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Quebec ordered to pay ex-premier Charest $385K because of corruption probe leaks

Quebec ordered to pay ex-premier Charest $385K because of corruption probe leaks

MONTREAL — A court has ordered the Quebec government to pay ex-Liberal premier Jean Charest $385,000 because information about a corruption investigation targeting his former party was leaked to journalists.
Cities will get nearly $200M in grants for pipeline upgrades

Cities will get nearly $200M in grants for pipeline upgrades

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — The first $196 million in grants for a $1 billion federal program to repair and replace aging, sometimes leaking natural gas pipelines across the county were announced Wednesday.
Indian man extradited from Canada to U.S., charged with human smuggling in Akwesasne

Indian man extradited from Canada to U.S., charged with human smuggling in Akwesasne

MONTREAL — Federal prosecutors in the United States say an Indian man living in Canada was paid thousands of dollars to smuggle other Indian nationals into the U.S. through the Akwesasne Mohawk reserve.
Zelenskyy boosts ties with Poland, warns of peril in Bakhmut

Zelenskyy boosts ties with Poland, warns of peril in Bakhmut

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy won new pledges of military and economic cooperation Wednesday on a state visit to staunch ally Poland, and he also said that Kyiv's troops battling in the eastern city of Bakhmut could pu

UK to house 500 asylum seekers on barge docked off Dorset

LONDON (AP) — Some 500 asylum-seekers in the U.K.
Trump's bravado tested as legal woes overlap with campaign

Trump's bravado tested as legal woes overlap with campaign

NEW YORK (AP) — When Donald Trump stepped into a Manhattan courthouse Tuesday afternoon, his usual bravado was replaced with palpable anger and notable silence as the former president was reduced to a criminal defendant in custody.
Biden to visit Ireland, mark Good Friday accord anniversary

Biden to visit Ireland, mark Good Friday accord anniversary

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will travel to the United Kingdom and Ireland next week in part to help mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday accord , a U.S.

Narrow abortion exemption bill passed by Tennessee lawmakers

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's GOP-dominant Senate gave final approval Wednesday to legislation that would add a narrow exemption to one of the strictest abortion bans in the United States, with it now heading to Gov.
Challenge to Biden 'Cost of Carbon' policy dismissed

Challenge to Biden 'Cost of Carbon' policy dismissed

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A lawsuit that Louisiana and other Republican-leaning states filed challenging figures the Biden administration uses to calculate damages from greenhouse gasses was dismissed Wednesday by a federal appeals court.
US flies nuclear-capable bombers amid tensions with N. Korea

US flies nuclear-capable bombers amid tensions with N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States flew nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to the Korean Peninsula again on Wednesday in a show of strength against North Korea amid concerns that the North might conduct a nuclear test.
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