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Air Canada, Pearson International Airport Rank First in Delays Worldwide
Air Canada and Pearson International Airport have topped the global flight delay rankings for several days this week. Logistical problems in the airline industry have led to endless queues, baggage delays and flight cancellations at...
US Tells China Its Support for Russia Complicates Relations
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — China’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine is complicating U.S.-Chinese relations at a time when they are already beset by rifts and enmity over numerous other issues, U.S. Secretary of...
Biden Admin Seeks Supreme Court OK on Deportation Policy
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to allow it to put in place guidance that prioritizes deportation of people in the country illegally who pose the greatest public safety risk. The...
Backers of Oregon’s Gun Safety Measure Hope for Fall Ballot
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Backers of a proposed initiative in Oregon that would require people to secure permits to buy firearms say concern about recent mass shootings have buoyed their effort and they have enough...
Ruling Clears Louisiana to Enforce Near-Total Abortion Ban
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana can now enforce its ban on almost all abortions under a judge's order issued Friday, July 8 amid a flurry of court challenges to state "trigger" laws crafted to take...
US Sending an Additional $400 Million in Military Aid to Ukraine
The U.S. will send another $400 million in military equipment to Ukraine, including four more advanced rocket systems, a senior defense official said Friday, in an effort to bolster Ukrainian efforts to strike deeper behind...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Resigns
LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation on July 7 after droves of top government officials quit over the latest scandal to engulf him, marking an end to three tumultuous years in...
Cut Off From Russian Gas, Bulgaria Opens New Pipeline Via Greece
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The leaders of Greece and Bulgaria on Friday, July 8 inaugurated a new pipeline that will supply natural gas from Azerbaijan to Bulgaria, whose vital supply of Russian gas was cut...
Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe Shot Dead During Campaign Speech
NARA, Japan (AP) — Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated Friday, July 8, on a street in western Japan by a gunman who opened fire on him from behind as he delivered a campaign...
Canada Offers 1.5-Year Extension to International Graduates’ Work Permits
Immigration Canada said recently that the country is extending post-graduate work permits to international graduates whose permits expired or will expire within a recent period of time. Meanwhile, the Canadian government has passed a bill...
Roe v. Wade Overturned After Half a Century of Imposing Abortion on All US States
More than 20 U.S. states have enacted or are planning restrictions on medically induced abortions following the Supreme Court's Friday, June 24 ruling that overturned nearly 50 years of controversial precedent treating the termination of...
United Nations Biodiversity Conference Moved to Canada Due to China’s COVID-19 Restrictions
A major United Nations (U.N.) conference on biodiversity has been moved outside of China after the meeting was postponed four times due to the country’s strict COVID-19 travel restrictions. The Secretariat of the Convention on...