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Officer may face charges in killing of autistic Palestinian
JERUSALEM - Israeli prosecutors on Wednesday recommended charging a police officer with reckless manslaughter in the deadly shooting of an autistic Palestinian man in Jerusalem's Old City earlier this...
Oct 21, 2020
39 Chinese are Thailand's 1st foreign tourists in 7 months
BANGKOK - Thailand's tourist industry took a modest step toward reviving its coronavirus-battered fortunes Tuesday by welcoming 39 visitors who flew in from Shanghai, the first such arrivals since reg...
Oct 21, 2020
Unknown group sends Democratic voters intimidating emails
BOSTON - Democratic voters in at least four battleground states including Florida and Pennsylvania received threatening emails, falsely purporting to be from the far-right group Proud Boys, that warne...
Oct 21, 2020
Thai protesters march in show of strength against government
BANGKOK - Student-led protesters in Thailand defiantly marched to the streets near the prime minister's office on Wednesday night, repeating their demand that he step down even as he urged them to let...
Oct 21, 2020
Klassen defends voting record, pledges to be honest and transparent if voted mayor
La Ronge Deputy-Mayor Matthew Klassen, who has been a resident for 27 years, wants residents to know he's wholeheartedly committed and invested in the community."First of all and most importantly, I c...
Oct 21, 2020
RCMP asking for public's help following reported robbery in Meadow Lake
Police are asking for the public's help following a report of a recent robbery in Meadow Lake.According to the RCMP release from Oct. 19, the alleged armed robbery took place on October 2.(submitted p...
Oct 21, 2020
Pope reverts to mask-less old ways amid growing criticism
ROME - Pope Francis is back to his mask-less old ways a day after donning a face mask for the first time during a liturgical service. The about-face came despite surging coronavirus infections across ...
Oct 21, 2020
Armenian PM sees no way to settle conflict through diplomacy
YEREVAN, Armenia - Armenia's prime minister said Wednesday that Azerbaijan's aggressive stance in the 25-day fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh leaves no room for diplomacy, and urged citizens to sign up ...
Oct 21, 2020
Coronavirus spreads in Nagorno-Karabakh amid heavy fighting
People who are sick with the coronavirus pack into chilly basements alongside the healthy to hide from artillery fire. The local health minister who tested positive keeps working, despite a fever and ...
Oct 21, 2020
Macron says beheaded teacher was victim of stupidity, hate
PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron promised Wednesday that France will not renounce freedoms taught by a schoolteacher beheaded by a radical Islamist last week after showing caricatures of the prophet ...
Oct 21, 2020