Politics

OTTAWA — An LGBTQ refugee group says Ottawa is helping resettle to Canada 600 Afghans who are fleeing persecution due to their sexual orientation or gender identity.

OTTAWA — Canada is planning to spend $1.24 billion to upgrade its fleet of military search-and-rescue helicopters ⁠ — about $200 million more than originally planned.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson described to the House Jan.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — In a major political move, Pakistani authorities before dawn Friday removed Pervez Elahi as the top elected official in the country's populous eastern Punjab province, following his failure to win a vote of confidence from

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Just in time for Christmas, New York legislators returned to the state capital Thursday to give themselves a nice holiday gift: a pay raise that would make them the nation’s best-paid state lawmakers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed a massive $1.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan.

OTTAWA — The federal government says departments will focus on making the access-to-information system work better amid calls for fundamental changes to the transparency law.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Juan Guaidó has been the face of Venezuelans' efforts to restore their democracy since he took to the streets to challenge the rule of President Nicolás Maduro in early 2019.