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New UN aid chief vows 'ruthlessness' to prioritize spending as funding for world's crises shrinks

New UN aid chief vows 'ruthlessness' to prioritize spending as funding for world's crises shrinks

GENEVA (AP) — The new head of the U.N. humanitarian aid agency says it will be “ruthless” when prioritizing how to spend money, a nod to challenges in fundraising for civilians in war zones like Gaza , Sudan , Syria and Ukraine .
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Strike disrupts mail-in cancer screening kits, drivers' licence renewals, book loans

Strike disrupts mail-in cancer screening kits, drivers' licence renewals, book loans

TORONTO — The average number of letters people receive has dropped significantly over the years — down to just two per week compared to seven per week in 2006, according to Canada Post.
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New UN aid chief vows 'ruthlessness' to prioritize spending as funding for world's crises shrinks

New UN aid chief vows 'ruthlessness' to prioritize spending as funding for world's crises shrinks

GENEVA (AP) — The new head of the U.N. humanitarian aid agency says it will be “ruthless” when prioritizing how to spend money, a nod to challenges in fundraising for civilians in war zones like Gaza , Sudan , Syria and Ukraine .
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Judge to consider first lawsuit to overturn Missouri's near-total abortion ban

Judge to consider first lawsuit to overturn Missouri's near-total abortion ban

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Abortion-rights advocates are asking a judge Wednesday to overturn Missouri’s near-total ban on the procedure, less than a month after voters backed an abortion-rights constitutional amendment .
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Transgender rights case lands at Supreme Court amid debate over ban on medical treatments for minors

Transgender rights case lands at Supreme Court amid debate over ban on medical treatments for minors

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday in just its second major transgender rights case, which is a challenge to a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming care for minors .
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Lawsuit seeks to undo 15-week abortion ban that conflicts with expanded access in Arizona

Lawsuit seeks to undo 15-week abortion ban that conflicts with expanded access in Arizona

PHOENIX (AP) — Reproductive rights advocates sued Arizona on Tuesday to undo a 15-week abortion ban that conflicts with a constitutional amendment recently approved by voters to expand access up to fetal viability.
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13 women convicted in Cambodia of acting as pregnancy surrogates for foreigners

13 women convicted in Cambodia of acting as pregnancy surrogates for foreigners

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Thirteen women from the Philippines have been convicted on human trafficking-related charges for acting as surrogates in Cambodia for a ring selling babies to foreigners for cash.
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California teacher dies after she was bitten by a bat inside a classroom

DOS PALOS, Calif. (AP) — A central California teacher died last month after she was bitten by a bat inside her classroom that presumably had rabies, officials and the woman's friend said. In the wake of Leah Seneng's death on Nov.
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FACT FOCUS: Vermont ruling does not say schools can vaccinate children without parental consent

FACT FOCUS: Vermont ruling does not say schools can vaccinate children without parental consent

Social media users are misrepresenting a Vermont Supreme Court ruling , claiming that it gives schools permission to vaccinate children even if their parents do not consent.
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More than 7,200 Saskatchewan residents affected by health-record breach: Report

More than 7,200 Saskatchewan residents affected by health-record breach: Report

REGINA — A report from Saskatchewan's privacy commissioner says hackers obtained health records of more than 7,200 residents earlier this year.
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