Category Archives: Science
Turkey’s foreign minister tests positive for COVID-19
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister announced Wednesday that he tested positive for the coronavirus. Mevlut Cavusoglu, 54, said on Twitter that his symptoms were mild
Dutch probe criticizes government’s pandemic response
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands was inadequately prepared for the onslaught of the coronavirus pandemic two years ago and the government paid insufficient attention to the threat to people in care homes, according to an independent inquir...
Emergencies Act still needed as border blockades fall, Ottawa preps to act: ministers
OTTAWA — Liberal cabinet ministers defended the sweeping temporary powers now afforded to police under the Emergencies Act on Wednesday, even as major border blockades they decried for disrupting the economy have already been cleared. Prime Minister Ju...
Xi urges Hong Kong to get control as COVID-19 cases surge
HONG KONG (AP) — Coronavirus patients lay in hospital beds or open-air tens amid record numbers of infections as Hong Kong doggedly adheres to its “zero-COVID” strategy, and China's leader Xi Jinping said the local government's “overriding task” was to...
RCMP release names of 13 people arrested, charged at Coutts, Alta., border blockade
COUTTS, Alta. — The RCMP said Tuesday night that it has charged a total of 13 people with Criminal Code offences from the Coutts, Alta., border blockade protest. They include: -- Chris Carbert, 44, Chris Lysak, 48, Anthony Olienick, 39, and Jerry
GOP-controlled Arizona Senate passes 15-week abortion ban
PHOENIX (AP) — Republicans who control the Arizona Senate voted Tuesday to outlaw abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, moving to put a new ban in place ahead of a highly anticipated U.S. Supreme Court decision that could bring seismic
Arkansas Senate rejects push for Texas-styled abortion ban
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas' majority-Republican Senate rejected a push Tuesday for an abortion ban modeled after Texas' restrictive law, with abortion opponents divided about emulating their neighbor's approach as they await a key ruling from th...
AP sources: White House seeks another $30B for COVID battle
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is telling Congress that it needs an additional $30 billion to press ahead with the fight against COVID-19, officials said. Two
Justin Trudeau’s emergency law not the same as the one his father invoked in 1970s
MONTREAL — The similarities between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's decision to invoke the Emergencies Act on Monday and his father's use of a previous emergency law more than 50 years ago wasn't lost on Quebec Premier François Legault. "Of course I
Altria says judge has dismissed lawsuit over Juul investment
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tobacco giant Altria said Tuesday that an administrative law judge has dismissed a federal lawsuit alleging the company's partnership with e-cigarette maker Juul Labs amounted to an anticompetitive agreement that hurt consumers. ...
