Japanese Prime Minister Kishida arrives for bilateral talks with Macron in Paris
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived at the Elysee Palace on Thursday for a bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron. (AP Video/Nicolas Garriga)
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived at the Elysee Palace on Thursday for a bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron. (AP Video/Nicolas Garriga)
Two of the Supreme Court’s most conservative justices broke away from other right-leaning members of the nation’s high court in a decision to preserve the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) — but a third led the majority opinion that sided with the Biden administration. Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented from the Supreme Court’s…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a conservative-led attack that could have undermined the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The justices ruled 7-2 that the way the CFPB is funded does not violate the Constitution, reversing a lower court and drawing praises from consumers. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the majority opinion, splitting with his frequent allies, Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch, who dissented. The CFPB was created after the 2008 financial crisis to
BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot multiple times and gravely wounded Wednesday, but his deputy prime minister said he believed Fico would survive. The prime minister had been greeting supporters at an event when the attempted assassination took place, shocking the small country and reverberating across Europe weeks before an election. “I guess in the end he will survive,” Tomas Taraba told the BBC, adding: “He’s not in a life threatening sit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday criticized what he called "unfounded attacks" on the Justice Department by congressional Republicans as he rejected their request for audio recordings of a special counsel interview with President Joe Biden. In a letter to the chairmen of the House of Representatives Judiciary and Oversight committees, the Justice Department said the Biden administration was asserting executive privilege, a legal doctrine that shields certain executive branch records from disclosure, over the audio recordings of Biden's interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur over his retention of classified records.
Congress was supposed to put up a plaque honoring police officers who fought Donald Trump's mob, but there's been a holdup.
CARAQUET, N.B. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau assailed New Brunswick's premier and other conservative leaders on Thursday, calling out the provincial government's position on abortion, LGBTQ youth and climate change. During a news conference in Caraquet, N.B., Trudeau delivered his attack in response to a question about whether he would be campaigning with the New Brunswick Liberals ahead of the upcoming provincial election, which has to be held by October. Despite his desire to "work with any
EDMONTON — Alberta's rural municipalities are teeing off on a trilogy of provincial bills they say erode trust and attack local authority. Paul McLauchlin, head of the Rural Municipalities of Alberta, says proposed legislation giving the province the ability to take control of local emergency responses isn't salvageable. He says Premier Danielle Smith’s government hasn't offered a clear explanation as to how this change will do anything other than confuse and complicate critical situations. "The
Haiti has been in a state of crisis for months, fuelled by extreme gang violence and a lack of functioning government. CBC News is in Cap-Haitien, where people are fighting to survive.
The Ontario government says it is "100 per cent opposed" to Toronto Public Health's bid to have small amounts of illegal drugs for personal use decriminalized in the city.In a public letter addressed to Toronto's medical officer of health, Health Minister Sylvia Jones and Solicitor General Michael Kerzner call the request "misguided" and warned the agency against pursuing the application further."Under no circumstances will our government ever support your request, which would only add to crime
HALIFAX — Hundreds of sexual abuse survivors in New Brunswick could be eligible for compensation following a decision delivered Thursday by the Supreme Court of Canada. Canada's highest court dismissed a bid by the City of Saint John to overturn a ruling that found the city bears some responsibility for the sexual abuse of children by a member of its police force who served between 1953 and 1975. As is its practice, the court did not give reasons to justify its decision not to hear the case. "It
Federal election regulators on Thursday authorized public matching funds for Mike Pence’s dormant White House campaign – acting on a request the former vice president’s campaign initially made in October, only weeks before he ended his short-lived bid for the Republican nomination.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House delivered a rebuke to President Joe Biden Thursday for pausing a shipment of bombs to Israel, passing legislation that seeks to force the weapons transfer as Republicans worked to highlight Democratic divisions over the Israel-Hamas war. Seeking to discourage Israel from its offensive on the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah, the Biden administration this month put on hold a weapons shipment of 3,500 bombs — some as large as 2,000 pounds — that are capable of killin
The federal housing minister warned the City of Ottawa not to do it, but councillors have hiked development charges by 11 per cent, with more increases yet to come.Anyone building a new single or semi-detached home within the Greenbelt will soon need to shell out an extra $4,700 to help pay for creating or upgrading municipal infrastructure. Anyone building further from the city centre will see an even higher increase. "A new community will want to have its parks, its libraries, its fire halls a
Five shots are heard in a video that appears to capture the moment Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico was shot in the town of Handlova on Wednesday.
A Northern California city has agreed to pay $7.5 million to the family of a 30-year-old man who died days after police restrained him in 2020, the parties announced Wednesday, settling a wrongful death claim that the family filed.
Mayor Wilson absent. Request For Decision (RFD) Council reviewed 3 RFDs: · National Public Works Week: May 19 – 25 is recognized as National Public Works Week for 2024. The Alberta chapter of the APWA (American Public Works Association) asks that municipalities recognize this in Council. Council passed a motion proclaiming May 19 – 25 as National Public Works Week in Swan Hills. · Seniors' Week Proclamation: June 3 - 9 is recognized as Seniors' Week for 2024 in Alberta. The Town declares Seniors
Former President Trump delivered remarks Thursday following a day in court for his criminal hush money trial, saying Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting to do “damage” while he’s been sitting “in an icebox.” “President Xi of China, I know well, President Putin of Russia, know him well, they’re right…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden signed on Thursday sweeping aviation legislation that will boost U.S. air traffic controller staffing, increase funding to avert runway close-call incidents and speed up refunds for canceled flights. The $105 billion, five-year measure reauthorizes the Federal Aviation Administration. It prohibits airlines from charging fees for families to sit together, requires airplanes to be equipped with 25-hour cockpit recording devices, raises maximum civil penalties for airline consumer violations from $25,000 per violation to $75,000 and boosts aircraft production scrutiny.
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday unveiled a historic proposal to ease restrictions on marijuana, a rule that if enacted would also enable more research on its medicinal benefits. The proposal, first announced in April, would reclassify cannabis from a so-called schedule one drug to a schedule three. Schedule one drugs, such as heroin, are considered highly addictive with no medical benefits, while schedule three drugs are considered to have a moderate to low potential for physical and psychological dependence.
Georgia’s parliament is set to pass a highly controversial so-called “foreign agents” bill that has triggered widespread protests across the former Soviet Republic nestled in the Caucasus Mountains.