Politics

MONTREAL — Negotiators at a global conference on saving the world's biodiversity were sharpening their focus on how to pay for it Tuesday, as environment ministers from around the globe converged in Montreal for the final week of COP15.

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WASHINGTON — "Love is love," U.S. President Joe Biden declared Tuesday as he signed into law new federal protections for same-sex marriage — a step aimed at defending civil liberties from what he described as an "extreme" Supreme Court.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The company operating a pipeline that spilled about 14,000 bathtubs' worth of oil into a Kansas creek during a test for potential problems is recovering at least a small portion of the crude. The U.S.

OTTAWA — International Trade Minister Mary Ng apologized Tuesday after the federal ethics commissioner concluded she broke the rules by awarding a contract to a friend — opening the door for the Opposition Conservatives to point out that it's not the

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants European nations to join Canada in sanctioning Haiti's elites over alleged ties to the violent gangs paralyzing that country.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s surgery backlog sits at 22,600 patients, the legislature’s health committee was told Tuesday.

OTTAWA — While many people look forward to relaxing at home over the holidays, Linda Leger says her house is still unlivable because of damages caused by a freak storm that hit parts of Ontario and Quebec last spring.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday opened the U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists announced Tuesday that they have for the first time produced more energy in a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it — a major breakthrough in the decades-long quest to harness the process that powers the sun.