China calls COVID ‘lab leak’ theory a lie after WHO report
BEIJING (AP) — China on Friday attacked the theory that the coronavirus pandemic may have originated as a leak from a Chinese laboratory as a politically motivated lie, after the World Health Organization recommended in its strongest terms yet that
Live updates | Biden: Zelenskyy didn’t want to hear US info
LOS ANGELES — President Joe Biden, speaking to donors at a Democratic fundraiser here, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “didn’t want to hear it” when U.S. intelligence gathered information that Russia was preparing to invade.
Half a million passengers faced delays on international flights at Pearson in May
"Pearson airport is hell on earth." So declared Ryan Whitney, a former NHLer, in a social media post from Toronto’s main airport this week. The one-time Edmonton Oilers defenceman laid bare his exasperation after undergoing a gauntlet of lines, delays,...
Officials say congested radio system worked as designed during N.S. mass shooting
HALIFAX — The radio communications system used by the RCMP during Nova Scotia’s mass shooting worked as it was designed to — even if officers struggled to get messages through because of network congestion, officials told an inquiry Thursday. The syste...
Unemployment rate falls to new record low as wages ramp up: StatCan
OTTAWA — The Canadian job market continued to tighten in May as the unemployment rate hit another record low and wages continued to push higher, maintaining the pressure on the Bank of Canada to keep raising interest rates. Statistics Canada said
Canada’s SOA commitment: $27M on irregular migration, 4,000 more migrants by 2028
LOS ANGELES — Leaders from across the Americas, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, signed on Friday to what U.S. President Joe Biden called a "historic commitment" to ease the pressure of northward migration. The agreement, the central accomplis...
Israeli settlers at risk of losing special West Bank status
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank may soon get a taste of the military rule that Palestinians have been living under for 55 years.
Australia, New Zealand unite on China’s Pacific threat
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister said Friday after a meeting with his New Zealand counterpart that the two nations are in lockstep in their policies toward the Pacific islands, where China's influence is growing.
Capitol officer recounts Jan. 6 ‘war scene’ in her testimony
WASHINGTON (AP) — Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards described to lawmakers the “war scene” that she and other officers faced when rioters began viciously attacking them on Jan. 6, 2021.
Civilians flee intense fighting in contested eastern Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Civilians fled intense fighting in eastern Ukraine on Friday as Russian and Ukrainian forces engaged in a grinding battle of attrition for key cities in the country's industrial heartland.