Jan 28 2022 — AP — The Canadian Press — BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has died at age 68, his office announced Friday, shortly after he was hospitalized for what his brother said was an inflamed ulcer. Stenehjem died about 6:20 p.m. at a Bismarck hospital, his spokeswoman Liz Brocker said. She said she could not provide additional details. […]
Jan 28 2022 — AP — The Canadian Press — BERLIN (AP) — German weekly Der Spiegel reported Friday that the government has expelled a Russian diplomat after he was linked to an espionage case in Germany. The Foreign Ministry confirmed that a member of staff at Russia's consulate in Munich was declared persona non grata last summer and told to leave the country. It […]
Jan 28 2022 — AP — The Canadian Press — BERLIN (AP) — German weekly Der Spiegel reported Friday that the government has expelled a Russian diplomat after he was linked to an espionage case in Germany. The Foreign Ministry confirmed that a member of staff at Russia's consulate in Munich was declared persona non grata last summer and told to leave the country. It […]
Jan 28 2022 — AP — The Canadian Press — FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — Some residents think a northern Alabama city's new logo might be sending the wrong message. Florence's new logo uses the first three letters of its name — a capital F followed by an L and an O arranged as an exclamation point — to form F! When the city unveiled the […]
Jan 28 2022 — AP — The Canadian Press — URBANA, Ohio (AP) — Clarence “Bud” Brown Jr., a former congressman from Ohio and retired chairman of the now-defunct Brown Publishing Co., has died, according to a funeral home in his hometown. He was 94. Brown, of Urbana, died at his home Wednesday. Visitation will be Tuesday and services the following day, according to Vernon […]
Jan 27 2022 — AP — The Canadian Press — ROME (AP) — Lawmakers and regional representatives failed for a fourth day Thursday to find consensus on a new Italian president, even after the threshold for victory passed to a simple majority for the first time. The center-right abstained outright in the voting, a tactic to maintain the bloc’s unity that drew swift rebukes from […]
Jan 27 2022 — AP — The Canadian Press — KUZNICA, Poland (AP) — Poland has started building a $394 million wall on its eastern border intended to block migrants pushed by Belarus, in what the European Union calls a “hybrid attack,” from crossing illegally into EU territory. Reporters were allowed to see the work in the guarded area on Thursday. Pressure from thousands of […]
Jan 27 2022 — AP — The Canadian Press — BEIJING (AP) — China is demanding the U.S. end “interference” in the Beijing Winter Olympics, which begin next week, in an apparent reference to a diplomatic boycott imposed by Washington and some of its allies. Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the demand in a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday […]
Jan 27 2022 — AP — The Canadian Press — BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union said Thursday it has launched action against China at world trade’s governing body for engaging in discriminatory practices against Lithuania, saying that Beijing’s spat with the Baltic country is hitting other EU exports. Lithuania broke with diplomatic custom by agreeing that the Taiwanese office in Vilnius would bear the […]
Jan 26 2022 — AP — The Canadian Press — ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A former employee in the office of a Florida tax collector whose arrest triggered an investigation into U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz has pleaded guilty to fraud and drug charges. Court documents showed that Joseph Ellicott pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and honest services fraud and distribution […]
Jan 26 2022 — AP — The Canadian Press — ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A former employee in the office of a Florida tax collector whose arrest triggered an investigation into U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz has pleaded guilty to fraud and drug charges. Court documents showed that Joseph Ellicott pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and honest services fraud and distribution […]
Jan 26 2022 — AP — The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal labor authority has sought for a second time to strip the collective bargaining powers of a national union for U.S. immigration judges, even though the agency that employs the judges isn't opposing their right to organize. In a ruling late last week, the Federal Labor Relations Authority determined that the […]
Jan 26 2022 — AP — The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal labor authority has sought for a second time to strip the collective bargaining powers of a national union for U.S. immigration judges, even though the agency that employs the judges isn't opposing their right to organize. In a ruling late last week, the Federal Labor Relations Authority determined that the […]
Jan 26 2022 — AP — The Canadian Press — PRAGUE (AP) — The number of Czech citizens dying of COVID-19 has been steadily declining despite a recent record surge in coronavirus infections caused by the highly transmittable omicron variant. The figures released by the Health Ministry on Wednesday show that 121 people died in the last seven days, down from 206 the previous period […]
Jan 26 2022 — AP — ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia has reached an agreement with the United States to buy 89 Bradley vehicles as part of cooperation with Washington and plans as a member of NATO to form an infantry brigade, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said Wednesday. Croatia's government is expected to formally endorse the $196 million (173 million-euro) deal […]