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Businesses reopen as searchers dig in Indonesia quake rubble
MAMUJU, Indonesia - Grocery stores, gas stations and other shops were reopening Wednesday in a quake-hit Indonesian city where debris still covered streets and searchers continued to dig in the rubble...
Jan 20, 2021
Indonesian leader promises compensation for plane crash
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia's leader on Wednesday assured relatives of 62 people killed in a Sriwijaya Air plane crash that they will be compensated. President Joko Widodo visited the command centr...
Jan 20, 2021
Facing crush of crises, Biden will take helm as president
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden swears the oath of office at noon Wednesday to become the 46th president of the United States, taking the helm of a deeply divided nation and inheriting a confluence of crises a...
Jan 20, 2021
India starts supplying COVID-19 shots to neighbouring nations
NEW DELHI - India began supplying coronavirus vaccines to its neighbouring countries on Wednesday, as the world's largest vaccine making nation strikes a balance between maintaining enough doses to in...
Jan 20, 2021
U.S. presidential inauguration day and Tory MP's fate: In The News for Jan. 20
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 20 ... What we are watching ... Canadians...
Jan 20, 2021
Panel: China, WHO should have acted quicker to stop pandemic
GENEVA - A panel of experts commissioned by the World Health Organization has criticized China and other countries for not moving to stem the initial outbreak of the coronavirus earlier and questioned...
Jan 20, 2021
Indian village cheers for Harris before swearing-in as US VP
THULASENDRAPURAM, India - A tiny, lush-green Indian village surrounded by rice paddy fields was beaming with joy Wednesday hours before its descendant, Kamala Harris, takes her oath of office and beco...
Jan 20, 2021
Conservatives set to vote on MP Derek Sloan's future in the party
OTTAWA - Conservative members of Parliament will vote today on whether one of their own can remain on the party's benches. Derek Sloan is facing potential expulsion from caucus just 15 months after he...
Jan 20, 2021
'End of the road:' Truck driver in Humboldt Broncos crash awaits deportation decision
REGINA - A former truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash has submitted paperwork with reasons why he should not be sent back to India when he gets out of prison. Jaskirat Singh ...
Jan 20, 2021
Bank of Canada to update economic outlook with first rate announcement of 2021
OTTAWA - Canada's central bank will update its economic forecast for the country Wednesday when it announces its interest-rate decision, offering a glimpse into its outlook for COVID-19 recovery. The ...
Jan 20, 2021