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Germany eyes antigen tests to keep elderly safe from virus
BERLIN - As Europe tries to break a surge in coronavirus infections, Germany is counting on a new type of test to avoid closing nursing homes to visitors, a move that caused considerable anguish among...
Nov 3, 2020
Dutch train caught by whale sculpture to be salvaged
SPIJKENISSE, Netherlands - A salvage operation got underway Tuesday to lift a runaway metro train off a sculpture of a whale's tail, where it landed after plowing through the end of an elevated sectio...
Nov 3, 2020
Northern Greece locks down as Europe tightest restrictions
ATHENS, Greece - A lockdown came into effect in northern Greece on Tuesday, with the southeastern European country joining the list of the continent's nations tightening restrictions to restrain rapid...
Nov 3, 2020
Control of Senate at stake as Trump's allies face Democrats
WASHINGTON - Control of the Senate is a razor-close proposition in Tuesday's election, as Republicans fight to retain their majority against a surge of Democratic candidates confronting the president'...
Nov 3, 2020
U.S. election day and a Trump impersonator in Canada: In The News for Nov. 3, 2020
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 ... What we are watching...
Nov 3, 2020
Iran's supreme leader, quoting Trump, mocks US election
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's supreme leader mocked America's presidential election Tuesday in a televised address, quoting President Donald Trump's own baseless claims about voter fraud to criticize the vote...
Nov 3, 2020
Canada approves first HIV self-test in long-awaited move to reduce screening barriers
Federal regulators have approved the first HIV self-test in Canada in a long-awaited move that experts have called critical to reaching people who don't know they have the virus.Health Canada granted ...
Nov 3, 2020
Canadians await U.S. election in fear, as poll reveals anxieties about aftermath
OTTAWA - Canadians are watching in fear today as their American neighbours vote, capping a campaign marked by voter intimidation, threats of postelection violence, and concern about the potential brea...
Nov 3, 2020
Quebec attack brings back bad memories of 2017 mosque slaying that killed six
MONTREAL - For Mohamed Labidi, the deadly attack in Quebec City Saturday night brought back memories of that cold January night in 2017. Back then, he was president of the mosque in the provincial cap...
Nov 3, 2020
Trump, Biden cede stage to voters for Election Day verdict
WASHINGTON - After a campaign marked by rancour and fear, Americans on Tuesday decide between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, selecting a leader to steer a nation battered by a surging ...
Nov 2, 2020