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CIA director Burns to meet Russian counterpart in Turkey
WASHINGTON (AP) - CIA Director Bill Burns will meet in Ankara, Turkey, on Monday with his Russian intelligence counterpart to underscore the consequences if Russia were to deploy a nuclear weapon in U...
Nov 14, 2022

Biden talks Taiwan with Xi in effort to avoid 'conflict'
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) - President Joe Biden on Monday objected to China's "coercive and increasingly aggressive actions" toward Taiwan and raised human rights concerns about Beijing's conduct in Xi...
Nov 14, 2022

New Tim Hortons campaign highlights Canada's hockey trailblazers
TORONTO - Women's team stars Marie-Philip Poulin and Sarah Nurse, Indigenous trailblazer Bridgette Lacquette and men's para hockey captain Tyler McGregor are among the Canadian hockey stars teaming wi...
Nov 14, 2022

Indonesian officials: Russian FM Lavrov taken to hospital
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has been taken to the hospital after suffering a health problem following his arrival for the Group of 20 summit in Bali, Indonesian a...
Nov 14, 2022

Trudeau arrives at G20 after pledging support at ASEAN : In The News for Nov. 14
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 Nov. 14 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Nov 14, 2022

MPs to review Canada's extradition system in coming justice committee hearings
OTTAWA - The House of Commons justice committee is getting set to review Canada's extradition system - a move welcomed by critics who have long called for reforms to the process for sending people to ...
Nov 14, 2022

Methane emissions underestimated, a growing number of reports suggest
As the federal government moves to tighten regulations on methane emissions, new assessments suggest the amount of the potent greenhouse gas escaping into the atmosphere has been significantly underes...
Nov 14, 2022

B.C. flood recovery tempered by fears of new climate disasters looming on horizon
VICTORIA - When a dike was breached and floodwaters started to flow across British Columbia's Sumas Prairie a year ago, poultry farmer Corry Spitters said all he could do was let nature take its cours...
Nov 14, 2022

Trudeau arrives in Indonesia for G20 summit with aim of further isolating Russia
DENPASAR, Indonesia - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived in Bali, Indonesia today for the G20 leaders' summit. His plane left Cambodia an hour and a half late, which his office says is due to i...
Nov 14, 2022

Turkey arrests 1, suspects Kurdish militants behind bombing
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Police have arrested a suspect who is believed to have planted the bomb that exploded on a bustling pedestrian avenue in Istanbul, Turkey's interior minister said Monday, adding ...
Nov 13, 2022