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Ukraine President Zelenskyy to visit Canada this week: sources
OTTAWA - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to visit Canada this week after stops at the United Nations and the White House. Sources, who were granted anonymity to discuss matters not yet ...
Sep 19, 2023
Watchdog finds mismanagement, 'disturbing' lack of disclosure at Defence Department
OTTAWA - A federal watchdog says the Department of National Defence committed wrongdoing by contravening a law designed to help whistleblowers. Public sector integrity commissioner Joe Friday released...
Sep 19, 2023
Quebec's Anticosti Island recognized as a UNESCO world heritage site
MONTREAL - Quebec's Anticosti Island has been added to the list of UNESCO world heritage sites. The agency's world heritage committee announced today that the island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is bei...
Sep 19, 2023
At UN, Biden looks to send message to world leaders and voters about leadership under his watch
NEW YORK (AP) - President Joe Biden will use his annual address before the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday to make a robust case that the world must remain united in defending Ukraine against Russian...
Sep 19, 2023
Canada told allies before sharing allegations about India over B.C. killing: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging India to take allegations that the country had a role in the death of a Canadian citizen seriously, after New Delhi called the claims "absurd and motiv...
Sep 19, 2023
India expels Canadian diplomat after Canada links Indian agents to Sikh leader death
India struck back at Canada early Tuesday after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau linked agents of India's government to the shooting death of a Sikh leader near Vancouver. A statement from India's Minist...
Sep 19, 2023
UN chief says people are looking to leaders for action and a way out of the current global 'mess'
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Leaders of a world fractured by war, climate change and persisting inequality gathered under one roof Tuesday to hear the U.N. chief summon them to take united action on humanity...
Sep 19, 2023
Finland drawn against defending champion Canada in Davis Cup quarterfinals
LONDON (AP) - Finland's reward for beating the United States and Croatia to reach the knockout stage of the Davis Cup is a quarterfinal match against defending champion Canada. Finland has never reach...
Sep 19, 2023
Americans detained for years in Iran arrive in US after release and tearfully embrace loved ones
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans detained for years in Iran arrived home Tuesday after being freed as part of a politically risky deal that saw President Joe Biden agree to the release of nearly $6 billion...
Sep 19, 2023
Azerbaijan announces an 'anti-terrorist operation' targeting Armenian positions in Nagorno-Karabakh
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) - Azerbaijan on Tuesday began what it called an "anti-terrorist operation" targeting Armenian military positions in the Nagorno-Karabakh region and officials in that region said ...
Sep 19, 2023