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Premiers demand meeting with Trudeau to discuss increased health-care funding

Premiers demand meeting with Trudeau to discuss increased health-care funding

OTTAWA — Canada's premiers presented a united front Friday as they demanded Prime Minister Justin Trudeau come to the table personally to hammer out an agreement for Ottawa to shoulder more of the burden when it comes to health-care costs.
Griner in ‘good spirits’ in US after Russian prisoner swap

Griner in ‘good spirits’ in US after Russian prisoner swap

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Brittney Griner returned to the United States Friday and was reunited with her wife nearly 10 months after her detention in Russia made the basketball star the most high-profile American jailed abroad and set off a political firest
EU-Med countries seek more flexible gas price cap mechanism

EU-Med countries seek more flexible gas price cap mechanism

MADRID (AP) — Leaders and representatives of nine Mediterranean and Southern European countries on Friday called on the European Union to come up with a more flexible gas price cap mechanism than the recently proposed cap of 220 euros ($232) per mega
New Peru president appears with military to cement power

New Peru president appears with military to cement power

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru's first female president appeared in a military ceremony on national television on Friday in her first official event as head of state, an attempt to cement her hold on power and buck the national trend of early presidential de
NYC mayor's $300 fine for rat infestation is dismissed

NYC mayor's $300 fine for rat infestation is dismissed

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's mayor has beaten the rat rap. Days after Mayor Eric Adams appeared remotely at a city administrative hearing to contest a $300 fine for a rat infestation at a townhouse he owns, the fine was dismissed.
1st Gen Z congressman-elect denied apartment over bad credit

1st Gen Z congressman-elect denied apartment over bad credit

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep.-elect Maxwell Frost of Florida, the first member of Generation Z elected to Congress, says he is struggling to get an apartment in Washington and lost an application fee because his credit is “really bad.
Serbia mulls sending troops to Kosovo as tensions escalate

Serbia mulls sending troops to Kosovo as tensions escalate

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's prime minister said Friday the country's leadership was close to demanding the deployment of their security troops to Kosovo, claiming lives of minority Serbs there were being threatened.
Progress slow at COP15 talks but some agreement achieved, says environment minister

Progress slow at COP15 talks but some agreement achieved, says environment minister

MONTREAL — Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Friday he's trying to light a fire under his international colleagues to pick up the pace on negotiations at an international meeting on saving the planet's biodiversity.
WTO rules against Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs

WTO rules against Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs

WASHINGTON (AP) — The World Trade Organization has rejected the 2018 import taxes that then-President Donald Trump imposed on foreign steel and aluminum, saying they violated global trade rules.
US reports another Takata air bag death, bringing toll to 33

US reports another Takata air bag death, bringing toll to 33

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators and Honda Motor Co. are urging drivers once again to make sure their vehicles haven't been recalled after another person was killed by an exploding Takata air bag.
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