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Concerns about rising crime and repeat offenders have sparked national debate over whether Canada’s justice system is too ...
Russian drones strike Ukraine's 2nd-largest city, damaging a maternity hospital
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone barrage targeted the center of Kharkiv on Friday, injuring nine people and damaging a maternity hospital in Ukraine’s second-largest city, officials said.
Trump wants mass deportations, but US views of immigration are more positive since he took office
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just months after President Donald Trump returned to office vowing mass deportations, the share of U.S. adults saying immigration is a “good thing” for the country has jumped ...
Tired of put-downs, Tennessee town corrects the record with play about the Scopes trial it hosted
DAYTON, Tenn. (AP) — A small town in eastern Tennessee courted national publicity and attention a century ago when local leaders planned a test trial over the teaching of evolution in public schools.
KLEIN: Canada’s electric vehicle mandate is a mistake that needs repeal
When a government starts telling you what kind of car to buy, it’s overstepping. That’s exactly what Canada’s electric ...
US commander says China has failed to coerce rival states in South China Sea
The Philippines brought its conflicts with China in the South China Sea to international arbitration in 2013, a year after a tense standoff over a disputed shoal which Beijing’s forces surrounded and ...
Wyoming's first new coal mine in decades to extract rare earths
No new Wyoming coal mine has opened in 50 years. Wyoming’s coal industry instead has shrunk substantially since its peak over ...
Amanda Anisimova or Iga Swiatek will be Wimbledon's eighth consecutive first-time women's champion
LONDON (AP) — Either Amanda Anisimova or Iga Swiatek will leave the All England Club’s grass courts as Wimbledon’s eighth consecutive first-time women’s champion.
Cambodian lawmakers pass constitutional amendment allowing government to revoke citizenship
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian lawmakers passed a constitutional amendment that would allow the government to draft legislation seeking to revoke the citizenship of anyone found guilty of ...
Kurdish separatist fighters in Iraq begin laying down weapons as part of peace process with Turkey
SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Fighters with a Kurdish separatist militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey began laying down their weapons in a symbolic ceremony Friday in northern ...
Gunmen abduct and kill 9 passengers from 2 buses on a southwestern Pakistan highway
Gunmen in southwestern Pakistan abducted and killed nine people after stopping two passenger buses on a highway Thursday ...
Burning of migrant boat effigy in Northern Ireland triggers police investigation
LONDON (AP) — Authorities in Northern Ireland are investigating a bonfire that featured effigies of migrants in a boat and a banner reading “stop the boats” to determine whether it was a hate incident ...