Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called an election for April 28, with polls showing a close contest between his Liberal Party and the Conservatives as the country faces a trade war and taunts about its sovereignty from U.S. President Donald Trump.

Carney requested the dissolution of Parliament on Sunday in a meeting with Governor General ...Read more

Talks in Riyadh between Ukrainian and U.S. officials, part of an effort to end Russia’s three-year invasion of its neighbor, started on Sunday afternoon, Ukraine’s defense minister said.

The discussions are expected to be followed on Monday by a meeting between the U.S. and Russia. Moscow’s delegation has arrived in Riyadh, Tass reported...Read more

Second lady Usha Vance will travel to Greenland this week, the latest ally of Donald Trump to visit the island as the president ramps up his rhetoric that the U.S. should buy it from Denmark.

Vance, the wife of Vice President JD Vance, will travel to Greenland with her son and a U.S. delegation on Thursday and return on Saturday, the White ...Read more

With the drama around the first human spaceflight of the year behind it, SpaceX is back to the business of sending private customers to space.

The Fram2 mission headed by a Chinese-born cryptocurrency entrepreneur and three of his friends is targeting Monday, March 31, for liftoff from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A.

It would be the ...Read more

The South African ambassador expelled from the U.S. returned to his home country, saying he has “no regrets” about the comments that led to him being told to leave.

Ebrahim Rasool was welcomed back on Sunday by throngs of supporters when he arrived at Cape Town international airport. “I will wear the badge of persona non grata with ...Read more

Two days after a scathing National Transportation Safety Board report said Maryland could’ve done more to prevent the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, Gov. Wes Moore shifted the blame to the owners and operators of the ship that crashed into the bridge.

“It was the sole fault of the Dali and the sole fault of the reckless operators,” ...Read more

The U.S. is still hoping a broad ceasefire in Russia’s war in Ukraine can be reached within weeks, even as the Moscow increases strikes on Ukrainian cities and gives off signals that it’s in no hurry to reach a deal.

The White House aims for a truce agreement by April 20, which this year is Easter in both the Western and Orthodox churches, ...Read more

Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet on Sunday took the first big step toward dismissing the attorney general in the latest attempt to reduce judicial oversight over the government’s actions.

Moves to fire the nation’s top security and legal officials — including Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar — sparked nationwide demonstrations over the weekend. ...Read more

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer predicted Americans will “rise up” if President Donald Trump defies courts that challenge his policies, saying he doesn’t trust Trump’s pledges to abide by judicial rulings.

Schumer was responding to a question on NBC’s "Meet the Press" about a previous comment that any such effort by Trump would ...Read more

BALTIMORE — It’s too late for the Francis Scott Key Bridge, but not for its longer and more heavily trafficked sibling span over the Chesapeake Bay.

The National Transportation Safety Board criticized Maryland on Thursday for failing to assess the risk of a ship striking and collapsing the Key bridge, which is exactly what happened nearly ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Styrofoam coffee cups, plates, clamshell takeout containers and other food service items made with expanded polystyrene plastic can still be found in restaurants and on store shelves, despite a ban that went into effect on Jan. 1.

A Smart and Final in Redwood City was brimming with foam plates, bowls and cups for sale on ...Read more

BOSTON — On days when the sun was shining and the air was warm with a gentle, cooling breeze, Ateiya Sowers-Hassell liked to keep the salon door open. Labor Day was one of those days. Sowers-Hassell was tending to two clients at Salvaged Roots, the natural hair salon and spa in the Four Corners section of Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Motorists love it for its rugged cliffs and stunning coastal vistas, but this Southern California highway is also a critical evacuation route for thousands of Palos Verdes Peninsula residents — not to mention a key artery for commuters and emergency vehicles.

Yet maintaining scenic Palos Verdes Drive South has become an ...Read more

Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to plunge Canada into an election campaign on Sunday, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war sharpens the focus on fixing long-standing problems that have hindered the Canadian economy.

Carney and his chief rival, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, each will seek to persuade Canadians he’s the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — When Jesse Ugalde, who served in the Vietnam War, entered a Department of Veterans Affairs building Friday, he noticed a difference.

“Already, people are leaving,” Ugalde, 74, who relies on the VA for his health care, said of VA employees. “I was told that they’re going to try to provide services, but it’s going to ...Read more

Before President Donald Trump took office for a second time, European officials thought they had him figured out. He was transactional, they said, a man motivated by a good deal.

Some bragged they knew how to do business with him based on their interactions with the self-proclaimed deal maker in his first term.

They were in for a rude ...Read more

Italy’s talks on deploying billionaire Elon Musk‘s Starlink in military and government applications are on hold, Defense Minister Guido Crosetto told newspaper La Repubblica in an interview on Saturday.

“It appears to me everything has paused, also because the discussion has gone from Starlink to statements from and on the person,” ...Read more

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines stressed his belief in “constructive dialogue” during a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Beijing that took place against a backdrop of heightened trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies.

“I’ve always believed in having constructive dialogue and that has been the nature of all my ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Trump administration on Friday ended a federal contract that provides legal representation to nearly 26,000 migrant children who entered the United States without a parent or guardian, a move immigration attorneys say will leave children vulnerable to rapid deportation.

The contract provided funding for attorneys to ...Read more