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Biden's education chief says he avoided 'culture wars' despite goading from GOP governors
WASHINGTON (AP) — While Republican states were working to limit school history lessons and ban transgender athletes, President Joe Biden’s education chief says he was focused on what matters: putting more social workers in schools, expanding summer school and building a pipeline of new...
Hundreds protest as Mozambique inaugurates a new president
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Hundreds of supporters of Mozambique's opposition protested Wednesday as the country inaugurated a new president following disputed elections and deadly unrest. Daniel Chapo took his oath as the country’s fifth president before about 2,500 people who...
The leader of Sri Lanka navigates the China-India rivalry on a visit to Beijing
BEIJING (AP) — Sri Lanka and China signed a series of cooperation agreements on Wednesday following talks between their leaders, one month after Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake made India his first overseas trip since winning election last September. The support of...
France’s new prime minister says he'll renegotiate a contested plan to raise the retirement age
PARIS (AP) — France’s new prime minister François Bayrou announced Tuesday the renegotiation of a contested plan raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, in a crucial move to seek more stability for his minority government. In his first address to lawmakers at the National...
Mark Carney all but says he's running to be Canada's next prime minister in a Jon Stewart interview
PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) — Former central banker Mark Carney all but said he is running to be Canada’s next prime minister during an appearance on Jon Stewart's ‘The Daily Show’ on Monday night. This follows Justin Trudeau's resignation announcement on Jan. 6 after facing an...
Dutch delve into family pasts as the names of accused Nazi collaborators released
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — On Dutch Openness Day, this year’s release of secret documents from state archives suddenly left Peter Baas with fundamental questions about his father’s stature as a World War II resistance fighter. While many were cleaning up the mess from New...
Venezuela's opposition supporters grapple with hope and disappointment after Maduro is sworn in
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The inauguration of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro left his opponents to grapple with with conflicting feelings of hope and disappointment on Saturday, pondering why the self-described socialist leader could not be stopped despite credible evidence that he had lost...
Canada's Liberal Party to decide on March 9 who will succeed Trudeau as prime minister
TORONTO (AP) — Canada's governing Liberal Party will announce the country's next prime minister on March 9 after a leadership vote that follows the resignation of Justin Trudeau this week, party leaders said late Thursday. Trudeau remains prime minister until a new leader is...
Canada's Liberal Party in search of a new leader while dealing with Trump threats, pending election
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party finds itself in search of a new leader while dealing with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's threats to impose steep tariffs on Canadian goods and with Canada's election just months away. Trudeau announced his...
New Orleans attack came at a time of political heat, and transition, for the FBI
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joining law enforcement officials to update the public in the hours after a man killed 14 people and injured dozens of others in New Orleans, Louisiana's junior Republican senator, John Kennedy, implored the FBI to “catch these people" — and then added one more...
