Politics

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida Republicans chose Christian Ziegler on Saturday to be their party's chairman heading into a 2024 election in which the state could be center stage for GOP presidential politics.

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday sought to dampen optimism about an imminent settlement in the dispute over post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland that has brought political turmoil to the region and clouded relation

OTTAWA — The RCMP says it has ended its search for an unidentified aerial object shot down over central Yukon last Saturday. The mounties say they searched the highest probability area but could not find the debris.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wafting across the United States and into the attention of an alarmed national and global public , a giant Chinese balloon has changed Americans' awareness of all the stuff floating in the air and how defense officials watch for it

TORONTO — As Toronto looks to elect a new mayor in the coming months, observers say international investors are looking for another business-savvy leader like John Tory to take the helm.

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's been called the worst job in Washington. The gatekeeper to the most powerful leader on earth. The president's alter ego or the chief javelin catcher.

OTTAWA — A new report from the federal spy watchdog says the Canadian Security Intelligence Service failed to adequately consider the potentially serious adverse effects on people and their families when using its powers to disrupt potential threats.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president said Saturday the Chinese coast guard’s use of military-grade laser that briefly blinded some of the crew aboard a Philippine patrol vessel in the disputed South China Sea was not enough for him to

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A visit by a Chinese official at the invitation of the Taiwanese capital’s newly elected China-friendly mayor has drawn protests on the self-ruled island.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — No one in Godgift Inemesit’s family of eight is sure when they will eat each day — except for her three kids, two of whom have malaria. She can't pay for the drugs they need or feed the rest of her family regularly.