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India virus cases pass 9M; capital's hospitals under strain
NEW DELHI - Intensive care wards in New Delhi's hospitals are nearly at capacity, and the city's main crematorium is packed, as the coronavirus has surged in the Indian capital and the country hit a g...
Nov 20, 2020
COVID-19 projections and an Ontario community in mourning: In The News for Nov. 20
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 20 ...What we are watching in Canada ...O...
Nov 20, 2020
Trudeau to tout climate and trade as China, U.S. set to dominate Asia-Pacific summit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will pitch the economic benefits of fighting climate change and doing business with Canada as he meets with counterparts from both sides of the Pacific during to...
Nov 20, 2020
Jury in murder trial of Fredericton shooter enters fourth day of deliberations
FREDERICTON - The jury at the trial of Matthew Raymond on four counts of first-degree murder is entering its fourth day of deliberations today. The 11-member panel has been sequestered since Tuesday i...
Nov 20, 2020
Trudeau resumes briefings from home as COVID-19 cases soar across Canada
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will amplify his plea for Canadians to stay home as much as possible after alarming new projections for the spread of COVID-19 in Canada are released today. The ...
Nov 20, 2020
Georgia hand tally of votes is complete, affirms Biden lead
ATLANTA - A hand tally of ballots cast in Georgia for the presidential race has been completed, and it affirms Democrat Joe Biden's narrow lead over Republican President Donald Trump, according to res...
Nov 19, 2020
Judge halts federal execution after lawyers contract virus
WASHINGTON - A federal judge is temporarily blocking the federal government's plan to execute the first female death row inmate in almost six decades after her attorneys contracted the coronavirus vis...
Nov 19, 2020
Mexico becomes 4th country to hit 100,000 COVID-19 deaths
MEXICO CITY - Mexico passed the 100,000 mark in COVID-19 deaths Thursday, becoming only the fourth country - behind the United States, Brazil and India - to do so. Jos Luis Aloma Zegarra, Mexico's dir...
Nov 19, 2020
Trump, allies make frantic steps to overturn Biden victory
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and his allies are taking increasingly frantic steps to subvert the results of the 2020 election, including summoning state legislators to the White House as part o...
Nov 19, 2020
Trump summons Michigan GOP leaders for extraordinary meeting
DETROIT - President Donald Trump summoned Michigan's Republican legislative leaders to the White House for an extraordinary meeting Friday amid a long shot GOP push to subvert the democratic process t...
Nov 19, 2020
