Trudeau pledges Canada’s support for Ukraine and punishment for Russia | AP News

Trudeau pledges Canada’s support for Ukraine and punishment for Russia | AP News

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced several support measures for Ukraine, including military, economic and humanitarian assistance, while also pledging an additional show of diplomatic backing through steps intended to punish Russia over the war.“We’re continuing to impose costs on Russia and ensuring that those responsible for this illegal, unjustifiable invasion do not benefit

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Many states are expanding their Medicaid programs to provide dental care to their poorest residents | AP News

Many states are expanding their Medicaid programs to provide dental care to their poorest residents | AP News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For months, Carlton Clemons endured crippling pain from a rotting wisdom tooth. He couldn’t sleep, barely ate and relied on painkillers to get by.The 67-year-old from Nashville, Tennessee, could not afford to see a dentist on the $1,300-a-month his family gets in Social Security and disability payments. So he waited for

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Uganda’s president says airstrikes killed ‘a lot’ of rebels with ties to Islamic State in Congo | AP News

Uganda’s president says airstrikes killed ‘a lot’ of rebels with ties to Islamic State in Congo | AP News

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said Saturday that recent airstrikes against rebels with ties to the Islamic State group in eastern Congo have killed “a lot” of the militants, possibly including a notorious bomb maker.The statement issued by the president’s office didn’t provide details on the Sept.16 airstrikes targeting the Allied Democratic

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Ukraine targets key Crimean city a day after striking the Russian navy headquarters | AP News

Ukraine targets key Crimean city a day after striking the Russian navy headquarters | AP News

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine on Saturday morning launched another missile attack on Sevastopol in occupied Crimea, a Russian-installed official said, a day after an attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet left a serviceman missing and the main building smoldering.Sevastopol was put on air raid alert for about an hour after debris

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Pakistan’s prime minister says manipulation of coming elections by military is ‘absolutely absurd’ | AP News

Pakistan’s prime minister says manipulation of coming elections by military is ‘absolutely absurd’ | AP News

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Pakistan’s interim prime minister said he expects parliamentary elections to take place in the new year, dismissing the possibility that the country’s powerful military would manipulate the results to ensure that jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party doesn’t win.In an interview with The Associated Press Friday, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said it’s the

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Niger’s junta accuses United Nations chief of blocking its participation at General Assembly | AP News

Niger’s junta accuses United Nations chief of blocking its participation at General Assembly | AP News

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The military government that seized power in Niger has accused United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of “obstructing” the West African nation’s full participation at the U.N.’s annual meeting of world leaders in order to appease France, Niger’s former colonizer, and its allies.The decision to not allow the junta’s envoy to speak

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Britain uses UN speech to show that it wants to be a leader on how the world handles AI | AP News

Britain uses UN speech to show that it wants to be a leader on how the world handles AI | AP News

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Britain pitched itself to the world Friday as a ready leader in shaping an international response to the rise of artificial intelligence, with Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden telling the U.N. General Assembly his country was “determined to be in the vanguard.”Touting the United Kingdom’s tech companies, its universities and even

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