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Drake’s reissued album HABIBTI climbed from No. 116 to No. 2 on the Billboard 200 dated Oct. 17, with 71,000 equivalent units, outlets reported.
Somalia’s election commission set parliamentary elections for April 15, 2027 and a presidential vote for May 15, 2027, over opposition objections.
Kenya confirmed four more Ebola cases on Oct. 17, including three health workers who treated the first patient, bringing its total to seven.
A federal judge in Brooklyn dismissed the Justice Department’s lawsuit against New York City’s sanctuary laws, ruling that Washington lacked standing and cannot commandeer city officials.
Maple Leafs centre John Tavares is week to week with a lower-body injury suffered in Thursday’s 5-4 overtime loss to the Buffalo Sabres, the team said Saturday.
Stellantis workers in Canada began a two-day strike authorization vote Oct. 17, with Unifor to announce results Oct. 19 as talks stay stalled over the Brampton plant sale.
Maritime Launch Services, the Halifax company behind Spaceport Nova Scotia, said the TSX has conditionally approved its listing under the MAXQ symbol.
About 550,000 people joined French protests on Oct. 17 over schools and living costs, and a fire largely destroyed the town hall in Limoges.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in Yerevan that the world is falling short of its 2030 nature targets, days before COP17 opens.
First Nations leaders demanded Conservative candidate Mike Hicks retract his remark that First Nations must be conquered, as B.C. heads to the polls Oct. 24.