Tag Archives: Politics

WASHINGTON - Missed intelligence was to blame for the outmanned Capitol defenders' failure to anticipate the violent mob that invaded the iconic building and halted certification of the presidential e...

Papua New Guinea's first prime minister, Michael Somare, was in critical condition in a hospital over the weekend with pancreatic cancer, his family said. The family revealed in a statement on Sunday ...

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam gave her clear support Tuesday to electoral reforms that would likely further exclude opposition voices and cement Beijing's control over the semi-autonomous Chine...

WASHINGTON - Health secretary nominee Xavier Becerra told senators Tuesday that confronting the coronavirus pandemic will be his first priority if confirmed, but he also pledged to expand health insur...

TBILISI, Georgia - Demonstrators set up tents outside Georgia's parliament building and blocked the capital's main avenue Tuesday to protest the arrest of the leader of the country's main opposition p...

WASHINGTON - The Biden administration's early efforts to resurrect the 2015 Iran nuclear deal are getting a chilly early response from Tehran. Though few expected a breakthrough in the first month of ...

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's nominee to head the Interior Department faced sharp questions from Republicans Tuesday over what several called her "radical" ideas that include opposition to fracki...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - The Nunavut government says its finances aren't as bad as it originally predicted despite spending made necessary by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nunavut tabled a $2.4-billion budget Tues...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government has agreed with the Senate that Canadians suffering solely from grievous and irremediable mental illnesses should be entitled to receive medical assistance in dying - b...

OTTAWA - Judges peppered a federal lawyer with questions Tuesday as the Canadian government argued a refugee pact between Ottawa and Washington is consistent with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. C...