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Canada pledges Great Lakes funding after Trudeau-Biden talks
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Canada has pledged a significant increase in spending to improve water quality in the Great Lakes following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, whose administration also has boosted funding for the shared waters. ...
US, Canada end loophole that let asylum-seekers cross border
ST. JOHNSBURY, Vermont (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced a plan to close a loophole to an immigration agreement that has allowed thousands of asylum-seeking immigrants to move between the two countries along a back road linking New York...
Biden, Trudeau say 'inseparable' nations won't fail Ukraine
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (AP) — President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday celebrated the close, “inseparable” U.S.-Canada relationship and vowed that the two nations remain committed to defending Ukraine as it tries to repel a Russian invasion that has no end in sight. ...
House China panel turns focus to plight of Uyghurs
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two women who experienced life in Chinese “reeducation” camps for Uyghurs told lawmakers Thursday of lives under imprisonment and surveillance, rape and torture as a special House committee focused on countering China shined a light on human rights abuses in the country. ...
Biden's Canada agenda stacked: NORAD, migration deals likely
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — President Joe Biden arrived in Canada on Thursday for talks with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on several of the world's most difficult challenges: the war in Ukraine, climate change, trade, mass migration and an increasingly assertive China. Two important...
Here are the countries that have bans on TikTok
LONDON (AP) — A growing number of countries in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific have banned the popular video-sharing app TikTok from government devices as privacy and cybersecurity concerns increase. A handful have prohibited the app altogether. The company's CEO faced a...
Canada lawmaker quits Trudeau's party amid China allegations
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A lawmaker said late Wednesday that he is stepping down from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party after a media report raised questions about his dealings with China, a claim that comes amid an investigation into allegations of Chinese meddling in Canada's...
Number of monarch butterflies wintering in Mexico drops 22%
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The number of monarch butterflies wintering in the mountains of central Mexico dropped 22% from the previous year, and the number of trees lost from their favored wintering grounds tripled. Frost and “extreme temperatures” in the United States may have played...
2 staff stabbed at Canadian school, student arrested
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Police officers have arrested a student on suspicion of stabbing two staff members Monday at a high school in Canada’s Atlantic coast city of Halifax, police said. The two victims and the student were taken to hospital for treatment, and the extent of...
FGCU tops WSU 74-63, reaches 2nd round of March Madness
VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Maddie Antenucci shot pogo-sticked twice off the rim and the play seemed to go in slow motion for Florida Gulf Coast. Once the ball knocked twice off the top of the backboard - and in! — it was almost time to crank some celebratory Iron Maiden in the locker room. ...
