Morocco starts vaccinating children ages 12 to 17
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco has launched a campaign to administer COVID-19 vaccines to children from 12 to 17, becoming one of the first African countries to inoculate that age group.
Liberals pledge $2B to help ‘transition’ oil workers; Alberta communities lukewarm
CALGARY — The federal Liberals have pledged $2 billion to help workers in oil-producing provinces transition to a greener economy, but the proposal is getting a lukewarm reception in communities that might be beneficiaries of the funding. In Cold Lake,...
Israeli foreign minister promises closer look at NSO
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s foreign minister on Wednesday played down criticism of the country's regulation of the cyberespionage firm NSO Group but vowed to step up efforts to ensure the company's controversial spyware doesn't fall into the wrong hands....
New Brunswick premier says no urgency for vaccination passports in his province
FREDERICTON — Vaccine passports aren't needed right now in New Brunswick, but they could be issued in the future to make travel more easy within Canada, Premier Blaine Higgs said Wednesday. The province isn't seeing the high levels of cases and
White House details plans to improve housing affordability
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House officials are outlining plans to build and restore more than 2 million homes, a response to the volcanic rise in housing prices over the past year.
Teen sentenced in death of undercover detective, informant
CLEVELAND (AP) — A teenager involved in a botched robbery that ended with the fatal shooting last year of an undercover Cleveland detective and his informant has been sentenced to a term in the Ohio youth services facility.
Russian-brokered cease-fire takes hold in southern Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — A Russian-negotiated cease-fire took effect Wednesday in a volatile southern city, according to the Syrian opposition and state media.
Rep. Jamie Raskin’s book ‘Unthinkable’ coming out Jan. 4
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland is working on a memoir in which he will reflect on the Jan. 6 siege of the Capitol and the tragedy he suffered a week earlier when his 25-year-old son
President’s murder inquiry slow amid Haiti’s multiple crises
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — In the nearly two months since President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated, Haiti has suffered a devastating earthquake and a drenching tropical storm, the twin natural disasters deflecting attention from the man-made one that...
Nova Scotia premier dismisses CEO of health authority, abolishes board of directors
HALIFAX — Premier Tim Houston wasted no time implementing his campaign promise to reform his province's health system Wednesday, announcing the dismissal of the CEO of the Nova Scotia Health Authority and abolishing the agency's board of directors. Th...