WASHINGTON – It sounds like Justin Trudeau had the chance to needle his U.S. counterpart about Canada’s semifinal soccer win at the Tokyo Olympics. A readout from the Prime Minister’s office says Trudeau spoke today with President Joe Biden – and that Canada’s victory over the United States came up […]
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By Sarah El Deeb
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BEIRUT (AP) – After the massive explosion at Beirut’s port a year ago, only a small part of Ibrahim Hoteit’s younger brother was identified: his scalp. His brother was a large man, a firefighter, a martial arts champion, but Hoteit buried him in a container the size of a shoe […]
By Michael R. Sisak
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NEW YORK (AP) – An investigation into Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo found that he sexually harassed multiple current and former state government employees, state Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday. The nearly five-month investigation, conducted by two outside lawyers who spoke to 179 people, found that the Cuomo […]
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BOZALAN, Turkey (AP) – As Turkish fire crews pressed ahead Tuesday with their weeklong battle against blazes tearing through forests and villages on the country’s southern coast, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government faced increased criticism over its apparent poor response and inadequate preparedness for large-scale wildfires. Fed by strong winds […]
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden took quick action after his inauguration to start shifting federal inmates out of privately run prisons, where complaints of abuses abound. “It is just the beginning of my administration’s plan to address systemic problems in our criminal justice system,” Biden promised in January as […]
By Samuel Petrequin, Virginia Mayo And Mark Carlson
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TROOZ, Belgium (AP) – Visions of cars being swept away in a raging current keep coming back to trouble Eric Mouque. His wife, Cindy, gets triggered by the slightest noise. So when her husband turns on the hose to clean a few things, all she can think about are those […]
WASHINGTON (AP) – The United States served notice Monday that it will keep existing COVID-19 restrictions on international travel in place for now due to concerns about the surging infection rate because of the delta variant. It was the latest sign that the White House is having to recalibrate its […]
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WASHINGTON – A group of Capitol Hill and D.C. police officers are on the witness stand as the long-awaited hearings into the Jan. 6 riot get underway. The four were among those who endured the wrath of the crowd – supporters of Donald Trump aiming to prevent the certification of […]
By Elena De Luigi
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Canadians are expressing frustration at still being unable to drive across the border to the U.S. for a casual visit, even though their fully vaccinated American counterparts will soon be able to do so. The federal government recently said restrictions on U.S. citizens and permanent residents fully immunized […]
By Geir Moulson And Frank Jordans
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BERLIN (AP) – With just months to go before her 16-year leadership of Germany ends, Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday defended her efforts to promote gender equality and curb climate change but expressed regret that some decisions, in hindsight, were made too late. Merkel has generally resisted commenting on her […]
By Elaine Ganley
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PARIS (AP) – After months of government silence, leading rights organizations and grassroots groups on Thursday took France’s first class-action lawsuit targeting the nation’s powerful police machine to the highest administrative authority to fix what they contend is a culture of systemic discrimination in identity checks. The 220-page file, chock […]
What is a COVID-19 vaccine “breakthrough” case? It’s when a fully vaccinated person gets infected with the coronavirus. A small number of such cases are expected and health officials say they’re not a cause for alarm. COVID-19 vaccines work by teaching the body to recognize the virus. So if you’re […]
