SpaceX capsule with 4 astronauts docks at International Space Station

SpaceX's newly launched capsule with four astronauts arrived Monday at the International Space Station, their new home until spring.

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Huawei selling off bargain phone brand in bid to survive U.S. sanctions

Chinese tech giant Huawei is selling its budget-price Honor smartphone brand in an effort to rescue the struggling business from damaging U.S. sanctions imposed on its parent company.

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Michigan governor calls Trump adviser's call to 'rise up' against COVID restrictions 'incredibly reckless'

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Monday she has the authority to issue a second stay-at-home order to curb the spiking coronavirus if necessary and called a comment by an adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump urging people to "rise up" against the latest restrictions "incredibly reckless."

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Top Syria diplomat Moalem, soft-spoken defender of Assad, dies at 79

Syria's longtime Foreign Minister Walid al-Moalem, an unyielding defender of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's bloody crackdown on peaceful protesters that sparked a decade-old conflict, died on Monday.

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Top Syria diplomat Moalem, soft-spoken defender of Assad, dies at 79

Syria's longtime Foreign Minister Walid al-Moalem, an unyielding defender of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's bloody crackdown on peaceful protesters that sparked a decade-old conflict, died on Monday.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/syria-foreign-minister-moalem-dies-1.5803705?cmp=rss

65 coronavirus cases recorded in WHO Geneva staff, internal email shows

The World Health Organization has recorded 65 cases of the coronavirus among staff based at its headquarters, including at least one cluster of infections, an internal email obtained by The Associated Press shows, despite the UN agency's past assertions that there has been no transmission at the Geneva site.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/who-geneva-staff-coronavirus-cases-1.5803533?cmp=rss

Michigan halts classes, indoor dining as coronavirus cases surge

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration on Sunday ordered high schools and colleges to stop in-person classes, closed restaurants to indoor dining and suspended organized sports — including the football playoffs — in a bid to curb the state’s spiking coronavirus cases.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/michigan-covid-19-restrictions-1.5803302?cmp=rss

IOC hopeful vaccine will be ready in time for Tokyo Olympics

Olympic "participants" and fans arriving for next year's postponed Tokyo Games will be encouraged to be vaccinated to protect the Japanese public, IOC president Thomas Bach said Monday.

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Moderna says its coronavirus vaccine appears to be 94.5% effective

For the second time this month, there's promising news from a COVID-19 vaccine candidate: Moderna said Monday its shots provide strong protection, a dash of hope against the grim backdrop of coronavirus surges in the U.S. and around the world.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/moderna-vaccine-test-coronavirus-1.5803266?cmp=rss

Trump's refusal to concede is legally irrelevant, but it could affect U.S. for years

Several supporters of the U.S. president say the only way they’ll accept his defeat is if they hear him concede. It's one takeaway from a weekend Trump rally in Washington: concession speeches might not matter legally, but make a big difference.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-concession-supporters-1.5803081?cmp=rss

Hurricane Iota threatens Central America just 1 week after Eta

A fast-strengthening Hurricane Iota is sweeping over the western Caribbean and predicted to become a very dangerous Category 4 storm as it heads for the same part of Central American battered by a similarly powerful Hurricane Eta just over a week ago.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hurricane-iota-threatens-central-america-just-1-week-after-eta-1.5803230?cmp=rss