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Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong arrested for 2019 unauthorized assembly
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- Category: World News
- Created: Thursday, September 24, 2020
- CBC News
Hong Kong police arrested prominent democracy activist Joshua Wong on Thursday for participating in an unauthorized assembly in October 2019 and violating the city's anti-mask law, according to a post on his official Twitter account.
Wong's latest arrest adds to several unlawful assembly charges or suspected offences he and other activists are facing related to last year's pro-democracy protests, which prompted Beijing to impose a sweeping national security law on June 30.
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Wong's latest arrest adds to several unlawful assembly charges or suspected offences he and other activists are facing related to last year's pro-democracy protests, which prompted Beijing to impose a sweeping national security law on June 30.
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EU says Belarus president's inauguration will deepen crisis
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- Category: World News
- Created: Thursday, September 24, 2020
- CTV News
BRUSSELS -- The European Union said Thursday that the swearing in of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko to a sixth term during a secretive ceremony lacks democratic legitimacy, defies the will of the Belarusian people and will only deepen the country's political crisis.
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Public health officials call for tighter restrictions, warn COVID-19 could spiral out of control
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- Category: Canada News
- Created: Thursday, September 24, 2020
- CBC News
Infectious disease experts say Canadian health authorities must tighten restrictions again or hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 will increase exponentially in the coming weeks.
Echoing comments made Tuesday by Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam, who said Canada is at a crossroads in its pandemic battle, experts in public health are urging governments to take decisive action to prevent the current resurgence of the virus from spiralling out of control.
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Echoing comments made Tuesday by Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam, who said Canada is at a crossroads in its pandemic battle, experts in public health are urging governments to take decisive action to prevent the current resurgence of the virus from spiralling out of control.
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Leaked document reveals Ontario's plan to avoid another COVID-19 lockdown
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- Category: Canada News
- Created: Thursday, September 24, 2020
- CBC News
Ontario wants to avoid imposing lockdown-style measures to combat a second wave of COVID-19, but is prepared to take 'targeted action" such as closing certain higher-risk businesses, CBC News has learned.
CBC News obtained a copy of Ontario's fall pandemic preparedness plan, still in draft form even as Premier Doug Ford's government is in the midst of announcing some of its elements.
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CBC News obtained a copy of Ontario's fall pandemic preparedness plan, still in draft form even as Premier Doug Ford's government is in the midst of announcing some of its elements.
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Canadians should make mask-wearing a 'reflex' in daily life as COVID-19 cases rise, experts say
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- Category: Canada News
- Created: Thursday, September 24, 2020
- CBC News
Let's face it: No one enjoys having a mask cover half their face.
They can be scratchy, sweaty, stuffy — all reasons why people quickly ditch them on a restaurant patio, avoid wearing them around friends and family or "forget" them while dashing into a store.
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They can be scratchy, sweaty, stuffy — all reasons why people quickly ditch them on a restaurant patio, avoid wearing them around friends and family or "forget" them while dashing into a store.
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2-year-olds are getting kicked off planes for refusing to wear a mask. Is that fair?
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- Category: Canada News
- Created: Thursday, September 24, 2020
- CBC News
Some parents are fuming over rules requiring toddlers to wear masks on airplanes — after they were turfed from flights in Canada and the United States, thanks to their non-compliant two-year-olds.
"It's foolishness," said Aaron Munn, who was kicked off a WestJet flight on Aug.
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"It's foolishness," said Aaron Munn, who was kicked off a WestJet flight on Aug.
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A throne speech long on language and ambition, short on specifics
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- Category: Canada News
- Created: Thursday, September 24, 2020
- CBC News
However grandly it's staged, a throne speech is a difficult thing to judge. Just ask the opposition parties.
The first official review of Wednesday's speech came from Candice Bergen, the deputy Conservative leader, who stepped to the podium and said that the 6,800-word address was "full of Liberal buzzwords and grand gestures with very little to no follow-up plan.
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The first official review of Wednesday's speech came from Candice Bergen, the deputy Conservative leader, who stepped to the podium and said that the 6,800-word address was "full of Liberal buzzwords and grand gestures with very little to no follow-up plan.
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Can Florida save the U.S. from an election night meltdown?
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- Category: World News
- Created: Thursday, September 24, 2020
- CBC News
If — and it's a big if — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden delivers a clear win in Florida on Nov. 3, it's pretty much game over for U.S. President Donald Trump's chances for re-election.
If not, many chaotic ballot-counting scenarios and challenges could ensue.
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If not, many chaotic ballot-counting scenarios and challenges could ensue.
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Asian shares fall as caution sets in after Wall St retreat
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- Category: Economic
- Created: Thursday, September 24, 2020
- CTV News
Asian shares were mostly lower Thursday as caution set in after a retreat on Wall Street driven by a decline in technology shares.
Market players are feeling less optimistic about action from the U.S.
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Market players are feeling less optimistic about action from the U.S.
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Dismay over Breonna Taylor spills into America's streets
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- Category: World News
- Created: Thursday, September 24, 2020
- CTV News
LOUISVILLE, KY. -- Anger, frustration and sadness over the decision not to charge Kentucky police officers for Breonna Taylor's death poured into America's streets as protesters lashed out at a criminal justice system they say is stacked against Black people.
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Hong Kong journalists protest new accreditation rules
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- Category: World News
- Created: Thursday, September 24, 2020
- CTV News
Hong Kong's professional journalism association on Thursday protested new rules restricting who can provide press coverage during demonstrations, saying the government has no right to determine who is or isn't a reporter.
The rules outlined in a Tuesday letter from police have been criticized as a further erosion of the semi-autonomous Chinese territory's once robust press freedoms since Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law in June that has had a chilling effect on political speech.
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The rules outlined in a Tuesday letter from police have been criticized as a further erosion of the semi-autonomous Chinese territory's once robust press freedoms since Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law in June that has had a chilling effect on political speech.
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Seoul says North Korea shot South Korean official, burned his body
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- Category: World News
- Created: Thursday, September 24, 2020
- CTV News
SEOUL, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF -- South Korea said Thursday North Korean troops fatally shot a South Korean government official who may have attempted to defect and set his body on fire, after they found him on a floating object in waters near the rivals' disputed sea boundary.
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