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But mining for metals needed for electrification faces obstacles due to low prices
CALGARY – There’s opportunity for Canada to help supply the world’s growing need for “energy…
Renowned world correspondent Seymour Topping dead at 98
NEW YORK – Seymour Topping, among the most accomplished foreign correspondents of his generation for…
Lebanese official says US sanctioned him over Hezbollah ties
BEIRUT – Lebanon’s former foreign minister said Sunday that last week’s U.S. sanctions targeted him…
Americans pivot from red-hot Trump to Biden’s seasoned cool
WASHINGTON – In a crystallizing moment at the last presidential debate, Donald Trump and Joe…
Convention centres, museums become classrooms amid pandemic
MISSION, Kan. – In ordinary times, the airy convention centre on a 61-acre site in…
Germany slams Leipzig virus protesters for endangering all
BERLIN – German officials on Sunday condemned the actions of 20,000 people who demonstrated against…
Attack on Burkina Faso mosque wounds 6, says government
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – An unknown assailant threw a flammable bottle into a mosque in…
Iran’s president calls on Biden to return to nuclear deal
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s president called on President-elect Joe Biden to “compensate for past mistakes”…
5 states OK measures eradicating racist language, symbols
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama voters reversed themselves from a few years ago and removed racist…
Federal guidance for border agency surveillance and sources drafted but never issued
OTTAWA – A newly released memo shows Canada’s border agency signed off on rules to…
COVID-19 latest bump in Canada’s long road to Second World War remembrance
OTTAWA – Annie McNamara was in a hostel in Piccadilly Circus when the news came…
UK does a U-turn, backs soccer star’s child hunger campaign
LONDON – The British government has made another abrupt about-face and now says it will…
Gunbattle in Kashmir kills 4 Indian soldiers, 3 rebels
SRINAGAR, India – A fierce gunbattle on Sunday left four Indian soldiers and three insurgents…
“Warmest human spirit”: UK’s former chief rabbi Sacks dies
LONDON – Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi in the U.K. who reached beyond the…
World leaders hope for fresh start after Biden win
World leaders on Sunday cheered Joe Biden’s election as U.S. president as a chance to…
Jim Carrey, as Biden, mocks Trump loss on ‘SNL’
LOS ANGELES – It didn’t take long for “Saturday Night Live” to come up with…
Eco-fashion offers a renaissance for new Tunisian brands
MAHDIA, Tunisia – The sun is setting by the time Tunisian fashion designer Chems Eddine…
How Biden navigated pandemic politics to win the White House
WILMINGTON, Del. – Joe Biden was fresh off winning the Michigan primary and effectively capturing…
Japan emperor’s brother proclaimed 1st in line to throne
TOKYO – Japanese Emperor Naruhito’s younger brother, Crown Prince Fumihito, was formally sworn in as…
Message of Election 2020: Trump lost, but Trumpism did not
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump lost. But Trumpism did not. It won in the parts…
Fight for Senate control awaits in Georgia after Biden’s win
WASHINGTON – Control of the Senate likely won’t be decided until a January runoff in…
Canada’s Tanner Boser loses decision to former UFC heavyweight champ Andrei Arlovski
LAS VEGAS – Alberta heavyweight Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser lost by decision to former UFC…
Hotels lift spirits during spectator-free Masters Tournament
AUGUSTA, Ga. – A spectator-free Masters Tournament doesn’t necessarily mean a revenue-free week for Augusta’s…
Harris pays tribute to Black women in 1st speech as VP-elect
Vice president-elect Kamala Harris on Saturday paid tribute to the women, particularly Black women, whose…