Spain to invest $13 billion to build microchip industry
MADRID (AP) — The Spanish government on Tuesday announced a 12.3 billion euro ($13.2 billion) investment plan to convert the country into a major producer of microchips and help reduce the dependence of Spain and the European Union on other
WHO chief Tedros reappointed to second five-year term
LONDON (AP) — WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was reappointed to a second five-year term on Tuesday by the U.N. health agency’s member countries. No other candidate
WHO chief Tedros reappointed to second five-year term
LONDON (AP) — WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was reappointed to a second five-year term on Tuesday by the U.N. health agency’s member countries. No other candidate
Hong Kong Catholic cardinal denies charges over relief fund
HONG KONG (AP) — Arrested former Hong Kong Catholic leader Cardinal Joseph Zen and five others denied charges on Tuesday that they failed to register a relief fund aimed at assisting protesters who faced legal costs during 2019 anti-government protests...
No warmth for Russia at diplomatic conference on Antarctica
BERLIN (AP) — Russia received a frosty reception Tuesday at the start of an international conference on managing and protecting Antarctica, a rare point of diplomatic contact between Russia and other nations since the start of the war in Ukraine.
Schreiner’s ‘tough yet convivial’ persona resonates with Ontario voters, rivals
HUNTSVILLE, ONT. — Mike Schreiner has built up a reputation among political watchers as a likable, sharp and down-to-earth politician since he was elected as Ontario’s first provincial Green four years ago, and that perception made its way to a
‘It all comes back to lodging’: electrician says lack of housing slows construction
KUUJJUAQ, Que. — Daniel Gabois would usually be out hunting this time of year. Flocks of Canada geese have started to appear overhead in their V-formations, returning to nesting grounds in the northern Quebec region of Nunavik. That's the signal for
Trudeau faces chants, pounding drums as he walks through crowd at Kamloops memorial
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — An unmarked burial ground at the former Kamloops, B.C. residential school set off a reckoning for Canadians about their country's history and relations with Indigenous Peoples, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday. The prime minis...
‘A light of hope’: first of three flights bringing Ukrainians lands in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG — Kseniia Zinenko stepped outside of the Winnipeg airport Monday evening after a nine-hour flight from Poland to Manitoba's capital city. The 30-year-old is one of more than 300 Ukrainian nationals who were on a federally chartered flight to b...
Ontario parties attach different price tags to pledge to boost student grants
TORONTO — Three of Ontario's four main parties are pledging to reverse cuts to the province's student assistance program, but they've all attached different price tags to the promise. The program that converted many student loans to grants and made tu...