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As he rails on election, Trump largely mum on toll of virus
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has been highlighting lots of really big numbers this week: New highs for the stock market. The 100-plus House members backing a lawsuit challenging his election lo...
Dec 12, 2020
Shadowy Ethiopian massacre could be 'tip of the iceberg'
UMM RAKOUBA, Sudan - The only thing the survivors can agree on is that hundreds of people were slaughtered in a single Ethiopian town. Witnesses say security forces and their allies attacked civilians...
Dec 12, 2020
Italy's staggering virus toll poses uncomfortable questions
ROME - Italy is reclaiming a record that nobody wants - the most coronavirus deaths in Europe - after the health care system again failed to protect the elderly and government authorities delayed impo...
Dec 12, 2020
Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai denied bail as Pompeo tweets support
HONG KONG - Jimmy Lai, the 73-year-old Hong Kong media tycoon and advocate for democracy, was denied bail Saturday after being charged the previous day under the semi-autonomous Chinese territory's ne...
Dec 12, 2020
Uncertain future looms for refugees seeking a pandemic-era fresh start in Canada
OTTAWA - Ali Mansour spent his first two weeks in Canada watching through a window as winter give way to spring and squirrels ran across the lawn. As one of the last refugees to arrive in Canada befor...
Dec 12, 2020
Iran executes exiled journalist who encouraged 2017 protests
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran on Saturday executed an exiled journalist over his online work that helped inspire nationwide economic protests in 2017, a little more than a year after authorities ...
Dec 11, 2020
Vets groups demand Wilkie's dismissal after scathing audit
WASHINGTON - Four of the nation's biggest veterans groups on Friday called for the immediate dismissal of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie following a scathing government audit that found he h...
Dec 11, 2020
Supreme Court rejects Republican attack on Biden victory
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a lawsuit backed by President Donald Trump to overturn Joe Biden's election victory, ending a desperate attempt to get legal issues rejected by state ...
Dec 11, 2020
Trump, Congress avert shutdown, buy time for COVID-19 talks
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump signed a temporary government-wide funding bill into law on Friday, averting a federal shutdown at midnight and buying Congress time for on-again, off-again talks o...
Dec 11, 2020
CSIS spies' use of geolocation data may have broken law: watchdog report
OTTAWA - Canada's spy agency may have broken the law by using peoples' digital geolocation data without a warrant, a newly released watchdog report says. The report, tabled in Parliament late Friday, ...
Dec 11, 2020
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