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Asia Today: South Korea capital announces new virus controls
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Authorities in the South Korean capital on Monday announced a tightening of social distancing regulations, including shutting nightclubs, limiting service hours at restaura...
Nov 23, 2020
Tourists few, NY gift shops struggle but don't lose (heart)
NEW YORK - In souvenir shops from Times Square to the World Trade Center, shelves full of T-shirts and trinkets still (heart) New York. But the proprietors wonder when their customers will, again. The...
Nov 23, 2020
Lethbridge City Council starts operating budget deliberations Monday
LETHBRIDGE, AB - You will be able to watch city councillors debate the 2021-2022 Operating Budget."As Finance Committee, we have some very difficult decisions to make," says Councillor Rob Miyashiro, ...
Nov 23, 2020
Rights experts: Japan was wrong to detain Carlos Ghosn
GENEVA - A panel of human rights experts working with the United Nations says former Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn was wrongly detained in Japan and has urged "compensation" and "other reparations"...
Nov 23, 2020
NDP's Collins revives calls for environment commissioner to be stand-alone office
OTTAWA - NDP environment critic Laurel Collins is reviving a call for the environment commissioner to be a stand-alone officer of Parliament. Collins is pushing a motion at the House of Commons enviro...
Nov 23, 2020
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