Health Canada authorizes Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines for kids 12 to 17 years old
OTTAWA — Health Canada has finally given the green light for Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to be used to inoculate kids as young as 12. The original approval for Moderna in December 2020 was only for people at least 18 years old. Moderna
Latino city in Arizona grew, but census says it shrank
SOMERTON, Ariz. (AP) — It’s a Thursday evening in Somerton, Arizona, and parents and students packed inside a middle school gym are roaring for the school’s wrestling team at decibels that test the eardrum.
Moldova marks 30 years of independence from Soviet rule
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldova’s pro-Western president was joined Friday in the capital Chisinau by her counterparts from Romania, Poland, and Ukraine to celebrate the country’s three decades of independence from Soviet rule.
Explainer: How dangerous is Afghanistan’s Islamic State?
The Islamic State offshoot that Americans blame for a deadly suicide attack outside the Kabul airport coalesced in eastern Afghanistan six years ago, and rapidly grew into one of the more dangerous terror threats globally.
Senate hopeful Lasry got property tax breaks in 2 states
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Alex Lasry, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin and son of a co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, benefitted from nearly $24,000 in property tax breaks in New York and Wisconsin that are supposed
Quebec reports 612 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths as hospitalizations rise
MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting 612 new cases of COVID-19 today but no additional deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus. Hospitalizations rose by seven, to 126, while the number of people in intensive care remained stable at 36. Cases and hospital...
Amsterdam to return Kandinsky work to pre-war owners’ heirs
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Amsterdam says it will return a valuable painting by Wassily Kandinsky to the heirs of a Jewish family that originally owned it, ending years of legal wrangling over the work that was sold at auction
Federal government posts $12.7B deficit for June, spending down and revenue up
OTTAWA — The federal government posted a deficit of $12.7 billion for June compared with a deficit of $33.6 billion in June 2020. The drop in the deficit came as spending dropped compared with a year ago when Ottawa spent billions
Queen Elizabeth II to attend UN climate change conference
LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II will attend the United Nations climate change conference in Scotland in November, organizers said Friday.
Akis Tsochadzopoulos, once prominent Greek politician, dies
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Akis Tsochadzopoulos, a once prominent Greek socialist politician who held nearly a dozen ministerial positions over two decades but later fell from grace, was convicted and imprisoned in one of Greece’s highest profile corruption...