Ex-prosecutor, foreign policy neophyte wins S Korea election
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative former top prosecutor and foreign policy neophyte, was elected South Korea’s president in a win expected to herald a drive to seek a stronger alliance with the United States and
Alberta rural municipalities say unpaid oilpatch taxes rising despite high oil prices
The amount of unpaid taxes energy companies owe to small-town Alberta is growing despite high oil prices, the province's rural municipalities said Tuesday. Rural Municipalities of Alberta says its members were owed more than $250 million at the end of...
University gets collection from lawyer who argued ‘Roe’ case
DENTON, Texas (AP) — Papers, pictures and other artifacts belonging to Sarah Weddington, a Texas lawyer who at the age of 26 successfully argued the landmark abortion rights case Roe v. Wade before the U.S. Supreme Court, will become part
Pentagon says Poland’s jet offer for Ukraine ‘not tenable’
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Pentagon on Tuesday rejected Poland's surprise announcement that it would give the United States its MiG-29 fighter jets for use by Ukraine, a rare display of disharmony by NATO allies seeking to boost Ukrainian fighters
Canadian military trainers deal with mixed emotions as Ukrainians defend from Russia
OTTAWA — Lt.-Col. Sarah Heer says it is absolutely "excruciating" watching from afar as friends and comrades that she helped train in the Ukrainian military a year ago are now forced to fight for their country. Heer finished her run as
Stacey Abrams qualifies for 2022 run for governor in Georgia
ATLANTA (AP) — Democrat Stacey Abrams became the biggest name so far to qualify to run for Georgia governor Tuesday, saying she is “trying again to do what’s right for Georgia" after losing narrowly to Republican Brian Kemp in 2018.
Attorney seeks to stop special election for Inhofe’s seat
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A high-profile Oklahoma attorney is asking the state Supreme Court to stop the special election for Oklahoma’s open U.S. Senate seat, arguing the U.S. Constitution does not allow a special election to fill the post until
Who’s in, who’s out and who else may enter the Conservative party leadership race
OTTAWA — With Sept.10 picked as the date for when the Conservative Party of Canada will have a new leader, time is ticking for prospective candidates and their teams to get into place. Those running have until April 19 to
German court rules for intel agency against far-right party
BERLIN (AP) — A court ruled Tuesday that Germany's domestic intelligence agency can designate the Alternative for Germany party as a suspected case of extremism, rejecting a suit by the far-right opposition party.
Experts question Tory MP’s bill to protect political belief in Human Rights Act
OTTAWA — A Conservative MP's bill to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act to prohibit discrimination based on political belief and activity would not have protected anti-vaccine mandate protesters who broke the law, legal experts say. Alberta MP Garnett...
