Russia hits Kyiv with missiles; Putin warns West on arms
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia took aim Sunday at Western military supplies for Ukraine, launching airstrikes on Kyiv that it claimed destroyed tanks donated from abroad, as Vladimir Putin warned that any Western deliveries of longer-range rocket systems ...
North Korea test-fires salvo of short-range missiles
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea test-fired a barrage of short-range ballistic missiles from multiple locations toward the sea on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, extending a provocative streak in weapons demonstrations this year that U.S. and...
Former Alberta finance minister stresses unity at campaign launch for UCP leadership
CALGARY — Alberta's former finance minister officially launched his campaign to succeed Premier Jason Kenney as leader of the United Conservative Party on Saturday by stressing the need for unity and warning against the dangers of division. Travis Toew...
Communities across B.C. brace for potential flooding this weekend and next week
SPENCES BRIDGE, B.C. — It's been just over a week since Steven Rice was allowed to return to his home along Highway 8 in British Columbia's Interior and the river that forced him to evacuate six months ago is surging
Russian agent Kovtun, accused in spy poisoning, dead at 57
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian agent Dmitry Kovtun, who was accused by the U.K. authorities in the poisoning death of former spy Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006, has died at 57.
Biden evacuated after plane entered airspace near beach home
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — A small private airplane mistakenly entered restricted airspace near President Joe Biden's Delaware vacation home Saturday, prompting the brief evacuation of the president and first lady, the White House and the Secret Servi...
Carlos Leitao adds his name to the list of Quebec Liberals not running this fall
MONTREAL — A former Quebec finance minister is adding his name to the list of prominent Liberals who aren't running in the fall provincial election. Carlos Leitao told Radio-Canada he won't vie for a third term in the western Montreal riding
Cambodians vote in local election amid intimidation, threats
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodians headed to the polls Sunday in local elections that are their first chance to vote since the ruling party of long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen swept a 2018 general election that was widely criticized
High-profile candidates try to break Dem, GOP control
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A former lawmaker in Oregon who as a young woman flew a helicopter around an erupting Mount St. Helens is aiming to shake up state politics by running as an unaffiliated candidate for governor.
Tulsa shooting puts focus on waiting periods for gun buyers
SEATTLE (AP) — When he was sentenced for killing three teenagers and gravely wounding another at a house party north of Seattle, Allen Ivanov said he was sorry and that he couldn't explain why he did it.