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Donors offer over $9B for Pakistan after devastating floods

Donors offer over $9B for Pakistan after devastating floods

GENEVA (AP) — Dozens of countries and international institutions on Monday pledged more than $9 billion to help Pakistan recover and rebuild from devastating summer floods that the United Nations chief called “a climate disaster of monumental scale.
Manitoba reveals new tourism slogan to pitch to post-pandemic visitors

Manitoba reveals new tourism slogan to pitch to post-pandemic visitors

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's tourism industry has a new slogan and marketing campaign to try to lure more visitors.
Ukraine school rejects Russian claim of troops killed there

Ukraine school rejects Russian claim of troops killed there

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Officials at a vocational school in an eastern Ukraine city dismissed claims by Russia that hundreds of Ukrainian troops were killed in a missile strike there, saying Monday that a rocket merely blew out windows and damaged
US says Iran may be 'contributing' to war crimes in Ukraine

US says Iran may be 'contributing' to war crimes in Ukraine

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Biden administration said Monday that Iran's sale of lethal drones to Russia for use in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine means the country may be "contributing to widespread war crimes.
Canada ends years-long search for new fighter jet with deal to buy F-35s

Canada ends years-long search for new fighter jet with deal to buy F-35s

OTTAWA — Canada's years-long search for new fighter jets came full circle on Monday as Defence Minister Anita Anand officially confirmed the planned purchase of a fleet of F-35s to replace the Royal Canadian Air Force's aging CF-18s.
Canada sanctions Iranian entities and officials, citing misinformation

Canada sanctions Iranian entities and officials, citing misinformation

OTTAWA — Canada has imposed another round of sanctions, punishing three Iranian entities and two leaders Ottawa blames for propagating misinformation.

For Trump, Georgia election case just one of many legal woes

A special grand jury investigating efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia has finished its report , a major development in a case that's on a long list of legal problems for the former president.
UK government meets unions but fails to end wave of strikes

UK government meets unions but fails to end wave of strikes

LONDON (AP) — U.K. government ministers met trade union leaders on Monday but fell short of ending a wave of strikes that has hobbled the rail network and strained the overburdened health system.
Senator: Ending US aid to Ukraine would be historic mistake

Senator: Ending US aid to Ukraine would be historic mistake

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S.
Greece: Somali man beats life sentence for migrant smuggling

Greece: Somali man beats life sentence for migrant smuggling

LESBOS, Greece (AP) — An appeals court in Greece has ordered the release of a Somali migrant who had been sentenced to life in prison for people smuggling, in a case that has drawn international attention to draconian border protection laws in the Eu
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