Georgia to hold run-off elections as fate of U.S. Senate hangs in the balance

Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff will face off in a Jan. 5 runoff in Georgia for Perdue's Senate seat.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/georgia-run-off-senate-election-races-1.5793789?cmp=rss

Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows diagnosed with COVID-19

U.S. President Donald Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows has been diagnosed with the coronavirus as the nation sets daily records for confirmed cases for the pandemic.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/white-house-chief-of-staff-mark-meadows-covid-19-1.5793846?cmp=rss

Aung San Suu Kyi expected to win Myanmar election even as some voters question her democratic ideals

Myanmar's citizens go to the polls Sunday in an effort to sustain the fledgling democracy they helped install just five years ago. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and her party are expected to again top the polls, but some critics feel her administration has failed to embrace democratic principles.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/myanmar-election-preview-1.5792485?cmp=rss

Russian media serve up smugness, mockery after U.S. vote

In the aftermath of the still-to-be-officially-called U.S. election, the hot take from Russian state TV pundits was that the election's chaotic, indecisive conclusion demonstrates how far the mighty superpower has fallen.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/u-s-election-russia-media-reaction-1.5792588?cmp=rss

Thai pro-democracy activists 'not alone' in their fight, says Hong Kong lawmaker

As a new pro-democracy movement called the Milk Tea Alliance sprouts up in Asia, a Hong Kong lawmaker says the international community must stand in solidarity “to show the tyrannies in the world that … it's not a matter of one nation — it's a matter of all.”

source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-nov-6-2020-1.5792160/thai-pro-democracy-activists-not-alone-in-their-fight-says-hong-kong-lawmaker-1.5792799?cmp=rss

U.K.'s 1st mass COVID-19 testing program underway in Liverpool

Hundreds of people were tested for the coronavirus in the English city of Liverpool as Britain's first mass coronavirus testing program got underway Friday.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/liverpool-mass-covid-testing-program-1.5792117?cmp=rss

Johnny Depp exits Fantastic Beasts films after losing U.K. libel suit

Johnny Depp has exited the Fantastic Beasts franchise following his failed libel case against The Sun tabloid newspaper over a 2018 article that labelled him a 'wife beater.'

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/johnny-depp-exits-fantastic-beasts-court-case-1.5792567?cmp=rss

U.S. economy added 638,000 jobs in October, slowest gain in 5 months

The U.S. economy created the fewest jobs in five months in October and more Americans are working part time, the clearest evidence yet that the recovery from the pandemic recession was slowing as fiscal stimulus ends and new COVID-19 cases explode.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/u-s-economy-jobs-1.5792425?cmp=rss

EU, NATO countries begin to tentatively consider change at the White House

France expects smoother trade relations with the United States should Democratic contender Joe Biden win the presidential vote, with greater alignment on sustainable development and more multilateral co-operation, trade minister Franck Riester said.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/world-us-election-reaction-1.5792241?cmp=rss

U.S. counties with highest virus surges overwhelmingly voted Trump, analysis shows

U.S. voters went to the polls starkly divided on how they see President Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic. But in places where the virus is most rampant now, Trump enjoyed enormous support.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid-19-counties-election-1.5792180?cmp=rss

Pennsylvania blues: Why Joe Biden struggles to connect with voters in his home state

The fact that Donald Trump won Pennsylvania's northeastern county of Luzerne in 2016 and 2020 might help explain why Democrat Joe Biden, who was born in neighbouring Scranton and took the slimmest of leads in the state Friday, didn't win Pennsylvania in a landslide.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-biden-pennsylvania-1.5791840?cmp=rss

4 ex-police officers charged in George Floyd killing to be tried together

A judge on Thursday rejected defence requests to move the trial of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's death, and also ordered that all four will be tried together instead of separately.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/minnesota-police-trial-floyd-1.5792100?cmp=rss

UN chief calls for de-escalation of tensions in Ethiopia's Tigray region

Ethiopia's federal military operations in the north have "clear, limited and achievable objectives," Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Friday, after the head of the United Nations said he was deeply alarmed by fighting in the country's Tigray region.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/un-ethiopia-tigray-1.5792068?cmp=rss

Former Spanish king is target of 3rd corruption investigation

Spanish Supreme Court prosecutors have opened a third corruption investigation involving former monarch Juan Carlos I of Spain, officials said Friday.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/spain-king-corruption-probe-1.5792076?cmp=rss

Biden gains ground in key states as Trump accuses Democrats, without evidence, of trying to 'steal' election

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden gained more ground on U.S. President Donald Trump in the battleground states of Georgia and Pennsylvania on Friday, edging closer to the White House hours after Trump falsely claimed the election was being "stolen" from him.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/biden-trump-us-election-friday-1.5792050?cmp=rss

Cayman Islands, Cuba in path of Eta after hurricane kills at least 50 in Central America

The remnants of Hurricane Eta unleashed torrential rains and catastrophic flooding on Central America, killing at least 50 people and turning streets into rivers in Guatemala, according to the country's president, Alejandro Giammattei.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/casualties-eta-tropical-storm-1.5791737?cmp=rss

Stock market rally continues despite continuing lack of clarity in U.S. vote count

Stock markets surged on Thursday as investors awaited the outcome of the U.S. presidential election and embraced the upside of more gridlock in Washington.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/markets-election-thursday-1.5790779?cmp=rss

NBA players approve plan for 72-game season beginning in December

The NBA's player representatives voted Thursday to support the notion of starting this coming season on Dec. 22, the date that the league has been targeting in its talks about how and when to get teams back on the floor for a planned 72-game season.

source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/nba/nba-player-vote-2021-season-1.5791976?cmp=rss

Continued congressional gridlock puts new pressure on Jerome Powell at the Fed

As Canada and the U.S. wait for jobs numbers on Friday, the world's most powerful central banker repeatedly suggested the burden to sustain the economy cannot be the agency's alone.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/u-s-congress-powell-fed-1.5791594?cmp=rss