Category Archives: Politics
N. Korea criticized as it takes helm of UN disarmament body
GENEVA (AP) — Dozens of mostly Western countries criticized North Korean “reckless actions” in its weapons programs as its government on Thursday took over the rotating presidency of the U.N.-backed Conference on Disarmament.
Spain fires captain whose soldiers knelt at Franco memorial
Madrid (AP) — Spain's armed forces have fired an army captain after a video showed some 30 soldiers of the officer's unit kneeling in front of the Valley of the Fallen mausoleum, the most potent existing symbol of the dictatorship
Myanmar violence has displaced more than 1 million, UN says
BANGKOK (AP) — The United Nations' humanitarian relief agency says the number of people displaced within strife-torn Myanmar has for the first time exceeded 1 million, with well over half the total losing their homes after a military takeover last
No more Turkey: Country in push to be known as ‘Türkiye’
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has sent a letter to the United Nations formally requesting that his country be referred to as “Türkiye,” the state-run news agency reported. The move is seen as part of a
German prosecutors drop probe of far-right ‘KKK’ group
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors said Thursday that they have closed an investigation of people suspected of founding a far-right group calling itself the National Socialist Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Deutschland.
Denmark gives ‘clear signal’ with EU defense policy vote
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said Thursday that he expects Denmark to join the European Union’s common defense policy after two-thirds of voters who cast ballots in a referendum supported abandoning a 30-year-old waive...
Live updates | U.S. to hold Russia accountable for crimes
UNITED NATIONS —The United States and its allies are vowing to hold Russia accountable for crimes committed by its forces since they invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.
Ontario Progressive Conservatives to form second majority government
TORONTO — Doug Ford and the Ontario Progressive Conservatives sailed to a second majority government Thursday with a campaign focused on roads and rebuilding to chart a course out of the pandemic, producing a victory so sweeping it toppled two
Key ridings to watch as Ontario voters go to the polls
TORONTO — It's election day in Ontario, with voters heading to the polls to pick their next provincial government. While this election is predicted to be one in which voters don't have a huge desire for change, there are several
NDP ‘out of touch,’ downfall forecast, say Liberals, Greens as spring sitting ends
VICTORIA — British Columbia's opposition parties left the legislature Thursday saying Premier John Horgan's New Democrats have lost touch with the realities facing the province and its people, while predicting the government's electoral defeat over a m...