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Battle that led to Haiti's independence among names of new Montreal metro stations
MONTRAL - Montreal Mayor Valrie Plante has unveiled the names of five new stations that will extend the subway system into the city's east end. Plante says the names were chosen to celebrate women and...
Sep 09, 2025

Iran and the IAEA are expected to resume cooperation under agreement backed by Egypt
CAIRO (AP) - Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed an agreement Tuesday in Cairo to pave the way for resuming cooperation, including on ways of relaunching inspections of Iran's nucle...
Sep 09, 2025

Man accused of killing Ukrainian refugee on North Carolina train charged with federal crime
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department on Tuesday charged a man with a lengthy arrest record with the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina commuter train last month, meaning he ...
Sep 09, 2025

Quebecers have strongest opinions against public prayer, Leger poll suggests
MONTREAL - New polling suggests a public prayer ban is most popular among Quebecers, where 43 per cent of respondents believe organized prayers in public spaces should never be permitted. The Leger po...
Sep 09, 2025

Vancouver Chinatown stabbing suspect Donnelly testifies, tells of finding God
VANCOUVER - The man accused of stabbing three people at a festival in Vancouver's Chinatown in 2023 is testifying at his trial, telling the court how he found religion. Blair Donnelly, who has pleaded...
Sep 09, 2025

Macron appoints Defense Minister Lecornu as France's latest prime minister
PARIS (AP) - French President Macron late Tuesday appointed Defense Minister Sbastien Lecornu as France's new prime minister, the country's fourth in about a year. Lecornu, 39, is the youngest defense...
Sep 09, 2025

Missouri Republicans advance Trump-backed plan to redraw US House districts
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri's Republican-led House turned aside Democratic objections Tuesday and passed a plan backed by President Donald Trump to redraw the state's congressional districts s...
Sep 09, 2025

Gananoque, Ont., mayor wants to clamp down on Quebec parking scofflaws — literally
MONTREAL - The mayor of a town in eastern Ontario is proposing to clamp down on Quebec drivers who incur parking tickets by immobilizing their vehicles until they pay. Gananoque Mayor John Beddows inc...
Sep 09, 2025

Georgia judge to toss landmark racketeering charges against 'Cop City' protesters
ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia judge on Tuesday said he will toss the racketeering charges against all 61 defendants accused of a yearslong conspiracy to halt the construction of a police and firefighter tr...
Sep 09, 2025

Over 350 Greenlandic women and girls forcibly given contraception by Danish officials, report says
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - More than 350 Greenlandic Indigenous women and girls, including some 12 years old and younger, were forcibly given contraception by Danish health authorities in cases that d...
Sep 09, 2025