How Jagmeet Singh channelled outrage for speech on Islamophobia and London attack
OTTAWA — Jagmeet Singh was pacing. The New Democrat leader, who typically starts his day with music or meditation followed by a virtual meeting with his team, was poised to address the House of Commons about terror and tragedy in less
Aid groups appeal to G-7 for cash to get shots into arms
FALMOUTH, England (AP) — Rich nations must do more than just donate surplus vaccines if they hope to end the COVID-19 pandemic, according to public health experts and humanitarian groups that are calling for money, increased production and logistical s...
Israeli police say woman with knife shot dead in West Bank
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police said a Palestinian woman carrying a knife ran toward an Israeli military checkpoint on Saturday and was shot dead by a private security guard.
Quebec reports 182 COVID-19 cases, three deaths as active cases drop below 2,000
MONTREAL — Quebec reported a seventh straight day of COVID-19 infections below the 200 case threshold on Saturday, with the number of active cases in the province dipping to its lowest level since September. Health officials reported 182 new COVID-19 c...
Germany’s Greens endorse 40-year-old lawmaker for chancellor
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s environmentalist Greens formally endorsed Annalena Baerbock as their candidate for chancellor Saturday, amid a slip in the party’s poll ratings fueled in large part by its own mistakes.
Canada paid a premium to get doses from Pfizer earlier than planned
OTTAWA — Canada paid a premium to get more than 250,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine delivered last December, weeks earlier than planned. The detail is contained in heavily redacted contracts released to the House of Commons health committee l...
Making history: The scramble to document presidents’ summits
If President Joe Biden has any private words with Russia’s Vladimir Putin at their meeting next week, U.S. interpreters and diplomats will be standing by to document their high-stakes encounter.
Thai capital to lift more restrictions against virus spread
BANGKOK (AP) — Some restrictions to protect against the spread of COVID-19 will be lifted in the Thai capital of Bangkok beginning early next week, the country's prime minister announced Sunday.
Calls grow for Ottawa to review settlement decisions for residential school survivors
Lawyer Teri Lynn Bougie still cries when she talks about the final message on her answering machine years ago from a residential school survivor, back when she was battling with federal government lawyers over his compensation. "We went round and round...
Second teenager charged over London shooting of BLM activist
LONDON (AP) — A second teenager appeared in court Saturday on a charge of conspiracy to murder over the shooting in south London last month of Sasha Johnson, a prominent member of the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.K.