Category Archives: Politics
Ontario budget projects larger deficit, billions for infrastructure ahead of election
TORONTO — Ontario's Progressive Conservatives are veering off a path to balance with an election budget loaded with billions of dollars in hospital, highway and transit investments. The document, set to serve as the Tory platform during a campaign e...
Ontario Greens look to other provinces as they campaign to grow their caucus of one
TORONTO — Ontario’s Greens are hoping to build on momentum from their first-ever provincial win and grow their caucus of one this spring – or at least hold onto the seat they won four years ago. Greens have grown into influential
Live updates | Russia-Ukraine War
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia pounded targets from practically one end of Ukraine to the other Thursday, including Kyiv, bombarding the city while the head of the United Nations was visiting in the boldest attack on the capital since Moscow’s forces
US tries to seize yacht in Fiji. But which oligarch owns it?
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A judge in Fiji is due to rule Tuesday on whether U.S. authorities can seize the luxurious superyacht Amadea — worth some $325 million — which has been stopped from leaving the South Pacific nation
In NYC, ads for jobs will have to say what they pay
NEW YORK (AP) — Help wanted. The job: putting one of the nation’s most far-reaching salary disclosure laws into practice. Location: New York City. Just four months
Most in US fear Ukraine war misinformation: AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of U.S. adults say misinformation around Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a major problem, and they largely fault the Russian government for spreading those falsehoods.
A political reckoning in Sri Lanka as debt crisis grows
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sherry Fonseka joined millions in 2019 in electing President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a military strategist whose brutal campaign helped end Sri Lanka’s 30-year civil war 10 years earlier.
A chilling Russian cyber aim in Ukraine: Digital dossiers
BOSTON (AP) — Russia's relentless digital assaults on Ukraine may have caused less damage than many anticipated. But most of its hacking is focused on a different goal that gets less attention but has chilling potential consequences: data collection.
Explosions rock Kyiv again as Russians rain fire on Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia pounded targets from practically one end of Ukraine to the other Thursday, including Kyiv, bombarding the city while the head of the United Nations was visiting in the boldest attack on the capital since Moscow's
Millionaire candidates pour cash into Ohio, Pa. Senate races
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Millionaire candidates and billionaire investors are harnessing their considerable personal wealth to try to win competitive Republican primaries for open U.S. Senate seats in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
