Politics

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — U.S. government regulators have stopped allowing a large part of the Keystone oil pipeline to operate at higher-than-normal pressures following a massive oil spill in northeastern Kansas in December.

OTTAWA — The role of developing countries in the Ukraine conflict took centre stage Friday as Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly met with her Norwegian counterpart in Ottawa.

OTTAWA — Google will stop blocking news links next week following a five-week test that limited access to news for some Canadian users, the company confirmed Friday. The test began Feb.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut is suing the operator of the state's 23 highway rest stops, alleging the company is refusing to pay more than $2.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is beginning consultations to create a foreign influence registry, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino announced Friday, but he refused to say when the measure could be up and running.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Friday added the World Wildlife Fund to its register of foreign agents, along with a prominent Kremlin critic, a renowned economist and a few others.

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OTTAWA — Canada is banning the import of Russian steel and aluminum as part of its sanctions regime, as Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly raises the possibility of regime change in Moscow.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican chairman of a special House committee targeting China called Beijing's government “bloodthirsty” and “power hungry” on Friday at a rally outside the Chinese embassy in Washington. Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Ethiopia and Niger next week as the Biden administration accelerates a push to engage with Africa to counter China’s growing influence on the continent, the State Department said Frid