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Asia Today: India's virus cases jump on New Delhi's 3rd wave
NEW DELHI - India's coronavirus outbreak rose by more than 50,000 cases Thursday amid a surging third wave of infections in the capital. The Health Ministry also reported another 704 fatalities in the...
Nov 04, 2020
COVID-19 outbreak at Chinook High School
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Alberta Health Services notified the Lethbridge Public School Division on Wednesday (Nov 4), of a COVID-19 outbreak at Chinook High School. An outbreak is defined as two or more con...
Nov 04, 2020
Unifor extends contract talks with General Motors past strike deadline
TORONTO - The union representing Canadian workers at General Motors says its bargaining committee has decided to continue its contract talks with the company pasts the strike deadline. Unifor had set ...
Nov 04, 2020
World waits nervously, impatiently for US election result
From Ford Model T cars that popped off the assembly line in just 90 minutes to 60-second service for burgers, the United States has long had a major hand in making the world a frenetic and impatient p...
Nov 04, 2020
515 COVID cases confirmed in Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released Wednesday's report on COVID-19, detailing the numbers over the past 24 hours.515 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 3...
Nov 04, 2020
Claim that Sharpie pens ruin Arizona ballots misses the mark
As states across the U.S. release vote totals for the presidential election, some social media users are falsely claiming that ballots are being invalidated in Arizona. The supposed culprit: Sharpie m...
Nov 04, 2020
EXPLAINER: Why AP called Wisconsin for Biden
WHY AP CALLED WISCONSIN FOR BIDEN: Democrat Joe Biden has flipped the state of Wisconsin, a crucial presidential battleground that President Donald Trump carried by less than a percentage point in 201...
Nov 04, 2020
Ivory Coast's Soro calls on military to disobey president
ABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire - Prominent dissident Guillaume Soro, a former prime minister who was blocked from running in Ivory Coast's presidential election, called Wednesday on the country's military to ...
Nov 04, 2020
Did social media actually counter election misinformation?
Ahead of the election, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube promised to clamp down on election misinformation, including unsubstantiated charges of fraud and premature declarations of victory by candidates. ...
Nov 04, 2020
Retail therapy, last pints: England readies for new lockdown
LONDON - Last-minute shoppers in England came out in force Wednesday and thirsty drinkers enjoyed their final freshly poured pints in a pub for the next month before Britain joins swaths of Europe in ...
Nov 04, 2020