Foreign Minister Champagne meets Belarus's exiled opposition leader in Lithuania

As he continues a European tour, Canada's top diplomat has met in Lithuania with the exiled opposition leader of Belarus.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/champagne-belarus-1.5764773?cmp=rss

New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern hopes to lead party to rare majority government

Opinion polls indicate Jacinda Ardern is on track to win a second term as prime minister in Saturday's general election in New Zealand. Her liberal Labour Party is polling well ahead of the conservative National Party.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/newzealand-election-preview-1.5764736?cmp=rss

Biden makes closing pitch to TV viewers — without Trump's interruptions

After a cacophonous debacle in the first presidential debate, American voters were given a chance on Thursday to watch, without interruption, the candidates vying for high office.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-biden-town-halls-1.5764625?cmp=rss

Thai PM vows to stay on as protesters defy his ban

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Friday he was not quitting after tens of thousands of anti-government protesters defied a ban on demonstrations and he warned them not to persist.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/thai-pm-protests-1.5764695?cmp=rss

China's Qingdao city says coronavirus cluster traced to two dock workers

The cause of an outbreak of the novel coronavirus at a hospital in the Chinese coastal city of Qingdao was traced to two infected dock workers, authorities said on Friday.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-qingdao-coronavirus-outbreak-dock-workers-1.5764700?cmp=rss