Politics

OTTAWA — The Canadian Armed Forces says it is investigating the death of a Winnipeg-based soldier who was serving in Iraq. Capt.

American voters are fractured politically and culturally ahead of Election Day, and they are anxious about where their country is heading — on inflation , abortion, immigration, crime, and much more.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A new round of talks began Monday between Ethiopia’s government and Tigray regional representatives to work out military and other details of last week’s signing of a “permanent” cessation of hostilities in a two-year conflict t

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s ruling party leader hinted Monday that the government may ease off the controversial changes to the judicial system that have become a sticking point with EU officials in Brussels, who say they violate the rule of law a

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s military said Monday its recent barrage of missile tests were practices to “mercilessly” strike key South Korean and U.S.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines lifted a ban on the deployment of workers, including maids and construction workers, to Saudi Arabia on Monday after steps were taken to reduce frequent abuses, officials said.

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. — Kandis Jameson remembers hearing trees on the shore of the Hay River "snapping like toothpicks" as water levels quickly rose this spring. "It was the eeriest feeling," the mayor of Hay River, N.W.T., said.

TORONTO — Ninety-two per cent of licensed child-care operators in Ontario have signed on to the national $10-a-day child-care program, The Canadian Press has learned. Nov.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Voters in Germany's main financial center, Frankfurt, have removed the city's mayor who is on trial in a corruption case. Authorities said 95.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine authorities filed murder complaints on Monday against a top prisons official and an aide who they accused of masterminding the killing of a radio commentator in a crime they said showed how the country's prisons