Tag Archives: Politics

WASHINGTON - U.S. officials have arrested and charged two men with assaulting U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick with bear spray during the Jan. 6 riot, but they do not know yet whether it cau...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 6:35 p.m. British Columbia is reporting 1,506 new COVID-19 cases since Friday. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says t...

MONTREAL - A Montreal-area electric vehicle maker says the $100-million investment from Ottawa and Quebec announced Monday for a battery pack assembly plant will help make its fleet less expensive. Li...

BERLIN - French President Emmanuel Macron says that France is suspending the use of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine use out of precaution. Macron told a news conference Monday that French authorit...

The divorce between the U.K. and the EU is turning nastier by the day. The European Union said Monday it is starting legal action against the United Kingdom, arguing the former member does not respect...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Socially distanced voters cast their ballots Monday in churches, conference centres and even the national parliament on the first day of a Dutch general election that has been...

KAMPALA, Uganda - Health facilities in Ethiopia's embattled region of Tigray have been "looted, vandalized and destroyed in a deliberate and widespread attack on health care," the humanitarian group D...

LAS VEGAS - From a vaccination site in the desert West to a grade school on the Eastern seaboard, President Joe Biden's top messengers - his vice-president and wife among them - led a cross-country ef...

TOKYO - Shared concerns about China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region will take centre stage when President Joe Biden's defence chief and secretary of state visit Japan for their first in...

CANBERRA, Australia - Australians rallied in the capital and other cities Monday demanding justice for women and calling out misogyny and dangerous workplace cultures as the government reels from two ...