Cyprus holds rig security drills amid hydrocarbon tensions
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Ships and aircraft from eight nations took part on Wednesday in annual drills to boost safety and security procedures on vessels and oil rigs off Cyprus' southern coastline amid ongoing tensions with neighboring Turkey over compe...
Investors bet big on climate fight but motives questioned
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Governments and big investors announced fresh plans Wednesday to pour trillions of dollars into curbing global warming, reflecting the financial world's growing embrace of efforts to fight climate change as both a business nece...
EU lawmakers meet Taiwan premier in first official visit
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Bumping their elbows in greeting, European lawmakers met with Taiwan's premier on Wednesday in the first official visit of a European Parliament delegation to the self-ruled island, which is also claimed by China.
Italy-Croatia fight over Prosecco name gets ready to pop
PROSECCO, Italy (AP) — On tiny pockets of terraced terrain overlooking a bay shared by Italy, Slovenia and Croatia, Milos Skabar is reviving a centuries-old winemaking tradition known as Prosekar, which shares roots with its better-known bubbly cousin,...
Poland protests to Belarus over ‘intrusion’ by armed forces
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's foreign ministry said Wednesday that it summoned a Belarusian diplomat over an “intrusion” into Polish territory of "uniformed individuals armed with long guns.”
Pandemic, politics drive Xi’s absence from global talks
BEIJING (AP) — This week's global climate talks in Scotland and the recent G-20 summit in Rome aren't the only international meetings that China's leader has not attended in person. Xi Jinping hasn't left China in nearly 22 months, since
O’Toole versus the grassroots: Conservative leader finds himself divided from base
OTTAWA — Erin O'Toole insists the Conservative caucus is united behind his leadership. But can he be as confident about the party's grassroots? The reaction from a handful of third-party organizations, which represent swaths of the Conservative faithf...
UN report says Ethiopia’s war marked by ‘extreme brutality’
GENEVA (AP) — All sides in Ethiopia’s yearlong war in the Tigray region have committed abuses marked by “extreme brutality” that could amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, the U.N. human rights chief said Wednesday, noting
‘I just can’t book it’: Ontario drivers struggle to secure road tests amid pandemic
Anumeha Thakur has spent a large chunk of time during the COVID-19 pandemic trying to complete what used to be a relatively simple task – booking a driving test. The Brampton, Ont., resident had a test scheduled to obtain her G
France says Australia hits ‘new low’ leaking Macron texts
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia leaking French President Emmanuel Macron’s text messages to the media was a “new low” and a warning to other world leaders that their private communications with the Australian government could be weaponized and use...