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Anthony Veasna So, acclaimed fiction writer, dead at age 28
NEW YORK - The author of a highly anticipated debut story collection has died. Anthony Veasna So was 28. His death was announced Thursday by his publisher, Ecco, which did not immediately provide addi...
Dec 11, 2020
Argentina's lower house approves draft legalizing abortion
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Lawmakers in Argentina's lower house on Friday passed a bill that would legalize abortion in most cases, responding to long-sought demands from women's rights activists. The ...
Dec 11, 2020
Hezbollah member sentenced to life in Hariri assassination
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands - A U.N.-backed tribunal sentenced a member of the Hezbollah militant group to life imprisonment Friday for his involvement in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime...
Dec 11, 2020
Ontario's vaccine rollout plan and charges in Beirut blast: In The News for Dec. 11
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kick-start your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 11 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Dec 11, 2020
Tipping point? Experts say the Paris agreement changed the climate on climate
Five years after it was passed, the Paris agreement may finally be changing the climate on climate change. "I've always known we're not going to act as soon as we could have," said Mark Jaccard, a wid...
Dec 11, 2020
Kids need media literacy education to match the rise of social networks: experts
Kids in Canada need greater access to up-to-date media literacy education to help them navigate what's real and what's fake or misleading online, experts say. The rise of social media has led to the p...
Dec 11, 2020
Canada not immune to QAnon as pandemic fuels conspiracy theories, experts say
Conspiracy theories, including those propagated by the once-fringe QAnon movement, have gained traction as the COVID-19 pandemic fuels fear, social and economic insecurity, and mistrust in authorities...
Dec 11, 2020
Psychiatrist retained by prosecution to continue testimony at van attack trial
TORONTO - The prosecution's final witness in Toronto's van attack trial will continue his testimony today. Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Scott Woodside says Alek Minassian told him he believed he would fa...
Dec 11, 2020
EU leaders struggle to break deadlock on climate deal
BRUSSELS - European Union leaders were still looking Friday for an agreement to cut the bloc's net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by the end of the decade compared to 1990 levels following a...
Dec 11, 2020
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai charged under security law
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been charged under the city's national security law, amid a widening crackdown on dissent, according to local media reports. Lai, who fo...
Dec 10, 2020
