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Some hospitals in crisis as US nears high for COVID-19 cases
BOISE, Idaho - The United States is approaching a record for the number of new daily coronavirus cases in the latest ominous sign about the disease's grip on the nation, as states from Connecticut to ...
Oct 23, 2020
US wades in cautiously to Armenia-Azerbaijan peace effort
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration waded cautiously Friday into international efforts to halt fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which are engaged in their worst conflict in more than 25 year...
Oct 23, 2020
Poles vent fury at court's further restrictions on abortions
WARSAW, Poland - Throngs of protesters vented anger Friday across Poland over a top court ruling that declared abortions of fetuses with congenital defects unconstitutional, effectively narrowing one ...
Oct 23, 2020
Dutch hospital airlifts patients to Germany amid virus surge
ALMERE, Netherlands - A bright yellow helicopter rose into a blue sky Friday carrying a COVID-19 patient from the Netherlands to a German intensive care unit, the first such international airlift sinc...
Oct 23, 2020
Croatia accused of brutality, sexual abuse against migrants
SARAJEVO, Bosnia - Danish aid workers stationed in the Balkans say dozens of migrants have alleged they were brutalized by Croatian law-enforcement officers when they tried to cross into the European ...
Oct 23, 2020
In hard-hit Peru, worry mounts over both COVID-19 and dengue
PUCALLPA, Peru - Two of Lidia Choque's close family members had already gotten sick with the new coronavirus when the mosquitos arrived. The 53-year-old woman lives in a wooden house near the airport ...
Oct 23, 2020
Red Deer down to 31 active COVID-19 cases
Red Deer continues to see more recoveries from COVID-19. Friday's updated online numbers from the province show 129 people in Red Deer have now recovered from the novel coronavirus, an increase of fou...
Oct 23, 2020
Trump: Sudan to join UAE, Bahrain in recognizing Israel
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced Friday that Sudan will start to normalize ties with Israel, making it the third Arab state to do so as part of U.S.-brokered deals in the run-up to Electi...
Oct 23, 2020
Nigeria says 51 civilians, 18 security forces dead in unrest
LAGOS, Nigeria - At least 51 civilians have been killed in Nigeria's unrest following days of peaceful protests over police abuses, the president said Friday, blaming "hooliganism" for the violence wh...
Oct 23, 2020
Calgary woman charged with assault with a weapon at Sept. 20 anti-racism event
RCMP have released the name of the second person charged in relation to altercations at an anti-racism demonstration last month in Red Deer. After reviewing numerous pieces of video evidence and inter...
Oct 23, 2020