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Saskatchewan to have $10-a-day child care in April, three years ahead of schedule

Saskatchewan to have $10-a-day child care in April, three years ahead of schedule

REGINA — Saskatchewan is to achieve $10-a-day child care by April 1, three years ahead of schedule for the federal Liberal government's national plan.
Street near Miami named for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

Street near Miami named for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

CUTLER BAY, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson came home to South Florida on Monday to celebrate the renaming of a street in her honor in the community where she grew up.

Russia urges restraint after shootout near Nagorno-Karabakh

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia said Monday that its forces helped end a deadly weekend clash between Azerbaijani soldiers and the police of Nagorno-Karabakh, urging all parties to show restraint.
Barbara Bryant, first woman to lead Census Bureau, has died

Barbara Bryant, first woman to lead Census Bureau, has died

Barbara Everitt Bryant, the first woman to run the U.S. Census Bureau and its leader during the contentious debate over how to compensate for undercounts of minority groups in the 1990 census, has died. She was 96.
European police, FBI bust international cybercrime gang

European police, FBI bust international cybercrime gang

BERLIN (AP) — German police said Monday they have disrupted a ransomware cybercrime gang tied to Russia that has been blackmailing large companies and institutions for years, raking in millions of euros.
Northern Alberta city of Grande Prairie expected to vote on a municipal police force

Northern Alberta city of Grande Prairie expected to vote on a municipal police force

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. — A municipality in northern Alberta is meeting today to discuss a proposed city police force that would replace the RCMP. The Alberta government announced last month that it would give Grande Prairie $9.
A month after quake, survivors need shelter, sanitation

A month after quake, survivors need shelter, sanitation

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — One month after a powerful quake devastated parts of Turkey and Syria, hundreds of thousands of people still need adequate shelter and sanitation, and an appeal for $1 billion to assist survivors is only 10% funded, hampering ef
Lebanon leans on US dollar to cope as currency, economy tank

Lebanon leans on US dollar to cope as currency, economy tank

BEIRUT (AP) — When Moheidein Bazazo opened his Beirut mini-market in 1986, during some of the fiercest fighting in Lebanon’s civil war, he didn't expect it to thrive.
Ontario approves First Nations' plan to build road to Ring of Fire

Ontario approves First Nations' plan to build road to Ring of Fire

TORONTO — A plan designed by two First Nations to build a road to potential mining sites in Ontario's Ring of Fire has been approved by the provincial government, but the mining minister has refused to say when the project would be completed.

UN-backed panel calls on China to improve basic human rights

GENEVA (AP) — U.N.-backed experts Monday urged China to improve its courts' independence, share data on COVID-19, suspend construction of coal-fired power plants and “immediately" end human rights violations in its western Xinjiang region.