Politics

TORONTO — Internationally trained engineers no longer require Canadian work experience to be licensed in Ontario, the province's labour minister said Tuesday, calling the move a "game changer.

HALIFAX — Parks Canada says an urban wilderness area on the edge of Halifax has met a key requirement in the process to become a national urban park.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed a Cuban-American woman to the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday, marking the first time in history the court will have three women as sitting justices.

WASHINGTON (AP) — On President Joe Biden 's first day in office, he handed Congress a legislative plan to modernize the nation's immigration system. It went nowhere, just like so many past overhaul attempts.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is heading toward a new general election, two days after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' center-right New Democracy party won a victory in a national vote but failed to clinch a majority in parliament.

MOSCOW (AP) — Gazprom, the state-owned natural gas company that is a pillar of Russia's economy, announced Tuesday that its profit for 2022 plunged by more than 40% and said it wouldn't pay a full-year dividend.

OTTAWA — Special rapporteur David Johnston said Tuesday that a formal inquiry into foreign interference is not needed, that public hearings should be held as part of his own mandate.

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's government is facing a major test after two junior partners in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-party coalition sparred publicly over a key element in the country's ambitious climate policy.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday pressed his legal battle before a court in the capital, Islamabad, which granted him protection from arrest until early next month in several cases including terrorism charges fo

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Pamela Pugh, the president of Michigan's Board of Education, announced Tuesday that she will seek the state's open U.S. Senate seat in 2024 and challenge U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin for the Democratic nomination.