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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 enhance co-operation on climate change, the coronavirus and other problems after four years of President Donald Tr...

Nov 07, 2020

Record early vote leads to tranquil Election Day at polls

Despite fears of clashes at polling places, chaos sparked by the coronavirus pandemic and confusion due to disinformation and swiftly-changing voting rules, millions across the U.S. cast ballots in a ...

Nov 07, 2020

It was all a dream: Whitney, B.I.G. inducted into Rock Hall

NEW YORK - In a normal year, the newly inducted Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class would have hit the stage and perform the well-known songs that made them famous and helped them enter the prestigious o...

Nov 07, 2020

California Republican Darrell Issa headed back to Congress

SAN DIEGO - Former California Republican U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa was victorious Saturday in his race to return to Congress where he once headed the powerful House Oversight and Government Reform Commit...

Nov 07, 2020

Pedro Pierluisi wins gubernatorial race in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Pedro Pierluisi of Puerto Rico's pro-statehood New Progressive Party won a majority of votes to become the U.S. territory's next governor, according to official preliminary res...

Nov 07, 2020

Suu Kyi victory expected as voting underway in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar - Voting was underway in Myanmar's elections on Sunday, with the ruling party of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi heavily favoured to be returned to power. More than 90 part...

Nov 07, 2020

Joe Biden: Stumbles, tragedies and, now, delayed triumph

Days before he left the White House in 2017, President Barack Obama surprised Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, declaring his septuagenarian, white-haired lieutenant "the best vice-pre...

Nov 07, 2020

Joe Biden: Stumbles, tragedies and, now, delayed triumph

Days before he left the White House in 2017, President Barack Obama surprised Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, declaring his septuagenarian, white-haired lieutenant "the best vice-pre...

Nov 07, 2020

Harris becomes first Black woman, South Asian elected VP

Kamala Harris made history Saturday as the first Black woman elected as vice-president of the United States, shattering barriers that have kept men - almost all of them white - entrenched at the highe...

Nov 07, 2020

Ethiopia to replace Tigray region leadership as forces clash

NAIROBI, Kenya - Ethiopia moved Saturday to replace the leadership of the country's defiant northern Tigray region, where deadly clashes between regional and federal government forces are fueling fear...

Nov 07, 2020