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Worries over the virus' resurgence weigh on global stocks
LONDON - Worries over the resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic around the world weighed heavily on global stock markets on Monday with just eight days to go until the U.S. election. Investors are ge...
Oct 26, 2020
Halloween goes on at the White House with a few twists
WASHINGTON - With a bit of rejiggering, President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump played host Sunday to hundreds of superheroes, unicorns, skeletons and even a miniature version of themselve...
Oct 26, 2020
Lithuania swings to the centre-right as opposition wins vote
VILNIUS, Lithuania - A centre-right coalition in Lithuania, led by the conservative Homeland Union, is headed back to power after eight years in the opposition after winning the most votes in a weeken...
Oct 26, 2020
Spokesman: China to sanction US arms suppliers to Taiwan
BEIJING - China's government said Monday it will impose sanctions on U.S. military contractors including Boeing Co.'s defence unit and Lockheed Martin Corp. for supplying weapons to rival Taiwan, step...
Oct 26, 2020
Women's groups plan more protests over Poland abortion law
WARSAW, Poland - Women's rights activists are planning more protests in Poland after a top court tightened the predominantly Catholic nation's already strict abortion law. Angry street protests have b...
Oct 26, 2020
Armenia, Azerbaijan accuse each other of truce violations
YEREVAN, Armenia - Armenia and Azerbaijan on Monday accused each other of violating the new cease-fire announced the day before in a bid to halt the fighting over the separatist region of Nagorno-Kara...
Oct 26, 2020
Crew safe, 7 detained after UK special forces raid tanker
LONDON - All crew members of an oil tanker that was stormed by British naval special forces after a group of stowaways threatened violence are "safe and well," the ship's operator confirmed Monday. Se...
Oct 26, 2020
Democrats ask Pence to skip Barrett vote over COVID-19 risk
WASHINGTON - A deeply torn Senate is set to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, but Democratic leaders are asking Vice-President Mike Pence to stay away from presiding over Monday's sessio...
Oct 26, 2020
Two Toronto byelections test Liberal government's handling of pandemic
OTTAWA - Voters in two Toronto ridings head to the polls today in the first electoral test of the federal Liberal government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Both ridings - Toronto Centre and York...
Oct 26, 2020
Meng Wanzhou extradition case back in court for hearings on arrest
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court is scheduled to begin hearing evidence this week in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Five days of evidentiary hearings are scheduled starting t...
Oct 26, 2020