Tag Archives: Politics

TORONTO - Even without a full-blown trial, a judge was right to decide that placing inmates in solitary confinement amounts to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of their rights, Ontario's...

Alberta's oil-based economy, already reeling by reduced demand due to the novel coronavirus, is now getting a gut punch from global prices. The spiral of oil prices has accelerated due ...

OTTAWA - NDP ethics critic Charlie Angus wants the Liberal government to issue a moratorium on the use of controversial facial-recognition software by the RCMP. The U.S. firm Clearview AI claims to al...

WASHINGTON - American troops have begun leaving Afghanistan for the initial troop withdrawal required in the U.S.-Taliban peace agreement, a U.S. official said on Monday, amid political chaos in Kabul...

SCHIPHOL, Netherlands - As the trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian charged with multiple counts of murder for their alleged involvement in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 got under...

WASHINGTON - It was a blunt warning about the dangers of youth vaping: Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced late last month that his state had joined 38 others to investigate whether Juul Lab...

WASHINGTON - The Capitol's attending physician said Monday that "several" members of Congress had contact with a person who attended a recent political conference and who subsequently developed COVID-...

LONDON - Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, will make their final appearance as senior royals Monday when they appear with Queen Elizabeth II at the annual Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey. T...

HELENA, Mont. - Montana Gov. Steve Bullock will try to unseat first-term Republican Sen. Steve Daines, a senior adviser said Monday, giving Democrats a boost in their effort to take control of the Sen...

WASHINGTON - Former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey has endorsed former Vice-President Joe Biden. Booker announced on Twitter early Monday that Biden will "restore hon...