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Psychiatrist set to testify for defence at Toronto's van attack trial
TORONTO - A psychiatrist is set to testify for the defence today in the murder trial for the man who killed 10 people after driving a van down a crowded Toronto sidewalk. Dr. John Bradford is set to p...
Nov 23, 2020
Long-awaited federal rent subsidy program for businesses hurt by COVID-19 opens today
OTTAWA - Businesses struggling to pay the bills because of the COVID-19 pandemic will be able to start applying today for a long-awaited new commercial rent-relief program offered by the federal gover...
Nov 23, 2020
Hearing continues in extradition case involving Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou
VANCOUVER - A hearing continues today in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested at the Vancouver airport in 2018 at the request of American officials. B.C. Supreme Cou...
Nov 23, 2020
China in final preparations for latest lunar mission
WENCHANG, China - Chinese technicians were making final preparations Monday for a mission to bring back material from the moon's surface in what would be a major advance for the country's space progra...
Nov 23, 2020
Hong Kong’s Joshua Wong taken into custody after guilty plea
HONG KONG - Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong and two other activists were taken into custody Monday after they pleaded guilty to charges related to a demonstration outside police...
Nov 23, 2020
US provides missiles, renews pledge to defend Philippines
MANILA, Philippines - President Donald Trump's administration provided precision-guided missiles and other weapons to help the Philippines battle Islamic State group-aligned militants and renewed a pl...
Nov 23, 2020
New Zealand leader Ardern offers virus know-how to Joe Biden
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday became the latest world leader to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden on his election victory, saying she offered to sh...
Nov 23, 2020
China tests millions after coronavirus flare-ups in 3 cities
BEIJING - Chinese authorities are testing millions of people, imposing lockdowns and shutting down schools after multiple locally transmitted coronavirus cases were discovered in three cities across t...
Nov 23, 2020
French ex-President Sarkozy stands trial for corruption
PARIS - Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial Monday on charges of corruption and influence peddling in a phone-tapping scandal, a first for the 65-year-old politician who has faced se...
Nov 23, 2020
AstraZeneca: COVID-19 vaccine 'highly effective' prevention
LONDON - AstraZeneca said Monday that late stage trials of its COVID-19 vaccine developed with Oxford University were "highly effective'' in preventing disease. The results are based on interim analys...
Nov 23, 2020