6 AM · While you were asleep · Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Alberta votes to stay in Canada, Trump on Zelenskyy, France curfews, Japan's Mars moon mission, Rays to the World Series

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Alberta voters reject a path toward leaving Canada

About 76% of Alberta voters chose to remain in Canada rather than begin a process toward a binding second vote on separation, according to a CTV News Decision Desk projection; about 23.6% chose the separation path. Elections Alberta is releasing the…

✔ Sources: CP24 / CTV News, Al Jazeera, Anadolu Agency

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Trump says Zelenskyy should get "somebody else to negotiate"

President Trump told reporters outside the White House on Monday, "Maybe it's time for Zelenskyy to get somebody else to negotiate" to end the war with Russia, and said Zelenskyy "should have had settled this war a long time ago." Ukrainian President…

✔ Sources: Reuters via Yahoo News, Al Jazeera, Euronews

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France says targeted curfews brought a calm night after riots

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said "targeted curfews have contributed to the calm" overnight after a weekend of riots and looting. Partial curfews took effect Monday night in Paris, Bordeaux and Nice, and Lecornu said prefects and mayors will set new…

✔ Sources: ABC News, Asharq Al-Awsat (AFP), AP via Tribune-Star

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Japan launches a mission to bring back soil from a moon of Mars

Japan's space agency JAXA launched its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) probe on an H3 rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center. It is due to reach Mars in 2027, land on the moon Phobos, collect at least 10 grams of soil and return the samples to Earth in…

✔ Sources: CBS News, Axios

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Rays beat Guardians to reach the World Series against the Brewers

The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-3 in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series to reach the World Series, where they will face the Milwaukee Brewers. Neither team has won a World Series, AP reports, the first such matchup since…

✔ Sources: AP via NBC10 Philadelphia, WWSB (mysuncoast.com)

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