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Ontario Liberals pick new voting process for leadership race

Ontario Liberals pick new voting process for leadership race

HAMILTON — Ontario Liberals voted Saturday to forge ahead with a new system for selecting their next leader, shedding the delegated conventions of old as the party seeks renewal and recovery from two consecutive electoral disasters.
Canada's chief of the defence staff makes trip to Ukrainian capital

Canada's chief of the defence staff makes trip to Ukrainian capital

WARSAW, Poland — The Department of National Defence says Canada's top soldier has just wrapped up a visit to Ukraine's capital. A readout released by the department on Saturday says Chief of the Defence Staff Gen.
Marianne Williamson begins longshot 2024 challenge to Biden

Marianne Williamson begins longshot 2024 challenge to Biden

WASHINGTON (AP) — -Self-help author Marianne Williamson , whose 2020 White House campaign featured more quirky calls for spiritual healing than actual voter support, launched another longshot bid for the presidency on Saturday, becoming the first Dem
Biden expected to tighten rules on US investment in China

Biden expected to tighten rules on US investment in China

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Biden administration is close to tightening rules on some overseas investments by U.S. companies in an effort to limit China's ability to acquire technologies that could improve its military prowess, according to a U.S.
Texas congressman who broke with GOP is censured

Texas congressman who broke with GOP is censured

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas was censured Saturday in a rare move by his state party over votes that included supporting new gun safety laws after the Uvalde school shooting in his district.

Oklahoma: What to expect as voters consider legal weed

Voters in Oklahoma will decide Tuesday whether it should be legal to possess and grow recreational marijuana in the state, having already signed off on a now-popular medical marijuana program in 2018 by a wide margin.

Trump supporters spared more jail time in weapons case

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two supporters of President Donald Trump arrested after driving a Hummer with guns and ammunition to a Philadelphia vote-counting site in November 2020 have been spared additional jail time.
Tunisians protest inflation, president's squeeze on dissent

Tunisians protest inflation, president's squeeze on dissent

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Thousands of people marched through Tunisia's capital Saturday, decrying an expanding crackdown on opposition voices and a proposed lifting of subsidies for food and other goods.

European nations condemn West Bank violence, urge calm

LONDON (AP) — A group of European countries expressed “grave concern” Saturday that recent violence in the West Bank could derail efforts to rekindle peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians as they called on both sides to restore calm.
Mediterranean countries push for EU solidarity on migration

Mediterranean countries push for EU solidarity on migration

VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Less than a week after a deadly migrant shipwreck off Italy, five European Union countries on the Mediterranean Sea pushed back Saturday against their northern neighbors for not accepting asylum-seekers under a voluntary reloca
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