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EU expanding border guard presence along busy Balkan route

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — The European Union signed an agreement Wednesday with North Macedonia to deploy officers from the bloc’s border protection agency Frontex in the small Balkan country as it expands its reach into nearby non-member states
Hunters may soon be able to donate meat to Newfoundland and Labrador food banks

Hunters may soon be able to donate meat to Newfoundland and Labrador food banks

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A proposed legislative change in Newfoundland and Labrador would give residents using food banks a homegrown source of protein.
Record share of Canadians are immigrants or permanent residents, census shows

Record share of Canadians are immigrants or permanent residents, census shows

OTTAWA — When Kedan Reval moved to Moncton, N.B., just three years ago there was only one Indian food restaurant in town, and few places to find supplies to make the meals he loved from his home country.
Trump to rally in Iowa ahead of Nov. 8 as he teases 2024

Trump to rally in Iowa ahead of Nov. 8 as he teases 2024

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to return to Iowa ahead of the Nov. 8 midterms, to headline a rally for Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and Sen. Chuck Grassley, Trump's organization announced Wednesday.
French, German leaders meet amid rift over energy, economy

French, German leaders meet amid rift over energy, economy

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz thrashed it out for three hours in Paris on Wednesday in hopes of bridging gaps between the two neighbors and key European Union allies on issues including energy, defens

Judge mulls mental evaluation in Kavanaugh threat case

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge in Maryland said Wednesday that there is a “very high likelihood” he will order a mental evaluation for a California man charged with trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. U.S.
Russia, NATO hold nuclear drills as Ukraine villages pounded

Russia, NATO hold nuclear drills as Ukraine villages pounded

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — NATO and Russia's military alike staged planned annual nuclear exercises Wednesday as the Russian president repeated the unfounded claim that Ukraine plans to set off a radioactive “dirty bomb.
Ex-Ottawa police chief says force couldn't change much about response to convoy

Ex-Ottawa police chief says force couldn't change much about response to convoy

OTTAWA — The former chief of the Ottawa police says his officers couldn't have done anything materially differently during the response to the "Freedom Convoy.

What to know about inflation and Bank of Canada rate hikes

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada announced another hike to its key policy rate of half a percentage point, in an attempt to rein in decades-high inflation rates while facing stalled economic growth.
Italy's Meloni easily wins 2nd and final confidence vote

Italy's Meloni easily wins 2nd and final confidence vote

ROME (AP) — Italy’s first far-right-led government since the fall of fascism in World War II can get down to business after new Premier Giorgia Meloni easily won the second of two required confidence votes in Parliament on Wednesday.