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Fort McMurray residents still cleaning, considering options after spring flooding
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - More than seven months ago, Cora Dion and her husband fled Fort McMurray for the second time in four years as a spring flood threatened their home in northern Alberta. They retu...
Dec 05, 2020
UK and EU leaders to hold crunch talks on post-Brexit ties
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the European Union's top official are set to discuss the state of play of post-Brexit trade discussions later Saturday after negotiators paused talks ...
Dec 05, 2020
Moscow opens dozens of coronavirus vaccination centres
MOSCOW - Thousands of doctors, teachers and others in high-risk groups have signed up for COVID-19 vaccinations in Moscow starting Saturday, a precursor to a sweeping Russia-wide immunization effort. ...
Dec 05, 2020
Romania: Election expected to usher in 'European' generation
BUCHAREST, Romania - Romanians will vote Sunday in a legislative election expected to restore some measure of stability in a country with one of the European Union's highest emigration rates, and brin...
Dec 05, 2020
UN health chief: World can start dreaming of pandemic's end
TANZANIA, Tanzania - The U.N. health chief declared Friday that positive results from coronavirus vaccine trials mean the world "can begin to dream about the end of the pandemic," but he said rich and...
Dec 05, 2020
Trump orders most American troops to leave Somalia
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said Friday it is pulling most U.S. troops out of Somalia on President Donald Trump's orders, continuing a post-election push by Trump to shrink U.S. involvement in counterte...
Dec 05, 2020
Swiss slopes buzz as those of neighbours sit idle in pandemic
GENEVA - Two weeks after beating COVID-19, Thierry Salamin huffs as his ski boots crunch through Swiss snow near the Matterhorn peak, readying for a downhill run with his mood as bright as his blue an...
Dec 05, 2020
Negotiating contracts for vaccines in development needed flexibility: Anand
OTTAWA - Procurement Minister Anita Anand says that as soon as she knows when the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in Canada, she will share that information with Canadians. But Anand told T...
Dec 05, 2020
Speaker Rota reflects on first year presiding over unprecedented virtual Parliament
OTTAWA - Anthony Rota is marking his first anniversary as Speaker of the House of Commons by, as he puts it, having his throat slit. He's having surgery this coming week to remove his thyroid gland, w...
Dec 05, 2020
At least 18 Chinese coal miners killed by lethal gas
BEIJING - China's state TV says at least 18 coal miners have been killed by high levels of carbon monoxide in the country's southwest. One miner was found alive following the disaster Friday in the Di...
Dec 05, 2020