Politics

VICTORIA — British Columbia health officials say the World Health Organization's declaration of the end of COVID-19 as a global health emergency is an "important milestone," but warn the virus will still be around for the foreseeable future.

JACKSON, Miss.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — South Sudan is facing violent clashes and increasing disillusionment and frustration as it struggles to implement the most challenging provisions of a fragile 2018 power-sharing agreement, U.N. experts say in a new report.

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III lives in a palace, travels in a chauffeur-driven Bentley and is one of Britain’s richest men, but he's similar to many of his subjects in one very basic way: His family life is complicated — very complicated.

CALGARY — Leaders of Alberta's two main political parties started Friday on the election campaign trail in Calgary, but both quickly turned their attention toward the wildfires burning across Alberta. Voting day is set for May 29.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Now that Kim Gardner is stepping down as the chief prosecutor in St. Louis, Missouri's governor is getting plenty of advice about the qualifications Gardner's replacement should bring to the table.

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen; Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.; former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican presidential candidate.

CONCORD, N.H.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — It wasn't the first time Judge C. Carter Williams had been pulled over by West Virginia law enforcement for minor violations.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal agency that regulates pipelines announced new rules Friday aimed at reducing leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from a network of nearly 3 million miles of natural gas pipelines that crisscross the country.