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• Parliament to reconvene on Dec. 5 to choose speaker, hear throne speech

  The House of Commons will reconvene on Dec. 5, for the first time since the 43rd general election. 

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  Politics
• Thick haze blankets New Delhi as air quality shrinks back to ‘severe’

  The air quality index exceeded 400, considered "severe'' and about eight times the recommended maximum.

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  World
• Superbugs to kill nearly 400,000 Canadians by 2050, report predicts

  The report's authors found that drug-resistant bacteria kills nearly as many Canadians as Alzheimer's disease.

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  Health
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• Trump vows to release transcript of April call with Ukraine’s president this week

  Trump's promise to release an account of his first conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy comes a day before House impeachment investigators begin public hearings.

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  World
• Hillary Clinton slams Boris Johnson for withholding Russian meddling report

  The British government says it has not seen evidence of "successful" Russian interference in UK elections, including the 2016 vote to leave the EU.

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  World
• Halifax man first to face trial for violating Canada’s international economic sanctions

  'This is the most interesting case we've ever seen in Canadian sanctions legislation and it hasn't even started yet,' says a Canadian law professor.

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  Canada
• U.K. Labour Party targeted by sophisticated, large-scale cyberattack

  The main opposition party says the attack did not succeed, because of ``robust security systems.'' The party is confident that no data breach occurred.

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  World
• Impeachment inquiry: Here’s who is set to testify as public hearings begin

  The witnesses will tell House investigators — and Americans tuning into the live public hearings — what they know about U.S. President Donald Trump’s actions toward Ukraine, including the July phone call with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that ignited the impeachment inquiry.

  3 hours

  World
• Islamic Jihad commander killed by Israeli airstrike in Gaza home

  In eastern Gaza, the Israeli strike killed Bahaa Abu el-Atta and his wife, setting off a furious barrage of dozens of rocket attacks reaching as far as the Tel Aviv heartland as Islamic Jihad vowed further revenge.

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  World
• Crews battle ‘catastrophic’ Australia wildfires amid high winds

  A catastrophic fire warning was in place for Sydney, Australia's largest city, where a large blaze threatened homes on Tuesday afternoon in northern suburban Turramurra, 17 kilometres from the city's downtown area.

  4 hours

  World
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• Hong Kong protesters block roads, clash with police as chaos continues

  The clashes followed an especially violent day in Hong Kong’s five months of anti-government demonstrations, in which police shot one protester and a man was set on fire.

  4 hours

  World
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• Bolivia’s former president accepts asylum, flies to Mexico as protests rage on

  The departure of Morales, who was part of a wave of leftists who dominated Latin America's politics at the start of the century, followed weeks of violent protests over allegations of fraud in the Oct. 20 election.

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  World
• Coyotes win in shootout, snap Capitals’ win streak at 6

  Conor Garland scored the shootout winner minutes after an apparent Capitals overtime goal was waved off by video review, and the Arizona Coyotes responded from blowing a big lead to beat Washington 4-3 Monday night.

  11 hours

  Sports
• ‘In cold blood’: Video showing Palestinian man shot by Israeli forces prompts investigation

  In Monday's incident, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Omar Badawi, 22, was shot in the chest in the Aroub refugee camp, near the city of Hebron, and later died of his wounds.

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  World
• New York City police face backlash after detaining 2 women selling churros

  Officers can be seen in cellphone footage captured Friday surrounding a woman who was selling the fried-dough pastries from a cart in a Brooklyn subway station.

  Nov 11

  World
• Mexico makes arrests in killings of 9 U.S. women, children: official

  Security Secretary Alfonso Durazo is not saying how many people have been arrested or giving any information on what organization they belong to.

  Nov 11

  World
• ‘We went through hell’: Polish orphan describes scars of Second World War

  "Maybe we would have starved someplace in Russia to death if we didn't go to India."

  Nov 11

  Canada
• WATCH: Global National – November 11

  Watch the full broadcast of Global National with Coleen Christie

  Nov 11
• U.S. forces say they’ll redeploy, work with Kurds to continue pressure on Islamic State

  The deployment of the mechanized force comes after US troops pulled out from northeastern Syria, making way for a Turkish offensive against Kurdish fighters that began last month.

  Nov 11

  World
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• Video shows moment plane landing in Chicago skids off runway

  American Airlines says there were no injuries and the incident was due to "icy conditions" at the airport.

  Nov 11

  Weather
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• Here’s what you need to know about Don Cherry

  This is far from the first time Cherry has made remarks deemed inappropriate or offensive.

  Nov 11

  Canada
• Mercury passes across sun’s face in rare 5-hour transit

  Stargazers used solar-filtered binoculars and telescopes to spot Mercury -- a tiny black dot -- as it passed directly between Earth and the sun on Monday.

  Nov 11

  World
• Don Cherry firing doesn’t solve problem his poppy comments highlighted, WWI historian says

  Steven Purewal, a historian who has long researched the contribution and sacrifice of Indian soldiers during the First World War, said the move was a missed opportunity.

  Nov 11

  Canada
• Scheer wants Trudeau to bring House of Commons back on Nov. 25

  The demand comes ahead of a meeting between the two on Tuesday.

  Nov 11

  Canada
• Don Cherry out as host of ‘Coach’s Corner’ following poppy controversy

  Long-time hockey commentator Don Cherry is out as co-host of Coach’s Corner following televised remarks where he claimed new immigrants don’t wear poppies and implied they don’t support veterans

  Nov 11

  Canada