Concerns over US terror threats rising as Taliban hold grows
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s top general said the United States could now face a rise in terrorist threats from a Taliban-run Afghanistan. That warning comes as intelligence agencies charged with anticipating those threats face new questions after the U...
Detainee says China has secret jail in Dubai, holds Uyghurs
A young Chinese woman says she was held for eight days at a Chinese-run secret detention facility in Dubai along with at least two Uyghurs, in what may be the first evidence that China is operating a so-called “black site”
Detainee says China has secret jail in Dubai, holds Uyghurs
A young Chinese woman says she was held for eight days at a Chinese-run secret detention facility in Dubai along with at least two Uyghurs, in what may be the first evidence that China is operating a so-called “black site”
Wall Street opening lower amid pandemic, Afghanistan worries
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares on Wall Street are slipping at the open amid worries about surging coronavirus infections in Asia and concerns about the long-term impact from the Afghan government’s collapse. The S&P 500 lost 0.4% in early trading.
Malaysian PM resigns after failing to get majority support
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin resigned on Monday after less than 18 months in power, apologizing for his shortcomings but blaming those “hungry for power.”
Nova Scotia party leaders make final appeal to voters on election campaign’s last day
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's three main party leaders rallied supporters and made final pitches to voters on the eve of Tuesday's provincial election. A contest that many thought would be a foregone conclusion for the incumbent Liberals has drawn tighter ov...
‘Keeping these people alive’: A volunteer team works to reverse overdoses in Edmonton
EDMONTON — A woman winces as a volunteer crouches down, lifts up her dress and looks at a deep gash running along her right leg. "You need to go to the hospital right now," Angie Staines says, as the woman slumps
Government arguing unprecedented application of fraud law in Meng case: lawyer
VANCOUVER — A lawyer for Meng Wanzhou accused Canada's attorney general of turning fraud law "on its head," as the Huawei executive's formal extradition hearing resumed Monday. Defence lawyer Mark Sandler told a B.C. Supreme Court judge that governmen...
EXPLAINER: Western states face first federal water cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials on Monday are expected to declare the first-ever water shortage from a river that serves 40 million people in the West, triggering cuts to some Arizona farmers next year amid a gripping drought.
California fire threatens homes as blazes burn across West
QUINCY, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of homes in Northern California remain threatened by the nation's largest wildfire as unstable weather creates a high danger of new blazes erupting across the West.