German Christmas market ramming is the latest attack to use vehicles as deadly weapons

LONDON (AP) — A car-ramming at a Christmas market in Germany, which police are treating as an attack, is the latest in a grim series of events in which vehicles have been used as deadly weapons. There have been a spate of such attacks over the past decade, some committed by groups...

Canada's Trudeau reshuffles his Cabinet as resignation calls mount and new election threat looms

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chances of staying on in power have become more tenuous after the opposition party that backed his government for years announced it will vote no confidence in the government when Parliament resumes. An embattled Trudeau...

Canada's Trudeau to shuffle his Cabinet Friday amid resignation calls and rising discontent

TORONTO (AP) — Embattled Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shuffle his Cabinet Friday. The prime minister's office confirmed late Thursday that Trudeau will participate in the swearing-in ceremony and chair a meeting with his new Cabinet later Friday. ...

Alberta's premier says Americans will pay a lot more for gas if Trump applies 25% tariffs on Canada

TORONTO (AP) — The premier of Canada's oil-rich province of Alberta said on Thursday that Americans will pay a lot more for gas if President-elect Donald Trump imposes a 25% tariff on all Canadian products. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said in an interview with The Associated...

An arson attack targets a Montreal synagogue and a nearby Jewish office building is damaged

MONTREAL (AP) — A synagogue in a Montreal suburb was targeted in what police suspect was an arson attack early Wednesday, the second time the building in this Canadian city was hit by an incendiary device in little more than a year. Police said a nearby Jewish office building was...

Ontario's premier says Trump's tariffs would be a disaster for US markets

TORONTO (AP) — The premier of Canada's most populous province said Tuesday President-elect Donald Trump's plan to impose sweeping 25% tariffs on all Canadian products would be a "disaster" that would hurt U.S. stock markets. Ontario Premier Doug Ford also said in an interview with...

Democracies across the globe are at a crossroads, as authoritarians seek to chip away at freedoms

In November, the world's most powerful democracy elected as its next president a man who schemed to overturn its last presidential election. A month later, South Koreans swarmed their legislature to block their president's attempt to impose martial law. The contrast sums up a year...

Canada's prime minister faces calls to resign. Here's what could happen next

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces growing pressure to resign from his own Liberal Party after his top minister abruptly quit and criticized his handling of the budget. Trudeau has led the country for nearly a decade, but has become widely unpopular in recent years over a...

Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigns as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau deals with declining popularity

Canadian government asks labor board to intervene in Canada Post strike as Christmas nears

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Mail could begin moving again in Canada as early as next week after the federal government moved Friday to end a nearly monthlong work stoppage at Canada Post. Labor Minister Steven MacKinnon announced he’s referred the dispute to the Canada Industrial...