Prince William contracted COVID-19 in April, British media reports say

Prince William contracted COVID-19 in April at a similar time to his father Prince Charles, British media reported on Sunday.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/prince-william-covid-19-april-coronavirus-1.5785800?cmp=rss

French police release initial suspect in priest's shooting, widen search

French police on Sunday released an initial suspect in the shooting of a Greek Orthodox priest and widened their search for the gunman who critically wounded the priest as he closed the door to his official residence at a church in the city of Lyon.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/priest-shooting-suspect-france-lyon-1.5785673?cmp=rss

Super-typhoon weakens after slamming into Philippines; at least 10 dead

A powerful super-typhoon slammed into the eastern Philippines with ferocious winds Sunday, killing at least 10 people and causing volcanic mudflows to bury houses before weakening as it blew toward Manila, where the capital's main airport was shut down, officials said.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/philippines-typhoon-goni-aftermath-1.5785440?cmp=rss

Man, 70, pulled out alive in Turkey as quake's death toll hits 60

Rescue workers extricated a 70-year-old man from a collapsed building in western Turkey on Sunday, some 34 hours after a strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea struck Turkey and Greece, killing at least 60 people and injuring more than 900.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/turkey-greece-earthquake-1.5785424?cmp=rss

U.K. minister says lockdown in England could be extended

The one-month lockdown for England announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson this weekend could be extended as Britain struggles to contain a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a senior cabinet member said on Sunday.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/uk-england-coronavirus-lockdown-1.5785420?cmp=rss

Promises, promises: After 4 years in the White House, which ones has Trump kept?

Donald Trump hasn't fulfilled every promise he made on the campaign trail in 2016, but the U.S. president has kept enough of them to fundamentally change the country. CBC News provides a bit of a scorecard for his four years in the White House. 

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-us-president-promise-1.5784117?cmp=rss

How the U.S. networks (and the CBC) will project a winner on election night

Twenty years after incorrectly calling Florida for Al Gore, U.S. networks are taking steps to ensure they won’t make the same kind of mistake again as they face the possibility of a drawn-out and disputed presidential vote count.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-us-election-calls-1.5783995?cmp=rss

As COVID-19 sweeps across Russia, hospitals buckle under the strain

While COVID-19 was ravaging densely populated parts of the U.S., Europe and India during the spring and summer, the hopeful thinking was that maybe Russia's vastness could slow the spread of the virus, but that optimism has evaporated.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-hospitals-covid-19-1.5783119?cmp=rss