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Nigerian soldiers had live ammo during deadly protest
LAGOS, Nigeria - The Nigerian Army has admitted for the first time that soldiers were given live bullets when they went to disperse a large crowd at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos, where several peacef...
Nov 22, 2020
Man killed in shark attack in Western Australia state
SYDNEY, Australia - A man died Sunday after being attacked by a shark in Western Australia state, the eighth fatality in the country this year. Police were called to Cable Beach, a popular tourist spo...
Nov 22, 2020
Polls open in Burkina Faso for election marred by violence
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso - Voters went to the polls Sunday in Burkina Faso for a presidential and legislative election that have been marred by ongoing extremist violence in this landlocked West Afri...
Nov 22, 2020
UK leader to end England's coronavirus lockdown on Dec. 2
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to end an England-wide lockdown as scheduled on Dec. 2 and will announce a return to regional restrictions as statistics show that coronavirus infec...
Nov 22, 2020
Äzerbaijanis who fled war look to return home, if it exists
BAKU, Azerbaijan - As Azerbaijan regains control of land it lost to Armenian forces a quarter-century ago, civilians who fled the fighting decades ago wonder if they can go back home now - and if ther...
Nov 22, 2020
Angst around French language boils over in Quebec, as politicians warn of 'decline'
MONTREAL - Perennial anxieties around the state of the French language in Quebec have boiled over in the past week, with politicians seizing on a Liberal legislator's initial brush-off of the issue as...
Nov 22, 2020
Canada's first Indigenous-led coast guard auxiliary patrols B.C.'s rugged coast
VICTORIA - The winds were gusting at 110 kilometres per hour and huge waves were ripping boats from their moorings in Bella Bella, B.C., as a report came in of an overturned vessel with at least one p...
Nov 22, 2020
Report: Serge Ibaka leaves Toronto Raptors, joins Los Angeles Clippers as free agent
Free agent centre Serge Ibaka has reportedly signed a deal with the Los Angeles Clippers. Ibaka signed a two-year contract worth $19 million with a player option in the second season, according to rep...
Nov 21, 2020
Fred Sasakamoose, one of NHL's first Indigenous players, "presumed" COVID-19 positive
Fred Sasakamoose, one of the first Indigenous athletes to play in the National Hockey League, has been hospitalized over a presumed positive COVID-19 test. Sasakamoose's condition was first revealed t...
Nov 21, 2020
Trump team requests recount of Georgia presidential vote
President Donald Trump's legal team said Saturday that his campaign has requested a recount of votes in the Georgia presidential race after results showed Democrat Joe Biden winning the state. Republi...
Nov 21, 2020