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Venezuela leader's first foreign trip abruptly canceled

Venezuela leader's first foreign trip abruptly canceled

The first foreign visit of Venezuela's US-backed interim leader since taking power was abruptly canceled on Thursday, just hours before she was to arrive in Colombia. Delcy Rodriguez was due to travel to the border town of Cucuta for a summit on Friday with Colombian President Gustavo

Trump pushes 'SAVE America' voting bill ahead of midterms

Trump pushes 'SAVE America' voting bill ahead of midterms

US President Donald Trump is pressing Republicans to pass a sweeping overhaul of voting rules that critics say is less about election security than trying to block millions of people from casting ballots and avoid defeat in the midterms. Trump's Republicans in the House of Representatives have already

With new ships, Canada aims to be 'icebreaking superpower'

With new ships, Canada aims to be 'icebreaking superpower'

At a massive shipyard in North Vancouver, Canadian workers grind metal beams for a powerful new icebreaker crucial to cementing the country's presence in the increasingly contested Arctic. Icebreakers are specialized, expensive vessels able to navigate in the frozen far north. And "this is the crown jewel,

Trump says Iran war moving 'very rapidly'

Trump says Iran war moving 'very rapidly'

US President Donald Trump said Thursday the war against Iran was moving "very rapidly," even as Tehran's new leader vowed defiance in his first public message. "The situation with Iran is moving along very rapidly. It's doing very well, our military is unsurpassed,

Italian prosecutors seek trial for Amazon over tax evasion

Italian prosecutors seek trial for Amazon over tax evasion

Milan prosecutors have requested a criminal trial for Amazon and four of its executives over alleged tax fraud worth more than one billion euros, Italian media reported Thursday. The e-commerce giant in December said it had reached an agreement with Italy's tax agency over VAT it should

Polish president vetoes 40-bn-euro EU defence funding plan

Polish president vetoes 40-bn-euro EU defence funding plan

Poland's ferocious dispute over EU defence loans reached a fever pitch on Thursday as nationalist president Karol Nawrocki vetoed a multi-billion-euro plan that parliament had already approved. Lawmakers in Poland, the largest country on NATO's eastern flank, last month backed the Security Action For

24 AGs question funding of orgs refusing to remove climate agenda from judges manuals

(The Center Square) – Two dozen state attorneys general have written to the secretaries of Transportation, Energy and War asking them to investigate the federal funding of two organizations due to the groups’ refusal to take action on a politically biased climate chapter in a reference manual that is used by