Biden dispatches Sullivan to meet China diplomat in Zurich
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is dispatching White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan for talks with senior Chinese foreign policy adviser Yang Jiechi in Switzerland as the two countries find themselves at odds on a variety of issues...
Israeli president in Ukraine to honor Holocaust victims
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Israel's president arrived in Ukraine on Tuesday to honor the victims of the Babi Yar massacre eight decades after one of the most infamous Nazi mass slaughters of World War II.
Supporters of Georgia’s Kemp counterattack after Trump rally
ATLANTA (AP) — Supporters of Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp are fighting back against Donald Trump and their own party leaders, angered by a rally last month in which the former president again attacked the state's chief executive.
Arizona can’t use COVID money for anti-mask grants, feds say
The Biden administration on Tuesday ordered Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey to stop using the state’s federal pandemic funding on a pair of new education grants that can only be directed to schools without mask mandates.
Alberta resumes COVID-19 contact tracing in schools, offers rapid testing
The Alberta government has announced new COVID-19 measures and reinstated some old ones to reduce pressure on the province's health-care system, including resuming contact tracing in schools. Premier Jason Kenney said Tuesday that COVID-19 remains a se...
Alberta’s NDP is calling for military help with COVID contact tracing in schools
EDMONTON — Alberta's Opposition is urging Premier Jason Kenney to use the military to do contact tracing for COVID-19 in schools. NDP education critic Sarah Hoffman says positive cases are increasing among elementary students. Eight critical care nurse...
UN report warns of global water crisis amid climate change
WASHINGTON (AP) — Much of the world is unprepared for the floods, hurricanes and droughts expected to worsen with climate change and urgently needs better warning systems to avert water-related disasters, according to a report by the United Nations' we...
‘Circuit-breaker’ measures imposed to stop COVID-19 surge in New Brunswick
HALIFAX — The New Brunswick government is imposing a series of tough health-protection measures — including gathering limits during the Thanksgiving holiday — to stop a surge in COVID-19 cases that is straining the province's health-care system. Among ...
Sajjan stands by military amid outrage over general’s new job on sex misconduct file
OTTAWA — Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan's office is standing by the military's decision to reassign a senior officer who wrote a reference for a convicted sex offender to a new job that involves reviewing ways to eliminate sexual misconduct from
Third-party conservative challenges Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin launched a campaign Tuesday to challenge Republican Sen. Mike Lee in Utah, a conservative state where McMullin made inroads with voters uncomfortable with then-candidate Dona...