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Thai protesters rally again, promoting a diversity of causes
BANGKOK - Pro-democracy protesters in Thailand rallied again on Saturday, promoting a diversity of causes and taking an opportunity to display their rejection of the country's power structure directly...
Nov 14, 2020
Trump putting democracy to the test after his loss to Biden
WASHINGTON - Winston Churchill was not known for leaving his thoughts unspoken. One of them was this: "It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms...
Nov 14, 2020
Gucci, Gus Van Sant challenge fashion cycle with film collab
MILAN - Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele has been looking to transcend the runway show, and the coronavirus pandemic has provided an apt moment. Michele teamed up with American film director...
Nov 14, 2020
Biden likely to break barriers, pick woman to lead Pentagon
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden is expected to take a historic step and select a woman to head the Pentagon for the first time, shattering one of the few remaining barriers to women in the depa...
Nov 14, 2020
With other western provinces pausing sports, will Saskatchewan follow?
As of Friday, Saskatchewan is now the only Western Canadian province that does not have a ban or a pause on indoor sports activities.Alberta's two-week pause on indoor group sports in major centres we...
Nov 14, 2020
Political and physical survival: Mayor Greg Dionne reflects on the past year
Prince Albert Mayor Greg Dionne didn't tell several of his family members he needed a quadruple bypass until weeks after the procedure was already complete. He didn't want them to worry and he wanted ...
Nov 14, 2020
Lebanese general was in Syria over missing American reporter
BEIRUT - A top Lebanese security official said Saturday that he visited Syria for two days to speak with officials there about American journalist Austin Tice, who has been missing in the war-torn cou...
Nov 14, 2020
Pakistan says it has evidence of India sponsoring attacks
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Saturday said India was sponsoring "terrorism" aimed at destabilizing the country and targeting its economic partnership with China, accusations that top Pakistani officials de...
Nov 14, 2020
Ethiopia's Tigray region bombs airports as conflict spreads
NAIROBI, Kenya - Ethiopia's defiant Tigray regional government has fired rockets at two airports in the neighbouring Amhara region as a deadly conflict threatens to spread into other parts of Africa's...
Nov 14, 2020
UK nurse accused in murder of 8 babies denied bail
LONDON - A British judge has denied bail to a nurse accused of murdering eight babies and the attempted murder of 10 other infants in a hospital's neonatal unit. Lucy Letby was charged with committing...
Nov 14, 2020
