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Qualification still needed but now Canada knows what awaits at 2023 Rugby World Cup
Pick your poison. Canada will face either New Zealand or England in group play if it secures one of the two direct qualifying spots from the Americas for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. At Monday'...
Dec 14, 2020
Families marry off daughters to ease finances amid COVID-19
KOIDU, Sierra Leone - The man first caught a glimpse of Marie Kamara as she ran with her friends past his house near the village primary school. Soon after, he proposed to the fifth-grader. "I'm going...
Dec 14, 2020
Early in-person voting begins in Georgia Senate runoffs
ATLANTA - What could be the main event in Georgia's twin U.S. Senate runoffs - early in-person voting - begins Monday. More than half of the record 5 million votes in the Nov. 3 general election were ...
Dec 14, 2020
Asia Today: South Korea to open more virus testing sites
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea was opening dozens of free COVID-19 testing sites in the greater Seoul area, as the country registered additional 718 new cases Monday amid a surge in infection...
Dec 14, 2020
Electors meeting to formally choose Biden as next president
WASHINGTON - Presidential electors are meeting across the United States on Monday to formally choose Joe Biden as the nation's next president. Monday is the day set by law for the meeting of the Elect...
Dec 14, 2020
Protesting Indian farmers call for 2nd strike in a week
NEW DELHI - Tens of thousands of protesting Indian farmers have called for a national strike on Monday, the second in a week, to press for the quashing of three new laws on agricultural reform that th...
Dec 14, 2020
GOP voters ready for Georgia runoffs despite Trump's claims
ATLANTA - Many Republican voters in Georgia are angry. They're convinced that widespread voter fraud - claims that are baseless - cost President Donald Trump the election to Democrat Joe Biden. But wi...
Dec 14, 2020
From 'Snowmageddon' to pandemic, Newfoundland and Labrador confronted hunger in 2020
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Skipping meals is dangerous for a diabetic, but Janine Ryan finds she sometimes has no choice if she wants her kids to have enough to eat. Ryan is a welder, but she lost her job whe...
Dec 14, 2020
Psychiatrist to be cross-examined by defence at Toronto's van attack trial
TORONTO - The prosecution's final witness in Toronto's van attack trial will be cross-examined by the defence today.Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Scott Woodside says Alek Minassian knew his actions were m...
Dec 14, 2020
US Embassy says Sudan no longer on list of terror sponsors
CAIRO - The U.S. Embassy in Khartoum said Monday that President Donald Trump's administration has removed Sudan from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, a move that could help the African co...
Dec 14, 2020