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TORONTO STAR Sunday, October 24, 2021 5:00 AM The man who won't be mayor: Why one of Toronto's youngest and most effective political leaders is calling it quits       Coun. Joe Cressy, one Toronto's most prominent leaders through the COVID-19 pandemic, says he's stepping away from elected office to be a good father and partner and will look for other meaningful work outside of city hall.   CityNews Toronto Sunday, October 24, 2021 5:43 AM Israel set to OK 3,000 West Bank settler homes this week       TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel is expected to move forward with thousands of new homes for Jewish settlers in the West Bank this week, a settlement watchdog group said Sunday. The plan for some 3,000 new settler units in the West Bank has already drawn calls for restraint from the U.S., which on Friday […]   CityNews Toronto Sunday, October 24, 2021 5:40 AM Sudan: Political tensions continue as protesters block roads       CAIRO (AP) — Pro-military protesters briefly blocked major roads and bridges in Sudan's capital Sunday, amid growing tensions between the generals and the pro-democracy movement that fueled the uprising against autocratic former president Omar al-Bashir. The development came a day after U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman met with military and […]   CityNews Toronto Sunday, October 24, 2021 5:37 AM Taiwan shaken by 6.5-magnitude quake, no injuries reported       TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan's northeast was shaken by a 6.5-magnitude earthquake on Sunday, causing buildings in the capital, Taipei, to sway, but no injuries were reported. The quake struck at 1:11 p.m. (0511 GMT) and was centered near Yilan, a city about 35 kilometers (22 miles) east of Taipei near the northeastern coast, according […]   CityNews Toronto Sunday, October 24, 2021 5:24 AM Hazardous materials burning aboard container ship anchored off southern B.C.       VICTORIA — The Canadian Coast Guard says a fire is continuing to burn in several containers aboard a cargo ship about eight kilometres off the coast of Victoria. The Coast Guard says in a release that it received word late Saturday morning that a fire had broken out in 10 damaged containers aboard the MV […]   CityNews Toronto Sunday, October 24, 2021 5:06 AM US urges NKorea to stop missile tests and return to talks       SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A senior U.S. diplomat on Sunday urged North Korea to refrain from additional missile tests and resume nuclear diplomacy, days after the North fired off its first underwater-launched ballistic missile in two years. Sung Kim, the U.S. envoy on North Korea, spoke after meeting with South Korean officials to discuss […]   CityNews Toronto Sunday, October 24, 2021 4:37 AM Islamists suspend march under agreement with Pakistan govt       LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A radical Islamist party agreed Sunday to suspend for three days its march of thousands toward the capital Islamabad after Pakistan agreed to drop pending charges against the party's leader. Party supporters Saturday departed the eastern city of Lahore, clashing for a second straight day with police who lobbed tear gas […]   Windsor Star Sunday, October 24, 2021 5:51 AM Reader letter: Frustrated over health unit's COVID-19 school isolation protocol       As many other parents did, I took my children to get their COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it was available to them. The promise was that it would help a return to "normal" at school. Blessed with three healthy children, I was not really concerned about them contracting the virus, but rather understood this would […]