| | Wednesday, October 27, 2021 2:00 AM | | Abdel-Fattah Burhan first gained prominence in 2019, when he and other generals toppled Omar al-Bashir, under pressure from mass demonstrations against the autocrat's 30-year rule.
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| | Wednesday, October 27, 2021 1:10 AM | | Ribbons honouring missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls were found in a Calgary park's trash bin on Tuesday.
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| | Toronto Sun Wednesday, October 27, 2021 2:00 AM | | Tim Campbell cartoon for Oct. 27, 2021.
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| | CityNews Toronto Wednesday, October 27, 2021 2:44 AM | | BERLIN (AP) — The United Nations is summoning an unusual "witness" to testify to the dangers of burning fossil fuels that stoke global warming: a dinosaur. In a video released on social media ahead of this year's U.N. climate change summit, a computer-generated dinosaur bursts into the U.N.'s famous General Assembly hall in New York […]
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| | CityNews Toronto Wednesday, October 27, 2021 2:18 AM | | RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The global energy transition is perhaps nowhere more perplexing than in the Arabian Peninsula, where Saudi Arabia and other Gulf monarchies are caught between two daunting climate change scenarios that threaten their livelihoods. In one, the world stops burning oil and gas to cut down on heat-trapping emissions, shaking the […]
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| | CityNews Toronto Wednesday, October 27, 2021 2:16 AM | | LONDON (AP) — The U.S. government is scheduled to ask Britain's High Court on Wednesday to overturn a judge's decision that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be sent to the United States to face espionage charges. In January, a lower court judge refused an American request to extradite Assange on spying charges over WikiLeaks' […]
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| | CityNews Toronto Wednesday, October 27, 2021 1:30 AM | | KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — President Joe Biden and China's Premier Li Keqiang will join an annual summit of 18 Asia-Pacific nations by video Wednesday in a region where the world powers have dueled over trade, Taiwan, democracy, human rights and Beijing's increasingly assertive actions in disputed territories. Russian President Vladimir Putin will also speak […]
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| | CityNews Toronto Wednesday, October 27, 2021 1:18 AM | | Students in Rhode Island are asking a federal appeals court to affirm that all public school students have a constitutional right to a civics education, saying that they aren't taught how to meaningfully participate in a democratic and civil society and that the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was a symptom of such […]
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| | CityNews Toronto Wednesday, October 27, 2021 1:16 AM | | TOKYO (AP) — The defense for former Nissan executive Greg Kelly said Wednesday there was no evidence or motives linking him to alleged under-reporting of his ex-boss Carlos Ghosn's compensation. Kelly's chief defense lawyer, Yoichi Kitamura, said in wrapping up the defense's arguments that Kelly is innocent and he had no knowledge of the complex […]
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| | CityNews Toronto Wednesday, October 27, 2021 1:14 AM | | RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic control of Virginia state government over the past two years has allowed lawmakers to dramatically reshape public policy with legislation reforming the criminal justice system, loosening abortion restrictions and expanding voting access. Now voters are about to weigh in on whether that's the direction they wanted for the commonwealth. While […]
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| | CityNews Toronto Wednesday, October 27, 2021 1:12 AM | | BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets fell Wednesday after Australian inflation increased, highlighting global pressure for prices to rise, while investors looked ahead to U.S. economic growth data due out this week. Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong all retreated. Wall Street's S&P 500 index rose 0.2% on Tuesday to its second high in two days, […]
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| | The Province Wednesday, October 27, 2021 2:06 AM | | With little margin for error, the Canucks learned the hard way that miscues turn into goals
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| | Vancouver Sun Wednesday, October 27, 2021 1:46 AM | | Here's your daily update with everything you need to know on the novel coronavirus situation in B.C.
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| | Vancouver Sun Wednesday, October 27, 2021 1:39 AM | | "It is so disruptive and detrimental to care when we have outbreaks in hospitals as we have a couple right now. And that is the reason why we have this vaccine mandate in place," said Dr. Bonnie Henry.
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