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  • Pope Francis meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Vatican

    May 13, 2023 - 9:01 AM

    ROME (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held talks with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday, saying it was a great honor to meet with the pontiff, who has previously offered to do what he can to try to end the war launched by Russia's invasion of Ukraine a year ago.

  • Russian missile and drone attack in Ukraine kills 23 people

    April 28, 2023 - 8:39 AM

    UMAN, Ukraine (AP) — Russia fired more than 20 cruise missiles and two drones at Ukraine early Friday, killing at least 23 people, almost all of them when two missiles slammed into an apartment building in a terrifying nighttime attack, officials said. Three children were among the dead.

  • Violent French pension protests erupt as 1M demonstrate

    March 23, 2023 - 4:46 PM

    PARIS (AP) — More than 1 million people demonstrated across France on Thursday against unpopular pension reforms, and violence erupted in some places as unions called for new nationwide strikes and protests next week, coinciding with King Charles III's planned visit to France.

  • Crowds flock to Yellowstone as park reopens after floods

    June 22, 2022 - 5:41 PM

    YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (AP) — Throngs of tourists gleefully watched the legendary Old Faithful geyser shoot towering bursts of steaming water while others got stuck in “bison jams” on picturesque valley roads as visitors returned Wednesday for the partial reopening of Yellowstone National Park after destructive floods.

  • Canada, U.S. got smart about border 20 years ago, but not smart enough, say critics

    September 04, 2021 - 7:00 AM

    WASHINGTON - The frontier between Canada and the United States used to be known as the world's longest "undefended" border — a misnomer that largely vanished in the chaos of Sept. 11, 2001.

  • A subdued Black Friday at retailers amid COVID-19 pandemic as sales move online

    November 27, 2020 - 1:58 PM

    Black Friday shoppers appear to have heeded public health warnings, with more online purchases and little crowding at stores across the country against a backdrop of rising COVID-19 cases.

  • The Latest: Ky. gov urges more care in hardest-hit counties

    October 26, 2020 - 5:22 PM

    FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s governor is urging people in the state’s counties hit hardest by the pandemic to take stricter steps to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

  • Facing humiliating controls, Lebanese focus fury on banks

    January 21, 2020 - 10:59 PM

    BEIRUT - Before picking up cash from a downtown bank in Lebanon's capital, Mey Al Sayegh mentally braces herself for what would have been a routine trip before the country's crippling cash crunch.

  • Making misery pay: Libya militias take EU funds for migrants

    December 31, 2019 - 12:17 PM

    TRIPOLI, Libya - When the European Union started funneling millions of euros into Libya to slow the tide of migrants crossing the Mediterranean, the money came with EU promises to improve detention centres notorious for abuse and fight human trafficking.

  • CN ramps up rail service as grain, propane industries demand priority

    November 29, 2019 - 11:46 AM

    MONTREAL - Canadian National Railway Co. says it is striving to address grain and propane backlogs as it ramps up service following an eight-day strike, but industry producers are demanding priority treatment that may not come.
  • iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
    Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.  Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

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