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Advocates say provinces should invest CERB savings in social welfare programs
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - At a time when anxieties were expected to run high for everyone, the Calgary Counselling Centre saw something surprising during the pandemic lockdown period: distress levels in thei...
Nov 01, 2020
Suspect arrested in Quebec City stabbings that left two dead, five injured
QUEBEC - Police in Quebec City say two people are dead and five others have been injured in a stabbing rampage in the provincial capital.They say a man in his mid-20s has been arrested in connection w...
Nov 01, 2020
Ruling due in Depp's high-stakes libel suit against tabloid
LONDON - A British judge will decide Monday whether a tabloid newspaper defamed Johnny Depp by calling him a "wife beater," a ruling with huge implications for the careers of both Depp and former spou...
Nov 01, 2020
The Latest: UK virus lockdown may last longer than 4 weeks
LONDON - A British government minister says a new national lockdown in England may have to last longer than the planned four weeks if coronavirus infection rates don't fall quickly enough. The lockdow...
Nov 01, 2020
Hong Kong lawmakers arrested over disruption of legislature
Hong Kong police arrested seven people Sunday over scuffles that broke out with security guards during a faceoff between pro-democracy and pro-Beijing lawmakers in the city's legislature earlier this ...
Nov 01, 2020
Turkish politician in Erdogan's party dies from virus
ISTANBUL - A Turkish politician from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party has died from the coronavirus. Burhan Kuzu, 65, had been receiving treatment for COVID-19 since Oct. 17, the country'...
Nov 01, 2020
Zambia's risk of default highlights Africa's debt crisis
KAMPALA, Uganda - Facing financial difficulties aggravated by the coronavirus pandemic, the southern African nation of Zambia appears headed for a default on debt owed to private investors. One of the...
Nov 01, 2020
Super typhoon batters Philippines; 1 million in shelters
MANILA, Philippines - A super typhoon slammed into the eastern Philippines with ferocious winds early Sunday, knocking down power in several towns and prompting the evacuation of about a million peopl...
Nov 01, 2020
70-year-old pulled out alive in Turkey as quake toll hits 53
IZMIR, Turkey - Rescue workers extricated a 70-year-old man from a collapsed building in western Turkey on Sunday, some 34 hours after a strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea struck Turkey and Greece, k...
Nov 01, 2020
Algeria votes on new constitution painted as pro-democratic
ALGIERS, Algeria - Algerians were voting Sunday on whether to approve a revised constitution that imposes term limits, promises new freedoms and aims at answering demands from pro-democracy protesters...
Nov 01, 2020