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Border officer says he didn't intend to share Meng's phone passcodes
VANCOUVER - A border officer who assisted in the three-hour detention and examination of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou before her arrest at Vancouver's airport two years ago says collecting phone pass...
Oct 29, 2020
A Biden presidency could mean good news for Canadian environment policy: observers
OTTAWA - The day after Americans go to the polls to choose their next president, the United States will become the first and only country in the world to withdraw from the Paris climate change pact.Wh...
Oct 29, 2020
Trudeau, EU leaders meet ahead of U.S. election to reinforce support of world order
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is speaking with the European Union's two top political leaders today and they are expected to discuss their shared commitment to international co-operation and ...
Oct 29, 2020
India's coronavirus cases cross 8 million, behind US
NEW DELHI - India's confirmed coronavirus caseload surpassed 8 million on Thursday with daily infections dipping to the lowest level this week, as concerns grew over a major Hindu festival season and ...
Oct 29, 2020
Letters, texts, caravans, parades: Advocates mobilize voters
Sometimes her hand hurt, but Nancy Gehman kept writing. Every evening from July until mid-October, the 85-year-old retiree sat with a gel pen, writing notes imploring fellow Americans to find a way to...
Oct 28, 2020
FBI warns ransomware assault threatens US healthcare system
BOSTON - Federal agencies warned that cybercriminals are unleashing a wave of data-scrambling extortion attempts against the U.S. healthcare system designed to lock up hospital information systems, wh...
Oct 28, 2020
S. Korea's top court upholds 17-year jail term on ex-leader
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea's top court upheld a 17-year sentence imposed on former President Lee Myung-bak for a range of corruption crimes in a final ruling Thursday that will send him b...
Oct 28, 2020
US official says UN has 'lack of curiosity' on Xinjiang
BEIJING - The United Nations is not doing enough to investigate reported abuses in China's Xinjiang region against members of Muslim minority groups, the U.S. envoy for women's issues said Thursday. C...
Oct 28, 2020
Asia Today: Virus arrives in Marshall Islands with 2 cases
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The Marshall Islands has reported its first cases of the coronavirus after two people who flew from Hawaii to a U.S. military base tested positive. The small Pacific nation h...
Oct 28, 2020
8 killed, 42 missing in landslides in typhoon-hit Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam - Landslides set off by Typhoon Molave killed at least eight people with 42 others missing in central Vietnam, state media said Thursday. Rescuers dug up eight bodies in Tra Van village...
Oct 28, 2020
