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Mélanie Joly in Kyiv to launch global push to get Russia to return Ukrainian children

Mélanie Joly in Kyiv to launch global push to get Russia to return Ukrainian children

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly paid a surprise visit to Ukraine on Friday to launch what she hopes will be a global effort to secure the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia.
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Biden is left with few choices as immigration takes center stage in American politics

Biden is left with few choices as immigration takes center stage in American politics

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Politics trumped legal advice in decision not to revoke citizenship of Nazi in 1960s

Politics trumped legal advice in decision not to revoke citizenship of Nazi in 1960s

OTTAWA — Newly declassified pages from a 40-year-old report on Canada's handling of Nazi war criminals suggest both the author and Canadian bureaucrats felt politics, and not legal arguments, were driving decisions around a man convicted of Nazi war
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Group will appeal court ruling that Georgia voter challenges don't violate federal law

ATLANTA (AP) — A group trying to stop voter challenges in Georgia says it will appeal a trial court ruling that such challenges don't violate federal voting rights law. Fair Fight Action on Friday filed notice that it would ask the 11th U.S.
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Federal judge in DC postpones Trump's March trial on charges of plotting to overturn 2020 election

Federal judge in DC postpones Trump's March trial on charges of plotting to overturn 2020 election

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Washington formally postponed Donald Trump's March trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election as a key legal appeal from the former president remains unresolved in the courts. U.S.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear governor's lawsuit against GOP-controlled Legislature

Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear governor's lawsuit against GOP-controlled Legislature

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' lawsuit against the Republican-controlled Legislature arguing that it is obstructing basic government functions.
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Group says shots fired at B.C. home of Sikh activist, an associate of slain Nijjar

Group says shots fired at B.C. home of Sikh activist, an associate of slain Nijjar

SURREY, B.C. — The spokesman for a group advocating Sikh independence says its supporters are frustrated with the lack of action to protect them after a Metro Vancouver home belonging to an associate was hit by gunfire. RCMP in Surrey, B.C.
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Manitoba cabinet minister at odds with Crown corporation CEO over development

Manitoba cabinet minister at odds with Crown corporation CEO over development

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government and the head of Manitoba Hydro, the province's Crown energy corporation, are at odds over ways to meet growing electricity demand, and the minister responsible is not saying whether he has full confidence in the cor
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'Most anti-LGBT in the country': Trudeau decries Alberta transgender policies

'Most anti-LGBT in the country': Trudeau decries Alberta transgender policies

EDMONTON — Alberta's new proposals on the treatment of transgender youth are the "most anti-LGBT of anywhere in the country," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday. Speaking at an event in Waterloo, Ont.
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Trump spent $76 million over last two years on attorneys as legal troubles mount ahead of election

Trump spent $76 million over last two years on attorneys as legal troubles mount ahead of election

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s storied business career is checkered by bankruptcies and blunders. His investment in Eli Bartov, a New York University accounting professor, looms as another failed venture.
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