Politics

WASHINGTON — Familiar North American irritants — U.S. protectionism, intransigence on continental trade, irregular migration — return to the fore this week as the so-called "Three Amigos" meet for a trilateral summit in Mexico City.

BEIJING (AP) — After years of separation from his wife in mainland China, Hong Kong resident Cheung Seng-bun made sure to be among the first in line following the reopening Sunday of border crossing points.

Some Canadian tourists in Mexico's Sinaloa state finally began their delayed journey home on Saturday after a wave of violence erupted in the region, shuttering airports and prompting an advisory to shelter in place.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's president praised the United States for including tank-killing armored vehicles in its latest multibillion-dollar package of military aid , saying they are “exactly what is needed” for Ukrainian troops locked in combat

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Packing a cathedral for Orthodox Christmas, hundreds of worshippers heard the service in that church in the Ukrainian language for the first time in decades, a demonstration of independence from the Russian Orthodox Church.

VICTORIA — British Columbia is increasing the types of items it accepts for recycling in its residential blue box program.

BERLIN (AP) — The head of the United Nations human rights office called Saturday for a prompt, transparent investigation into the deaths of at least 28 people whose bodies were found in northwest Burkina Faso last month . Volker Türk, the U.N.

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas; Reps. Scott Perry, R-Pa., and Andy Barr, R-Ky.; U.S. Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Reps. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Kevin McCarthy is the new House speaker , but as bruising as it was for him to seize the gavel in a history-making election , it may be even more difficult for the embattled leader to do much with the powerful position —

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker on a historic post-midnight 15th ballot early Saturday, overcoming holdouts from his own ranks and floor tensions that boiled over after a chaotic week that tested the new GOP majo