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France wants to require fathers to take parental leave
PARIS - France's president wants to expand paternity leave to one month - and require fathers to take time off with their newborns. President Emmanuel Macron announced the plan on Instagram before vis...
Sep 23, 2020
Orcas knock into sailboats, force Spain to limit yachting
BARCELONA, Spain - Spain has temporarily prohibited yachting across 100 kilometres (62 miles) of its northwestern coast after orca whales apparently got carried away while playing and damaged several ...
Sep 23, 2020
Nearly 500 pilot whales stranded in Australia; 380 dead
HOBART, Australia - More pilot whales were found stranded in Australia on Wednesday, raising the estimated total to nearly 500, including 380 that have died, in the largest mass stranding ever recorde...
Sep 23, 2020
Saudi Arabia to lift ban on Mecca pilgrimage amid virus
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia on Tuesday said Muslims will be allowed to perform the smaller, year-round pilgrimage starting Oct. 4 as the kingdom gradually begins lifting restrictions that had ...
Sep 23, 2020
UK defends its new virus strategy but experts are skeptical
LONDON - The British government on Wednesday defended its strategy for combating a second wave of COVID-19 cases amid criticism that its new slate of restrictions will not be enough to stop coronaviru...
Sep 23, 2020
PG RCMP continue to search for man missing for more than 8 years
PRINCE GEORGE-Local RCMP's Serious Crime Section continue to investigate the disappearance of a 32-year-old man more than eight years after he was last seen.RCMP say that Barry Blain Seymour was repor...
Sep 23, 2020
Ethics watchdog dismisses conflict of interest charges against PM's chief of staff
OTTAWA - The federal ethics watchdog has dismissed Conservative allegations of conflict of interest involving Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chief of staff and her husband. Ethics commissioner Mario ...
Sep 23, 2020
CSTC says once pandemic funding is up, off-reserve band members will still require support
PRINCE GEORGE, LHEIDLI T'ENNEH TERRITORY-Carrier Sekani Tribal Council (CSTC) has been involved in supporting community members amidst the pandemic through its COVID-19 Food and Shelter Project, howev...
Sep 23, 2020
Success of Ginsburg film inspires CNN look at John Lewis
NEW YORK - Indirectly, the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg inspired CNN Films' new documentary on the life of civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis. The unexpected commercial success of the...
Sep 23, 2020
Fendi kicks off hybrid Milan Fashion Week with optimism
MILAN - The Italian fashion industry is moving to inject optimism into luxury's dismal year, staging 23 live runway shows and 37 presentations during a hybrid live-digital Milan Fashion Week that aims...
Sep 23, 2020