Shanghai tightens lockdown despite falling COVID cases
BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in Shanghai have again tightened anti-virus restrictions, just as the city was emerging from a month of strict lockdown due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
Unionist party refuses to form new N Ireland government
LONDON (AP) — Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party, which lost last week’s local elections, refused Monday to return to a power-sharing government saying it will not do so until its demands over post-Brexit customs arrangements are met.
Russian envoy to Poland hit with red paint at war cemetery
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Russia's ambassador to Poland was splattered with red paint thrown at him by protesters opposed to the war in Ukraine, preventing him from paying respects on Monday at a Warsaw cemetery to Red Army soldiers who
New South Korea leader offers support if North denuclearizes
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative political neophyte, took office Tuesday as South Korea’s new president with a vow to pursue a negotiated settlement of North Korea’s threatening nuclear program and an offer of “an audacious
Protests in New Delhi halt demolition in Muslim neighborhood
NEW DELHI (AP) — Authorities in New Delhi stopped a demolition drive in a Muslim-dominated neighborhood after hundreds of residents and a number of opposition party workers gathered in protest Monday.
Biden announces program offering discounted internet service
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Monday that 20 internet companies have agreed to provide discounted service to people with low incomes, a program that could effectively make tens of millions of households eligible for free service throu...
Ontario Liberals would draw from contingency funds to pay for promises
TORONTO — A Liberal government in Ontario would count on a renegotiated federal child-care deal and "efficiencies" in procurement to pay for promises that include affordable housing, subsidized transit and an end to for-profit long-term care, the party...
‘Welcome home, Mary’: Gov. Gen. Mary Simon begins tour of Nunavik
KUUJJUAQ, Que. — Mary Simon faced some tough questions in three languages Monday from students at the Jaanimmarik School in Kuujjuaq, a community in northern Quebec. They asked about her favourite memories growing up in Nunavik (fishing, hunting and be...
Where the Ontario leaders are on the campaign trail for May 9
TORONTO — Here's where the leaders of Ontario's main political parties are today: ____ Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford No scheduled events. ____ NDP Leader Andrea Horwath Sudbury. Announces plan to make life better and more affordable for fam...
Former Alberta justice minister loses bid to stay contempt of court decision
EDMONTON — A former Alberta justice minister has failed to persuade a judge to set aside a ruling that found him in contempt of court for witness intimidation. Jonathan Denis failed to make a case for why the lower-court ruling should
