Infantino asks England to exempt players from quarantine
Demanding that all players be released for World Cup qualifiers, FIFA president Gianni Infantino has asked British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to lift quarantine requirements for footballers to allow them to travel next week to play for their countrie...
Women’s rights activist recounts pain of leaving Afghanistan
DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Zarifa Ghafari was a shining example of the new Afghanistan that many of the nation's people hoped would emerge after years of Taliban rule: a young female mayor appointed in a country where women's rights were
Canada’s last military flight to leave Kabul Thursday, as Monsef admonishes Taliban
The Canadian military will end its mission at Kabul airport on Thursday, as Liberal cabinet minister Maryam Monsef sparked controversy by using the term "brothers" to challenge the Taliban to protect those left behind. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan sa...
Report: Most federal election security money remains unspent
Congress provided hundreds of millions of dollars to shore up the nation's election system against cyberattacks and other threats, but roughly two-thirds of the money remained unspent just weeks before last year's presidential election.
Experts on WHO team say search for COVID origins has stalled
LONDON (AP) — The international scientists dispatched to China by the World Health Organization to find out where the coronavirus came from said Wednesday the search has stalled and warned that the window of opportunity for solving the mystery is
N.B. Medical Society seeks major financial boost to province’s ailing health system
FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick Medical Society is calling on the provincial government to invest more money in health care in order to improve accessibility to care for New Brunswickers. The group, which represents more than 2,000 practising, future a...
Quebec government asks companies to delay return to office as COVID-19 cases rise
MONTREAL — Quebec is asking companies across the province to reconsider sending employees back to offices until the COVID-19 situation in the province improves, warning that a large percentage of outbreaks in previous waves occurred in workplaces. The ...
Recount ordered for Cape Breton riding after close result in Aug. 17 election
SYDNEY, N.S. — A judicial recount has been ordered for the electoral district of Glace Bay-Dominion in Cape Breton, N.S., after a close result in that riding during the recent Nova Scotia election. NDP candidate John Morgan lost the riding by
German show traces Nazi-era artists’ success after the war
BERLIN (AP) — A new show examining how some of the Nazis' favorite visual artists were able to successfully continue their work in postwar Germany is set to open in Berlin this week.
Feds eye new rules to protect right whales from fishing gear
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Federal ocean regulators are considering new rules to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales from fishing gear.