Global National: Aug 10

It has now been nearly one thousand days since Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were put behind bars in China. A court in the city of Dandong is set to deliver a verdict in the Spavor case. Afghans trying to flee the Taliban through a special Canadian immigration program have been left behind at Kabul airport after learning they need valid passports to exit the country, according to a group helping them. After more than five years as premier of Manitoba, Brian Pallister said he won’t seek re-election. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned over a barrage of sexual harassment allegations Tuesday in a fall from grace a year after he was widely hailed nationally for his detailed daily briefings and leadership during the darkest days of COVID-19.