Skip to content

Search results for ""

Order
Filter by category
Brazil’s Bolsonaro planned and participated in a 2022 coup plot, an unsealed police report alleges

Brazil’s Bolsonaro planned and participated in a 2022 coup plot, an unsealed police report alleges

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro was fully aware of and actively participated in a coup plot to remain in office after his defeat in the 2022 election , according to a Federal Police report unsealed Tuesday.
Read more >
Australia's House of Representatives passes bill that would ban young children from social media

Australia's House of Representatives passes bill that would ban young children from social media

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that would ban children younger than 16 years old from social media , leaving it to the Senate to finalize the world-first law.
Read more >
Almost all of the polls have closed in Nova Scotia's provincial election

Almost all of the polls have closed in Nova Scotia's provincial election

HALIFAX — Virtually all of the polls have closed across Nova Scotia after an election campaign that saw Progressive Conservative Premier Tim Houston ask voters for a new mandate to send a strong message to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Read more >
Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah agree to a ceasefire after nearly 14 months of fighting

Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah agree to a ceasefire after nearly 14 months of fighting

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel approved a ceasefire agreement with Lebanon's Hezbollah militants on Tuesday that would end nearly 14 months of fighting linked to the war in the Gaza Strip. The ceasefire, starting at 4 a.m.
Read more >
The latest on the Nova Scotia provincial election

The latest on the Nova Scotia provincial election

Nova Scotians have gone to the polls after a campaign during which the Progressive Conservatives asked voters for a second term in office, and the NDP and Liberals both pledged to make life more affordable and fix the housing shortage.
Read more >
Nebraska judge's ruling moves the state closer to legalizing medical marijuana

Nebraska judge's ruling moves the state closer to legalizing medical marijuana

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Three weeks after Nebraska voters overwhelmingly approved medical marijuana the state moved a step closer to allowing it Tuesday when a judge ruled that the petitions that put the question on the ballot were valid.
Read more >
Canadiens' Mike Matheson out against Utah with lower-body injury

Canadiens' Mike Matheson out against Utah with lower-body injury

MONTREAL — Montreal Canadiens defenceman Mike Matheson was not available for Tuesday's game against the Utah Hockey Club due to a lower-body injury. The Canadiens announced his injury half an hour before puck drop.
Read more >
Saskatchewan NDP motion to scrap gas tax fails in legislature

Saskatchewan NDP motion to scrap gas tax fails in legislature

REGINA — An Opposition emergency motion to suspend the provincial 15-cent-a-litre gas tax failed in the Saskatchewan legislature Tuesday, with Premier Scott Moe saying there are other ways to save people money.
Read more >
Australia's House of Representatives passes bill that would ban young children from social media

Australia's House of Representatives passes bill that would ban young children from social media

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that would ban children younger than 16 years old from social media , leaving it to the Senate to finalize the world-first law.
Read more >
A fugitive wanted in the US for a pair of bombings is arrested in the UK after 20 years on the run

A fugitive wanted in the US for a pair of bombings is arrested in the UK after 20 years on the run

LONDON (AP) — A suspected animal rights extremist wanted in the U.S. for bombings in the San Francisco area was arrested in Britain after more than 20 years on the run from the law, officials said Tuesday.
Read more >