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Turkish court orders temporary freeze of Kurdish party funds

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s highest court on Thursday ordered a temporary freeze on the funds of the country’s pro-Kurdish party as it mulls whether to disband it over accusations of links to Kurdish militants.
Justice Jackson working on a memoir, titled 'Lovely One'

Justice Jackson working on a memoir, titled 'Lovely One'

NEW YORK (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is working on a memoir. Jackson, the first Black woman appointed to the court, is calling the book “Lovely One.
'A disaster': Speaker fight exposes GOP leadership vacuum

'A disaster': Speaker fight exposes GOP leadership vacuum

NEW YORK (AP) — With House Republicans riven by infighting, unable to coalesce around a pick for speaker , former President Donald Trump had an emphatic message for the new GOP majority.
Hong Kong to start reopening border with China on Sunday

Hong Kong to start reopening border with China on Sunday

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will start to reopen its border with mainland China on Sunday and allow tens of thousands of people to cross from each side every day without quarantine, the city's leader said.
A year after Canada banned conversion therapy, Ottawa says no criminal charges laid

A year after Canada banned conversion therapy, Ottawa says no criminal charges laid

OTTAWA — Gemma Hickey says when they were in their teens, they went to a faith-based conversion therapy practitioner who had them pray and read literature to try to make them heterosexual.
Rule requiring negative COVID test before Chinese flights takes effect

Rule requiring negative COVID test before Chinese flights takes effect

VANCOUVER — Airline passengers leaving China, Hong Kong and Macau will have to provide evidence of a negative COVID-19 test when they enter Canada starting today.
As parents celebrate lower child-care fees, will provinces keep up with demand?

As parents celebrate lower child-care fees, will provinces keep up with demand?

OTTAWA — Nour Alideeb and her partner are trying to decide what to do with the hundreds of dollars they're now saving on child care for their two-year-old son.
Philippine police chief offers to quit over drug-linked cops

Philippine police chief offers to quit over drug-linked cops

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine national police chief said Thursday he has offered to resign to encourage nearly a thousand other ranking police officials to do the same to regain public trust after some enforcers were arrested due to illeg
Biden intends to make his first visit to US-Mexico border

Biden intends to make his first visit to US-Mexico border

HEBRON, Ky. (AP) — President Joe Biden intends to visit the U.S.-Mexico border — his first trip there since taking office — in connection with his meeting next week in Mexico City with the leaders of Mexico and Canada.
Philippine leader cites stable ties on visit to Beijing

Philippine leader cites stable ties on visit to Beijing

BEIJING (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has cited stable ties with China during a visit to Beijing in which he has sought to downplay territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
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