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China in final preparations for latest lunar mission
WENCHANG, China - Chinese technicians were making final preparations Monday for a mission to bring back material from the moon's surface in what would be a major advance for the country's space progra...
Nov 23, 2020
Hong Kong’s Joshua Wong taken into custody after guilty plea
HONG KONG - Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong and two other activists were taken into custody Monday after they pleaded guilty to charges related to a demonstration outside police...
Nov 23, 2020
New Zealand leader Ardern offers virus know-how to Joe Biden
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday became the latest world leader to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden on his election victory, saying she offered to sh...
Nov 23, 2020
US provides missiles, renews pledge to defend Philippines
MANILA, Philippines - President Donald Trump's administration provided precision-guided missiles and other weapons to help the Philippines battle Islamic State group-aligned militants and renewed a pl...
Nov 23, 2020
China tests millions after coronavirus flare-ups in 3 cities
BEIJING - Chinese authorities are testing millions of people, imposing lockdowns and shutting down schools after multiple locally transmitted coronavirus cases were discovered in three cities across t...
Nov 23, 2020
French ex-President Sarkozy stands trial for corruption
PARIS - Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial Monday on charges of corruption and influence peddling in a phone-tapping scandal, a first for the 65-year-old politician who has faced se...
Nov 23, 2020
AstraZeneca: COVID-19 vaccine 'highly effective' prevention
LONDON - AstraZeneca said Monday that late stage trials of its COVID-19 vaccine developed with Oxford University were "highly effective'' in preventing disease. The results are based on interim analys...
Nov 23, 2020
EE Football Team raises almost one million dollars for Joey Moss Memorial Fund
EDMONTON - A memorial fund created for the late Joey Moss, a longtime locker-room attendant for the Edmonton Oilers and the EE Football Team, raised nearly one million dollars through a 50/50 raffle. ...
Nov 22, 2020
Taylor Swift wins top prize, the Weeknd dominates at AMAs
NEW YORK - Taylor Swift won her third consecutive artist of the year prize at the American Music Awards, but she missed the show for a good reason: She said she's busy re-recording her songs' masters ...
Nov 22, 2020
COVID cases across several Sask. Rivers schools
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has identified a total of five positive COVID-19 cases across four schools in the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division. A before and after school program has al...
Nov 22, 2020