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SpaceX aims for night crew launch, Musk sidelined by virus
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX aimed for a Sunday night launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station, although the prospects of good weather were just 50-50 and its leader was sidelined...
Nov 15, 2020
Nobel UN food agency warns 2021 will be worse than 2020
TANZANIA, Tanzania - The head of the World Food Program says the Nobel Peace Prize has given the U.N. agency a spotlight and megaphone to warn world leaders that next year is going to be worse than th...
Nov 15, 2020
Bound despite Brexit: Prince Charles hails UK-Germany ties
BERLIN - Prince Charles called Sunday for Britain and Germany to remember their long and close ties, reaffirmed by the nations' reconciliation after two world wars, as the U.K. tries to find its place...
Nov 15, 2020
Trump seems to acknowledge Biden win, but he won't concede
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to acknowledge for the first time that Joe Biden won the White House, but made clear he would not concede and would keep trying to overturn the e...
Nov 15, 2020
'He is not alone,' victim of Toronto's van attack struggles to understand Minassian
TORONTO - Dina Risin is terrified there are other men like Alek Minassian. The fears that began when she became one of his victims intensified this week as she watched the first day of the virtual mur...
Nov 15, 2020
Israel advances plans in sensitive east Jerusalem settlement
JERUSALEM - A settlement watchdog group said Sunday Israel is moving ahead with new construction of hundreds of homes in a strategic east Jerusalem settlement that threatens to cut off parts of the ci...
Nov 15, 2020
'It's just disgusting': Broncos parents angry over lack of action on bus seatbelts
AIRDRIE, Alta. - Not a day goes by in the painful aftermath of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash that Michelle Straschnitzki doesn't wonder what if? Straschnitki's son, Ryan, was one of 13 survivor...
Nov 15, 2020
Fire damages historic mosque on Istanbul's Bosporus Strait
ISTANBUL - A historic wooden mosque in Istanbul caught on fire Sunday and Turkish firefighters put out the blaze, working from both land and sea. The Vanikoy Mosque, built in the 17th century during t...
Nov 15, 2020
Hamilton clinches record 7th F1 title with win at Turkish GP
ISTANBUL - Lewis Hamilton clinched a record-equaling seventh Formula One title after winning a wet and gloomy Turkish Grand Prix for a record-extending 94th victory on Sunday. Hamilton now stands alon...
Nov 15, 2020
Rebel leaders who inked deal with government return to Sudan
CAIRO - Sudan's rebel leaders returned to the capital, Khartoum on Sunday, signalling the first major steps toward implementing a peace agreement with the government that aims to end the country's dec...
Nov 15, 2020