Bargainers: Bipartisan deal near on trimmed $10B COVID bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers moved to the brink Thursday of shaking hands on a scaled-back bipartisan compromise providing a fresh $10 billion to combat COVID-19, a deal that could set up final congressional approval next week.
Ontario finance minister tests positive for COVID-19, says symptoms mild
TORONTO — Ontario's finance minister says he has tested positive for COVID-19. Peter Bethlenfalvy says he took a rapid test today after experiencing minor symptoms. Bethlenfalvy says he will be following all public health guidelines and will be working...
Kremlin demands rubles for gas, EU leaders push back
BERLIN (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted Thursday that the country’s natural gas must be paid for with rubles, a demand apparently intended to help bolster the Russian currency but one that European leaders say they will not comply
As Russia sees tech brain drain, other nations hope to gain
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Russia’s tech workers are looking for safer and more secure professional pastures. By one estimate, up to 70,000 computer specialists, spooked by
LGBTQ groups sue Florida over so-called ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gay rights advocates sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday to block a new law that forbids classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade.
Federal housing council calls for budget funding for urban, rural Indigenous people
OTTAWA — The government should invest at least $6.3 billion over this year and next to deal with the immediate housing needs of Indigenous people in urban, rural and northern communities, a federal council says. The National Housing Council's report sa...
UK still struggling to address Windrush scandal failings
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government agency that oversees immigration is still struggling to address many of the problems that upended the lives of thousands of people of Caribbean descent wrongly targeted as illegal migrants, an independent reviewer said...
UK, Russia foreign ministers visit India amid Ukraine crisis
NEW DELHI (AP) — The foreign ministers of Britain and Russia are visiting India as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to maintain ties with both Moscow and Western nations despite the worsening Ukraine war and humanitarian crisis.
US airport security screening to become more gender-neutral
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. airport security procedures will become more gender-neutral, with changes to scanners used for screening and the use of an “X” for travelers going through Precheck who do not identify as male or female, the Biden administration
RCMP officer hesitated after speeding by N.S. mass shooter on second day of killings
HALIFAX — In the seconds after a Mountie sped past a gunman wanted for a murderous rampage in Nova Scotia two years ago, the officer hesitated about whether to give chase, and by the time he did the suspect was
