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COVID-19 latest bump in Canada's long road to Second World War remembrance
OTTAWA - Annie McNamara was in a hostel in Piccadilly Circus when the news came that Nazi Germany had been defeated. She vividly remembers that excitement that swept through the streets of London on M...
Nov 8, 2020
Ethiopian leader defends military conflict in defiant Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya - Ethiopia's prime minister has sought to defend a major military action against the country's defiant Tigray region Sunday, and urged citizens not to target the ethnic Tigrayan people ...
Nov 8, 2020
UK does a U-turn, backs soccer star's child hunger campaign
LONDON - The British government has made another abrupt about-face and now says it will provide free meals to disadvantaged children in England over the upcoming holidays following a hugely popular ch...
Nov 8, 2020
Trump considers how to keep up fight, find a graceful exit
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump never admits defeat. But he faces a stark choice now that Democrat Joe Biden has won the White House: Concede graciously for the sake of the nation or don't - and g...
Nov 8, 2020
Message of Election 2020: Trump lost, but Trumpism did not
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump lost. But Trumpism did not. It won in the parts of the country and with the voters whom Trump catered to over four years, constantly jabbing the hard edges of almos...
Nov 8, 2020
Japan emperor's brother proclaimed 1st in line to throne
TOKYO - Japanese Emperor Naruhito's younger brother, Crown Prince Fumihito, was formally sworn in as first in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne in a traditional palace ritual Sunday that has been postp...
Nov 8, 2020
How Biden navigated pandemic politics to win the White House
WILMINGTON, Del. - Joe Biden was fresh off winning the Michigan primary and effectively capturing the Democratic presidential nomination, a prize he'd sought for the better part of three decades. Inst...
Nov 8, 2020
Black leaders greet Biden win, pledge to push for equality
DETROIT - President-elect Joe Biden's victory was celebrated by civil rights activists and Black leaders who warned that a tough road lies ahead to address America's persistent inequalities and the ra...
Nov 8, 2020
Biden promotes unity, turns to business of transition
WILMINGTON, Del. - Joe Biden used his first national address as president-elect to vow to heal a deeply divided nation, declaring it was time to "let this grim era of demonization in America begin to ...
Nov 8, 2020
Fight for Senate control awaits in Georgia after Biden's win
WASHINGTON - Control of the Senate likely won't be decided until a January runoff in Georgia, even after Democrat Joe Biden won the White House on Saturday. That post-election cliff-hanger will determ...
Nov 8, 2020
