Politics

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials have determined that people with ties to Russian intelligence are planning to stage protests in hopes of toppling the Moldovan government, according to the White House .

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium is banning TikTok from government phones over worries about cybersecurity, privacy and misinformation, the country's prime minister said Friday, mirroring recent action by other authorities in Europe and the U.S.

VANCOUVER — A Vancouver-based law firm says it has filed a proposed securities class-action lawsuit on behalf of anyone who acquired shares in a B.C. company that recently announced plans to commercialize cocaine.

OTTAWA — Veterans Affairs Canada has closed its investigation into reports that former service members were offered medical assistance in dying, saying it uncovered only four "isolated" incidents involving a single employee.

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says she will table the 2023 federal budget on March 28.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The American job market has once again confounded expectations. The nation's employers added a hefty 311,000 jobs last month , the government reported Friday, easily surpassing the 208,000 gain that forecasters had expected.

OTTAWA — An Ontario judge has dismissed two breach of trust charges against a former Liberal MP who had been accused of using his political office for personal gain.

BERLIN (AP) — Traute Lafrenz, the last known survivor of a German group known as the White Rose that actively resisted the Nazis, has died. She was 103.