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Student activists at Thailand's most prestigious university defied a ban by college administrators and staged an anti-government rally on Friday, as a prominent protest leader was arrested elsewhere for his involvement in a previous demonstration. Up to 1,000 students gathered in a hall on the campus of Chulalongkorn University in central Bangkok to hear speeches calling for a new constitution, the government to resign and an end to intimidation of critics. Source

TORONTO -- A six-year-old Toronto girl has been reunited with her stolen birthday present, an 11-month-old puppy named King. On the afternoon of Aug. 5, Elena Gonzalez was walking along Gihon Spring Drive, near Steeles Avenue and Martin Grove Road, with her mother, her brother and their two off-leash dogs. Source

TANZANIA, TANZANIA -- The United States said Friday the U.N. Security Council has rejected an American resolution to indefinitely extend the U.N. arms embargo on Iran. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the defeat of the resolution ahead of a council meeting to reveal the vote. Source

TANZANIA, TANZANIA -- The U.N. Security Council on Friday resoundingly defeated a U.S. resolution to indefinitely extend the U.N. arms embargo on Iran, with the Trump administration getting support from only the Dominican Republic but vowing further action to prevent Tehran's sale and export of conventional weapons. Source

Police chiefs say they support closer collaboration with crisis workers to help prevent tragedies when their officers confront people dealing with mental-health issues. Peel Regional Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah says sending two police officers to such calls allows only the option of transporting the person in need to a hospital. Source

EDMONTON -- Edmonton's mask exemption card program was swiftly paused just days after it was launched over concerns it would be abused. But a local programmer is making it so that anyone who wants an exemption for anything — from speed limits to how many animals one person can own — can create it themselves. Source

TANZANIA, TANZANIA -- The United Nations launched a US$565 million appeal Friday to help Lebanese people affected by the explosion at Beirut's port with immediate humanitarian assistance and initial recovery efforts. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the money wll enable the U.N. Source

SASKATOON -- A Saskatoon woman celebrated her 90th birthday Friday by taking flight in an aircraft that has special meaning to her. Barbara “Jo” Reed got to ride in a Tiger Moth courtesy of the Saskatchewan Aviation Museum. Source

About 50 horses from a raceway in southwestern Ontario are in isolation after coming in contact with a horse diagnosed with a highly contagious and serious disease. The three-year-old standardbred filly, which was housed in the stables at Leamington Raceway from Aug. Source

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday declined to answer whether he believes in the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory, instead defending his recent decision to endorse a Republican congressional candidate in Georgia with history of promoting QAnon theories and making racist and anti-Semitic remarks. Source