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Inauguration planners rethink how to party in age of virus
WASHINGTON – Public health guidance to avoid big parties in the age of coronavirus is…
US star soprano misses La Scala gala season-open debut
MILAN – Soprano Lisette Oropesa was to be the first American to sing a title…
St. Nicholas visits Czech children while adapting to virus
PRAGUE, Czech Republic – The coronavirus pandemic has made life difficult for a lot of…
Saudi prince strongly criticizes Israel at Bahrain summit
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A prominent Saudi prince harshly criticized Israel on Sunday at…
Grassy Narrows First Nations chief hails more funding for mercury treatment centre
OTTAWA – New money for a treatment centre for those living with the effects of…
Canadian entrepreneurs in south Florida lament loss of snowbirds, eye 2021 homecoming
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Each spring, near a south Florida seaside strip known as the Broadwalk,…
Horgan says COVID-19 relief promise top priority of short B.C. legislature session
VICTORIA – Premier John Horgan says his newly re-elected government will focus on ensuring families…
Japan’s capsule with asteroid samples retrieved in Australia
TOKYO – A Japanese capsule carrying the world’s first asteroid subsurface samples shot across the…
Report finds microwave energy likely made US diplomats ill
WASHINGTON – A new report by a National Academy of Sciences committee has found that…
Chinese court tells Dutch collector to return Buddha statue
BEIJING – A Chinese court has ordered a Dutch art collector to hand over a…
No winning ticket for Saturday night’s $14.9 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO – No winning ticket was sold for the $14.9 million jackpot in Saturday night’s…
Europe battles surge in coronavirus deaths in nursing homes
MADRID – As the two mortuary workers pushed a stretcher with a bagged corpse out…
Ethiopia’s conflict stokes humanitarian and virus crisis
HAMDAYET, Sudan – Ethiopia’s month-long war in its northern Tigray region has severely hampered efforts…
Lights go out, roads dicey as wintry storm batters Northeast
WARREN, Mass. – The first big wintry storm of the season began dropping what forecasters…
Most of California to enter sweeping new virus lockdown
SAN FRANCISCO – The vast region of Southern California, much of the San Francisco Bay…
Is Georgia a swing state? Groups spend millions to find out
ATLANTA – The Georgia U.S. Senate runoffs don’t take place until Jan. 5. But there…
Southern California, San Joaquin Valley under restrictions
SAN FRANCISCO – Faced with a dire shortage of hospital beds, health officials announced Saturday…
The Latest: Trump urges backers to ‘take revenge’ by voting
VALDOSTA, Ga. – The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local): 8:55 p.m. President…
Storage tank explosion at Texas petroleum facility injures 7
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Seven contractors were injured, four critically, when a storage tank at…
Mexican president’s cousin managed to get oil contracts
The Mexican government pledged Saturday to investigate how a cousin of President Andrés Manuel López…
Rescuers locate 2 bodies at Nicaragua mine collapse
MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Rescue workers on Saturday recovered the bodies of two miners killed in…
COVID-19 cases hit new records as Tam urges perseverance, promises vaccine on the way
Canada’s top doctor urged cautious optimism — and a healthy dose of patience — on…
Fraser Health changes school notifications for students, staff over COVID-19
SURREY, B.C. – The Fraser Health authority is changing the way it notifies people in…
Ujiri: Raptors’ unique trait is ‘togetherness,’ says Toronto will adapt to Tampa
Their practice facility is still under construction. The players and staff are on the hunt…