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Lewandowski hat trick helps Bayern rout Frankfurt 5-0
BERLIN - Robert Lewandowski scored a hat trick to help Bayern Munich continue where it left off in the Bundesliga with a 5-0 rout of Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday. The Poland star didn't score in Ba...
Oct 24, 2020
Opposition activist leaves embassy haven to flee Venezuela
MEDELLIN, Colombia - Prominent opposition activist Leopoldo Lpez has abandoned Spain's embassy in Caracas and is leaving Venezuela, two people familiar with the situation said Saturday. The people spo...
Oct 24, 2020
Hamilton takes Portuguese GP pole position ahead of Bottas
PORTIMAO, Portugal - Lewis Hamilton edged out Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas to take pole position for the Portuguese Grand Prix on Saturday. Having secured a record-extending 97th career pole, Ham...
Oct 24, 2020
Big suicide bombing in Kabul kills 18 at education centre
KABUL - The death toll from the suicide attack Saturday in Afghanistan's capital has risen to at least 18 killed and 57 people wounded, including students, the interior ministry said. The explosion st...
Oct 24, 2020
Nunavut's young people 'should be expecting more' from government services: advocate
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Basic information about young people who have used government services in Nunavut isn't being tracked because of "complacency and a lack of accountability," says the annual report f...
Oct 24, 2020
Poland's President Duda tests positive for coronavirus
WARSAW, Poland - Poland's President Andrzej Duda has tested positive for coronavirus, his spokesman said on Saturday. The spokesman, Blazej Spychalski, said on Twitter that the 48-year-old conservativ...
Oct 24, 2020
B.C. voters head to polling stations in snap election called during pandemic
22Voters in British Columbia cast ballots today in an election campaign that was largely defined by the COVID-19 pandemic.NDP Leader John Horgan called the snap election one year before the fixed voti...
Oct 24, 2020
Correction: Britain-UAE-Assault Allegations story
LONDON - In a story first published Oct. 18, 2020, about allegations against the tolerance minister of the United Arab Emirates, The Associated Press reported on a statement by Britain's Metropolitan ...
Oct 24, 2020
Guinean president wins a 3rd term, electoral commission says
CONAKRY, Guinea - Guinea's President Alpha Conde has won a third term with 59.49% of the vote, the National Independent Electoral Commission declared Saturday. Some people went to the streets to prote...
Oct 24, 2020
TV reporter goes missing in southern Pakistan
ISLAMABAD - A reporter working for Pakistan's leading Geo News television has gone missing in the southern port city of Karachi, family and colleagues said Saturday. Geo bureau chief in Karachi, Fahim...
Oct 24, 2020