B.C. family court mediation not adequate for domestic violence victims: advocates
VANCOUVER — New provincial family court rules in British Columbia meant to resolve legal matters without going to court have been called "effective" by the province, but some lawyers and advocates say they don't adequately address the needs of victims
Live updates: UN chief wants Ukraine humanitarian cease-fire
The United Nations chief has launched an initiative to immediately explore possible arrangements for “a humanitarian cease-fire in Ukraine” in order to allow the delivery of desperately needed aid and pave the way for serious political negotiations to ...
Ukraine war threatens food supplies in fragile Arab world
BEIRUT (AP) — Layal Aswad was already exhausted by Lebanon’s devastating two-year economic collapse. Now, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sends food and energy prices soaring even further, she finds herself struggling to put food on the table for her
Workers strike across India for labor rights, better pay
NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of workers began a nationwide two-day strike across India on Monday to express their anger at the government’s economic policies and press their demands for improved rights for industrial workers, employees and farmers.
US, Filipino forces start war drills in region facing Taiwan
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of American and Filipino forces began on Monday one of their largest combat exercises in years that will include live-fire maneuvers, aircraft assaults, urban warfare and beach landings in a showcase of U.S. firepow...
Nuclear fears in US amid Russia-Ukraine war: AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia’s war on Ukraine has most Americans at least somewhat worried that the U.S. will be drawn directly into the conflict and could be targeted with nuclear weapons, with a new poll reflecting a level of anxiety
Jan. 6 committee votes to hold Scavino, Navarro in contempt
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol voted unanimously to hold former Trump advisers Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino in contempt of Congress for their monthslong refusal to comply with subpoenas.
Solomons PM says no regional risk in China security deal
CANBERRA, Australa (AP) — Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare on Tuesday rejected concerns that regional saftey would be jeopardized by a security treaty between the South Pacific island nation and China.
N. Korea’s Kim vows to develop more powerful means of attack
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Monday leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to develop more powerful means of attack, days after the country's first intercontinental ballistic missile launch in more than four years.
At Oscars, Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill target of joke
At the Oscars, they said gay. The first political salvo of Sunday night’s Academy Awards in Los Angeles came in the opening monologue, when Wanda Sykes —
