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Climate conference hears loss of Arctic summer sea ice now inevitable by 2050

Climate conference hears loss of Arctic summer sea ice now inevitable by 2050

A new report from dozens of international scientists says it's inevitable the Arctic will lose its entire summer sea cover at least once over the next generation and probably a lot more often than that.
EXPLAINER: The need-to-know basics for the U.S. midterm

EXPLAINER: The need-to-know basics for the U.S. midterm

WASHINGTON (AP) — If you're tuning in now to Election Day in the United States, voting in the midterm election ends when polls close on Tuesday.
Ballot deadline extended for some Georgia voters after error

Ballot deadline extended for some Georgia voters after error

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A judge on Monday agreed to extend the deadline to return absentee ballots for voters in a suburban Atlanta county who didn't receive their ballots because election officials failed to mail them.
Infowars website staffer pleads guilty to storming Capitol

Infowars website staffer pleads guilty to storming Capitol

A Texas man described as a video editor for the conspiracy theory-promoting Infowars website pleaded guilty on Monday to storming the U.S.
Quebec Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade resigns for 'good of the party'

Quebec Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade resigns for 'good of the party'

MONTREAL — Dominique Anglade, the first Black woman to lead a major Quebec political party, resigned as Liberal leader on Monday, five weeks after her party suffered a crushing defeat in the provincial election.
PM free to reopen Constitution if he has problem with notwithstanding clause: Ford

PM free to reopen Constitution if he has problem with notwithstanding clause: Ford

OTTAWA — Ontario Premier Doug Ford raised the spectre of a fresh constitutional battle between Ottawa and the provinces on Monday even as he indicated his willingness to repeal controversial legislation that used the notwithstanding clause.
Polish leader blames low birthrate on women using alcohol

Polish leader blames low birthrate on women using alcohol

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A women's rights group in Poland on Monday urged people to demonstrate after the country's ruling party leader claimed that Poland's low birthrate is partly caused by young women drinking too much alcohol.
Judge rules Doug Ford, Sylvia Jones immune from testifying at Emergencies inquiry

Judge rules Doug Ford, Sylvia Jones immune from testifying at Emergencies inquiry

Ontario's premier and a top minister have "valuable evidence" to offer the Emergencies Act inquiry, but will not have to testify due to immunity provided to them by parliamentary privilege, a Federal Court judge ruled Monday.

UK government rejects plan to build national flagship

LONDON (AP) — Britain's Conservative government on Monday scrapped a 250 million-pound ($288 million) plan to build a national flagship that was supposed to tour the world as a “floating embassy" amid a public spending squeeze and to prioritize fundi
Presidential push: Biden, Obama, Trump stump before Tuesday's midterm elections

Presidential push: Biden, Obama, Trump stump before Tuesday's midterm elections

WASHINGTON — Presidents past and present are making one last campaign push — one side pleading for votes, the other predicting big wins — as the tumultuous 2022 U.S. midterm election caravan finally nears the election-day finish line.