Tag Archives: Politics

ESTCOURT, South Africa (AP) - A South African court has rejected former South African President Jacob Zuma's request to postpone his current jail term. Zuma, who started his 15-month jail sentence Thu...

CAIRO (AP) - Jehan Sadat, 87, widow of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, the first Arab leader to make peace with Israel, died in Egypt on Friday, the country's state news agency MENA reported. I...

OTTAWA - The Canadian economy nearly recovered the jobs lost during third wave lockdowns as restrictions rolled back and businesses expanded their payrolls faster than expected in June. Statistics Can...

MONTREAL - Opposition party Qubec solidaire and a Black community group in Montreal are calling on the provincial government to introduce a policy governing how police interact with young, racialized ...

CHICAGO (AP) - A federal indictment filed Thursday charges a 28-year-old Chicago man in connection to a drive-by shooting of three undercover law enforcement officers, and it says the suspect told aut...

NEW YORK (AP) - A tearful, repentant Michael Avenatti, the brash lawyer who once represented Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against President Donald Trump, was sentenced Thursday to 2 1/2 years in prison ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden said Thursday the U.S. military operation in Afghanistan will end on Aug. 31, delivering an impassioned argument for exiting the nearly 20-year war without sacrif...

MONTREAL - Members of a Montreal-area First Nation's territory who are occupying a disputed parcel of land say they'll camp out "as long as it takes" to stop a proposed housing project. On Thursday af...

HALIFAX - Four days after revealing he was convicted of drunk driving as a young man, Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin faced more questions Thursday about his record and whether members of his caucus h...

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says extending a pandemic measure designed to avoid layoffs at companies will cost the federal treasury almost $600 million over three years. Most of the extr...