170 Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion arrive in New Brunswick on charter flight
MONCTON, N.B. — Olha Oliinyk displayed a broad smile as she stepped off a charter flight in Moncton, N.B., Tuesday as part of a group of 170 Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion. "I am really grateful because it was a
Spain’s scandal-hit former king postpones second trip home
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s former king has decided to postpone a second visit home since he established residence abroad after his reputation was tarnished by financial scandal, Spanish news agency EFE reported Tuesday.
Russia’s Navalny loses appeal on terrorist, extremist label
MOSCOW (AP) — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Tuesday lost an appeal contesting the decision by penitentiary officials to label him as “inclined to commit crimes of a terrorist or extremist nature.”
Issuing alert about N.S. gunman would have led to more dead police: RCMP official
HALIFAX — A senior Nova Scotia RCMP official says she has no regrets that an emergency alert was not sent during a killer's 13-hour rampage in 2020, saying doing so would have led to more dead police officers. Lia Scanlan, director
Swedish government survives key vote amid troubled NATO bid
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden's justice minister narrowly survived a no confidence vote in parliament Tuesday over surging crime, in a ballot that had threatened to topple Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson’s minority government as the country is j...
German minister rejects calls to tax growing oil profits
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's finance minister on Tuesday rejected calls by some in the country's governing parties to tax what they call “excessive profits” earned by oil companies since Russia's war in Ukraine spiked energy prices.
Czech president Milos Zeman vows to block same-sex marriages
PRAGUE (AP) — Czech President Milos Zeman said Tuesday that he is ready to veto, if it's approved by parliament, proposed legislation that would give same-sex couples in the country the right to hold civil weddings.
Clashes among New York Democrats after redistricting redo
NEW YORK (AP) — Two of New York's longest-serving members of Congress have turned from allies to rivals after a court redrew the state's congressional maps, scrambling the favorable landscape Democrats hoped to set for themselves this election year.
Past UK Conservative leaders who faced leadership challenges
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson may have survived a no-confidence vote, but his grip on power is far from secure. Many compare his
US woman pleads guilty to leading Islamic State battalion
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — An American woman who prosecutors say led an all-female battalion of Islamic State militants in Syria pleaded guilty on Tuesday in a case that a prosecutor called a first of its kind in the United States.