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House of Commons to vote on bill for dental care benefit, rental support this week
OTTAWA - A major part of the federal government's affordability plan is expected to pass final reading in the House of Commons this week, after the Liberals fast-tracked Bill C-31 through the health c...
Oct 25, 2022
Ash Carter, defense chief who opened jobs to women, dies
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ash Carter, who served as secretary of defense in the final two years of the Obama administration and opened military jobs to women and ended a ban on transgender people serving in t...
Oct 25, 2022
South Africa says Ethiopia peace talks have begun on Tigray
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Peace talks to end Ethiopia's Tigray conflict have begun in South Africa, a South African government spokesman said Tuesday. It is the highest-level effort yet to end...
Oct 25, 2022
Uganda: Fire at boarding school for the blind kills 11
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - A fire at a boarding school for blind students killed 11 people, including children, in a rural community just outside Uganda's capital, Kampala, police said Tuesday. Police sai...
Oct 25, 2022
Rishi Sunak becomes British prime minister
LONDON (AP) - Rishi Sunak has become British prime minister after being asked to form a government by King Charles III. Sunak met at Buckingham Palace with the king, who had just accepted the resignat...
Oct 25, 2022
Russian court hears appeal by Griner against 9-year sentence
MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian court on Tuesday started hearing American basketball star Brittney Griner's appeal against her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession. Griner, an eight-time all-star cen...
Oct 25, 2022
Russian court hears appeal by Griner against 9-year sentence
MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian court on Tuesday started hearing American basketball star Brittney Griner's appeal against her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession. Griner, an eight-time all-star cen...
Oct 25, 2022
CAF ombudsman critical and Emergencies Act probe continues: In The News for Oct. 25
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 25 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Oct 25, 2022
Israeli troops raid gunmen's hideout; 5 Palestinians killed
NABLUS, West Bank (AP) - Israeli forces raided a stronghold of an armed group in the occupied West Bank's second largest city, blowing up an explosives lab and engaging in a firefight, the military sa...
Oct 25, 2022
Kessel ties NHL ironman record, Vegas tops Leafs 3-1
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Phil Kessel matched the NHL record for consecutive games played, Chandler Stephenson scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Toron...
Oct 25, 2022