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Meng Wanzhou extradition case back in court for hearings on arrest
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court is scheduled to begin hearing evidence this week in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Five days of evidentiary hearings are scheduled starting t...
Oct 26, 2020
Pfizer raises concerns ahead of Commons vote on probe of Ottawa's pandemic response
OTTAWA - Opposition parties are poised to approve a parliamentary probe of the Trudeau government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic despite growing objections from industry and experts. Pharmaceutic...
Oct 26, 2020
Money laundering commission resumes hearings in British Columbia
VANCOUVER - An inquiry into money laundering in British Columbia is scheduled to begin hearing witnesses today in Vancouver. The hearings were delayed until after Saturday's B.C. election. Commissione...
Oct 26, 2020
The Latest: Lockdown largely ending in Melbourne, Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia - Australia's former coronavirus hot spot Melbourne will largely emerge from lockdown after the city on Monday recorded its first day without a new COVID-19 case in more than four...
Oct 26, 2020
Wary of angering public, Iran has few ways to contain virus
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - As coronavirus infections reached new heights in Iran this month, overwhelming its hospitals and driving up its death toll, the country's health minister gave a rare spee...
Oct 26, 2020
Feeding Houston's hungry: 1M pounds of food daily for needy
HOUSTON - In car lines that can stretch half a mile, (0.8 kilometres), workers who lost jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic and other needy people receive staggering amounts of food distributed b...
Oct 26, 2020
Trump to escalate campaigning as Biden steps up own travel
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump plans to intensify an already breakneck travel schedule in the final full week of the presidential campaign, overlooking a surge of coronavirus cases in the U.S. an...
Oct 26, 2020
Australia asks Iran about report academic moved from prison
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia is seeking information from Iran on reports that a British Australian academic who was convicted of espionage has been moved to a mystery location, the foreign minister...
Oct 26, 2020
Asia Today: Sri Lanka shuts Parliament after case detected
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's Parliament was closed on Monday in order to disinfect the premises after a police officer at the complex tested positive for the coronavirus amid a new surge of the vi...
Oct 26, 2020
Early vote total exceeds 2016; GOP chips at Dems' advantage
With nine days before Election Day, more people already have cast ballots in this year's presidential election than voted early or absentee in the 2016 race as the start of in-person early voting in b...
Oct 26, 2020
