam landslide hits army camp, buries 22 personnel
HANOI, Vietnam - A landslide in central Vietnam on Sunday buried at least 22 army personnel, just a week after another landslide killed 13 as heavy rains continued to pound the region, state media rep...
Oct 18, 2020
Anti-mask group disrupts BC Ferries sailing from Nanaimo to West Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Police in West Vancouver were called to meet a BC Ferries vessel as it docked in Horseshoe Bay on Saturday after people opposed to public health restrictions aimed at fighting the spread o...
Oct 17, 2020
Russell Henley with 67 soars to 3-shot lead at Shadow Creek
LAS VEGAS - Russell Henley left everyone in his wake with three straight birdies to start the back nine, pivotal in turning a four-shot deficit into a three-shot lead by the end of the day in the CJ C...
Oct 17, 2020
