Report: UK military failing to protect women from abuse
LONDON (AP) — Around two-thirds of female veterans in the British armed forces have experienced bullying, harassment or discrimination in their careers, a parliamentary report said Sunday.
French parliament OKs restaurant COVID pass, vaccine rules
PARIS (AP) — France's parliament approved a law early Monday requiring special virus passes for all restaurants and domestic travel and mandating vaccinations for all health workers.
Israeli airlines launch first direct flights to Morocco
JERUSALEM (AP) — Two Israeli airlines launched their first commercial flights between Israel and Morocco on Sunday, less than a year after the countries officially normalized relations.
RCMP spied on Canadian nationalist committee as it pushed pro-independence agenda
OTTAWA — Canada's spy service closely monitored the burgeoning nationalist movement in the 1960s and '70s, poring over pamphlets, collecting reports from confidential sources and warily watching for signs of Communist infiltration, once-secret records ...
2 Turkish soldiers killed in north Syria; 2 others wounded
ISTANBUL (AP) — Two Turkish soldiers were killed and two others were wounded in an attack in northern Syria, Turkey’s defense ministry said Sunday.
Fire in Chinese warehouse kills 15, injures 25
BEIJING (AP) — A fire at a warehouse in China's northeast killed 15 people and injured 25, the city government announced Sunday.
113 killed in western India landslides, monsoon flooding
NEW DELHI (AP) — Days of landslides and flooding triggered by heavy monsoon rains in western India’s Maharashtra state killed at least 113 people and injured 50, officials said Sunday, as rescuers scrambled to find at least 100 missing.
N.S. Liberals to make announcement on rural fire department infrastructure
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Liberal Leader Iain Rankin is set to make an announcement about rural fire department infrastructure in Mount Uniacke. Rankin will be continuing his campaign along with the other party leaders as a part of the province's general
AP Interview: PM says Iraq doesn’t need US combat troops
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister says his country no longer requires American combat troops to fight the Islamic State group, but a formal time frame for their redeployment will depend on the outcome of talks with U.S. officials this
In French Polynesia, Macron tackles virus, China’s ambitions
PAPEETE, French Polynesia (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron is visiting French Polynesia to showcase France’s commitment to the region amid concerns about the impact of climate change on the Pacific island territory, the legacy of French nuclear testing...