Broadway shutdown due to coronavirus extended again until late May 2021

Fans of Broadway will have to wait a little longer for shows to resume — until at least late May of next year.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/broadway-extends-closure-until-end-of-next-may-1.5756770?cmp=rss

Whitey Ford, pitcher who epitomized mighty Yankees, dead at 91

Whitey Ford, the street-smart New Yorker who had the best winning percentage of any pitcher in the 20th century and helped the Yankees become baseball's perennial champions in the 1950s and '60s, has died. He was 91.

source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/mlb-whitey-ford-obituary-1.5757145?cmp=rss

Russia hosts Armenia, Azerbaijan officials in hopes of ending flare-up over disputed area

Russia moved to stop the worst escalation of fighting in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh in more than a quarter-century by hosting ceasefire talks on Friday.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nagorno-karabakh-talks-1.5756955?cmp=rss

China joins WHO-backed vaccine program COVAX rejected by Trump

China has joined a global scheme for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccine backed by the World Health Organization.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid19-vaccine-china-covax-who-1.5756752?cmp=rss

Spain declares state of emergency to tamp down coronavirus spread in Madrid

Spain's Socialist-led government invoked a state of emergency on Friday to impose a partial lockdown on Madrid, one of Europe's worst COVID-19 hot spots, state TV said.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/spain-madrid-coronavirus-1.5756597?cmp=rss

Bills-Titans, Broncos-Patriots rescheduled by NFL due to positive tests

The Bills-Titans game has been moved from Sunday to Tuesday night at 7 p.m. EDT as long as Tennessee has no more positive tests for COVID-19 in the interim.

source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/nfl/titans-coronavirus-nfl-oct-8-1.5755058?cmp=rss

Battered Louisiana coast braces for another storm: Hurricane Delta

Boarded windows and empty sidewalks made parts of Louisiana's Acadiana region look like empty movie sets as Hurricane Delta roared ever closer to the U.S. Gulf coast, apparently on track to smash into the same southwestern part of the state where Hurricane Laura blasted ashore six weeks ago.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hurricane-delta-louisiana-1.5756563?cmp=rss

UN's World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize

The United Nations food agency, the World Food Program (WFP), won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to combat hunger and improve conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nobel-peace-prize-2020-1.5756539?cmp=rss

With election day getting closer, Donald Trump's odds are not getting any better

With less than four weeks to go before the U.S. presidential election is over, Joe Biden has widened his lead over Donald Trump.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-us-election-polls-1.5755976?cmp=rss

Trump maps return to campaign trail after White House says COVID-19 treatment complete

Republican President Donald Trump on Friday prepared to return to the campaign trail with a pair of weekend rallies after his COVID-19 diagnosis sidelined him for a week in the race against Democratic nominee Joe Biden for the White House.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-campaign-return-covid-19-1.5756543?cmp=rss