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Biden's win means some Guantanamo prisoners may be released

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Category: World News
Created: Saturday, November 28, 2020
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WASHINGTON -- The oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre went to his latest review board hearing with a degree of hope, something that has been scarce during his 16 years locked up without charges at the U.S.
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Biden plans swift moves to protect and advance LGBTQ rights

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Category: World News
Created: Saturday, November 28, 2020
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As vice-president in 2012, Joe Biden endeared himself to many LGBTQ Americans by endorsing same-sex marriage even before his boss, President Barack Obama.
Now, as president-elect, Biden is making sweeping promises to LGBTQ activists, proposing to carry out virtually every major proposal on their wish lists.
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U.K., EU resume face-to-face trade talks with time running out

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Category: World News
Created: Saturday, November 28, 2020
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LONDON -- Teams from Britain and the European Union resumed face-to-face talks on a post-Brexit trade deal Saturday, with both sides sounding gloomy about striking an agreement in the little time that remains.
EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier returned to London to meet his U.K.
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U.S. high court takes up census case, as other count issues loom

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Created: Saturday, November 28, 2020
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WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's attempt to exclude people living in the country illegally from the population count used to divvy up congressional seats is headed for a post-Thanksgiving Supreme Court showdown.
The administration's top lawyers are hoping the justices on a court that includes three Trump appointees will embrace the idea, rejected repeatedly by lower courts.
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Hong Kong leader has 'piles of cash' at home thanks to U.S. sanctions

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Category: World News
Created: Saturday, November 28, 2020
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HONG KONG, CHINA -- Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said she has "piles of cash" at home as she has no bank account after the United States slapped sanctions on her in response to a draconian security law China imposed on the city.
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Hong Kong leader has to keep 'piles of cash' at home due to U.S. sanctions

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Category: World News
Created: Saturday, November 28, 2020
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HONG KONG, CHINA -- Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said she has "piles of cash" at home as she has no bank account after the United States slapped sanctions on her in response to a draconian security law China imposed on the city.
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Ethiopian government begins offensive in Tigray capital city

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Category: World News
Created: Saturday, November 28, 2020
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NAIROBI, KENYA -- The Ethiopian military has begun its offensive in the Tigray regional capital in its quest to arrest the region's defiant leaders.
Tigray TV announced the shelling midday Saturday in Mekele, a city of a half-million people.
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Iran's supreme leader vows revenge over slain scientist

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Category: World News
Created: Saturday, November 28, 2020
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TEHRAN, IRAN -- Iran's supreme leader on Saturday called for the "definitive punishment" of those behind the killing of a scientist linked to Tehran's disbanded military nuclear program, a slaying the Islamic Republic has blamed on Israel.
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Undercover footage from Ontario pig farm shows alleged abuse but new laws may ban future probes

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Category: Canada News
Created: Saturday, November 28, 2020
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Warning: Some readers may find the details of this story disturbing.
PUTNAM, Ont. -- For seven weeks, a man, who asked to be identified only as Elijah, worked at a farming facility in Putnam, Ont.
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Iran's religious leader vows revenge over slain scientist

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Created: Saturday, November 28, 2020
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Iran's supreme leader on Saturday called for the "definitive punishment" of those behind the killing of a scientist linked to Tehran's disbanded military nuclear program, a slaying the Islamic Republic has blamed on Israel.
Israel, long suspected of killing scientists a decade ago amid tensions over Tehran's nuclear program, has yet to comment on the killing Friday of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
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Locked in legal fight over rents, HBC's big plan to survive COVID-19 may be to go small

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Category: Economic
Created: Saturday, November 28, 2020
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It would be easy to look at The Bay's dispute with landlords across the country and make some assumptions: that it can't pay its bills, or that it's being crushed by the pandemic-sized wave crashing into retail everywhere.
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Parcel delivery companies are trading trucks for bikes in some Canadian cities. Here's why

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Category: Tech & Science
Created: Saturday, November 28, 2020
CBC News
The Black Friday, Cyber Monday, pre-Christmas pandemic online shopping frenzy calls for huge fleets of trucks and vans to deliver those gadgets and gifts. But those road-clogging, polluting vehicles are starting to give way to a greener, more efficient option in many Canadian cities: e-cargo bikes and trikes.
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