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Shell Lake artist honoured with Saskatchewan Order of Merit
A Shell Lake artist has been awarded Saskatchewan's highest honour. Rigmor Clarke is among 10 people named as 2020 recipients of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit. Known primarily for her paintings of n...
Oct 19, 2020
Wilson seeks fourth term as Sask. Party MLA for Sask. Rivers
Nadine Wilson has represented the constituency of Saskatchewan Rivers for the past 12 years, but appears to have some unfinished business.In an emailed statement to paNOW Wilson expressed how proud sh...
Oct 19, 2020
EU to link national COVID-19 tracing apps together
BRUSSELS - The European Commission on Monday launched an EU-wide system devised to link national COVID-19 tracing apps together in its latest effort to slow down the coronavirus pandemic. Following te...
Oct 19, 2020
India army apprehends Chinese soldier amid military standoff
SRINAGAR, India - The Indian army said it apprehended a Chinese soldier Monday in the remote Ladakh region, where the two countries are locked in a monthslong military standoff along their disputed mo...
Oct 19, 2020
Retirees rally in Belarus against authoritarian president
KYIV, Ukraine - About 3,000 retirees rallied in the Belarusian capital of Minsk for a third straight Monday to demand the resignation of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko as mass protests o...
Oct 19, 2020
Nagorno-Karabakh truce frays amid reports of new shelling
YEREVAN, Armenia - Reports of renewed shelling on Monday challenged the new cease-fire in the conflict over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, where heavy fighting between Armenian and Azer...
Oct 19, 2020
UK, EU inch toward more Brexit talks but hurdles remain
LONDON - Britain and the European Union edged toward resuming their troubled trade talks on Monday, after the bloc's chief negotiator said he was ready to "intensify" negotiations on the legal text of...
Oct 19, 2020
Greece finalizes plan to build wall on border with Turkey
THESSALONIKI, Greece - Greece's government says it has finalized plans to build a wall along its northeast border with Turkey, over concerns that migrants may try to stage mass crossings into the Euro...
Oct 19, 2020
Vaccine storage issues could leave 3B people without access
GAMPELA, Burkina Faso - The chain breaks here, in a tiny medical clinic in Burkina Faso that went nearly a year without a working refrigerator. From factory to syringe, the world's most promising coro...
Oct 19, 2020
Thai authorities seek to censor coverage of student protests
BANGKOK - Thai authorities worked Monday to stem a growing tide of protests calling for the prime minister to resign by threatening to censor news coverage, raiding a publishing house and attempting t...
Oct 19, 2020
