8-hour gap in Trump’s Jan. 6 White House phone records
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol has identified an almost 8-hour gap in official White House records of then-President Donald Trump's phone calls as the violence unfolded and his supporters stormed ...
Ontario launches new plan to prepare for health emergencies, including new bill
TORONTO — Ontario plans to recruit more nurses for underserved communities, boost the pay of personal support workers and make it easier for foreign health professions to get a job. The measures are among several detailed in the province's plan to
Seoul: N. Korea fired old ICBM, not new big one, last week
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea on Tuesday dismissed North Korea’s claim to have launched a newly developed intercontinental ballistic missile last week, accusing the country of firing a less-powerful existing weapon and fabricating data followin...
EU regulator starts reviewing Spanish COVID vaccine booster
MADRID (AP) — The European Union's drug regulator said Tuesday it has begun an accelerated review process for an experimental coronavirus vaccine booster made by the Spanish company Hipra.
Orthodox patriarch denounces ‘atrocious invasion’ of Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians on Tuesday denounced Russia's invasion of Ukraine as an “atrocious" act that is causing enormous suffering.
Biden is skeptical Russia is scaling back operations in Kyiv
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he wasn't yet convinced that Russia's announcement that it would scale back military operations near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv will lead to a fundamental shift in the war.
Protest in India’s capital on 2nd day of nationwide strike
NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of workers marched with the red flags of the labor unions and chanted anti-government slogans in India’s capital on Tuesday as part of a two-day nationwide strike that began Monday.
EXPLAINER: What would paying for natural gas in rubles mean?
BERLIN (AP) — Europe's already high gas prices have gyrated since Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans to have importers pay for Russian natural gas in rubles instead of dollars and euros.
Nova Scotia tables deficit budget with major health-care spending boost for 2022-23
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservative government is forecasting a $506.2-million deficit in its first budget as it focuses on an election campaign pledge to spend heavily on the province's ailing health system. The $13.2-billion budget for t...
Ontario to permanently set speed limits on some highway sections at 110 km/h
Ontario is keeping speed limits of 110 kilometres per hour on six sections of provincial highways. The province announced Tuesday that the boosted speed limits in some areas of highway, which had been introduced as a pilot project in 2019, would
