By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — As Canada's Liberals celebrated election victory in a stunning turn of fortune, the country would not know until later Tuesday whether the party of Prime Minister Mark Carney would have an outright majority or need help in ...

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican's "trial of the century" announced Tuesday he was withdrawing from participating in the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope for "the good of the church," ending days of drama that had ...

BEIJING (AP) — Three Chinese astronauts' return to Earth has been postponed owing to weather conditions. The astronauts, Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze, were originally due to land Tuesday in Dongfeng, in China's northern Inner Mongolia region, after spending six months in space. ...

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press MADRID (AP) — The cause of Spain and Portugal's widespread blackouts remained a mystery on Tuesday, with some isolated disruption remaining after power was largely restored to both countries. One of Europe's most severe blackouts grounded flights, ...

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tuesday that his country and the Philippines would start talks on two proposed defense pacts to further boost their security alliance and would continue to fight aggression in disputed ...

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press What is a conclave? VATICAN CITY (AP) — A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian "con clave" (with a key) to underscore that cardinals are sequestered until they find a winner. Cardinals have no contact ...

By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — President Donald Trump is pushing Ukraine to cede territory to Russia to end the war, threatening to walk away if a deal becomes too difficult — and causing alarm bells in Europe about how to fill the gap. Ukraine's European allies view the ...

TORONTO (AP) — The Liberal Party has won the federal election in Canada, culminating a process marked by U.S. President Donald Trump threats on a trade war and of making the country the 51st American state. With this result, the Liberal Party's leader and current prime minister, Mark Carney, ...

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a unilateral 72-hour ceasefire next week in Ukraine to mark Victory Day in World War II as the U.S. presses for a deal to end the 3-year-old war. Kyiv insisted on a longer and ...

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press Brasilia, BRAZIL (AP) — A justice on Brazil 's Supreme Court on Monday ordered the federal government to seize private properties when owners are found responsible for illegal deforestation or wildfires. The landmark ruling, which could be appealed, ...

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The smells of crispy lumpia, caramelized plantains and other Filipino street foods beckoned attendees of a Vancouver festival as they flooded out of a concert on an unusually sunny spring day in the ...

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah group called on the government Monday to work harder to end Israel's attacks in the country a day after an Israeli airstrike hit a suburb of Beirut. Naim Kassem said in a televised speech that Hezbollah ...

By NATALIE MELZER Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The head of Israel's internal security service says he will resign in June over the failure of his agency to warn of Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attacks — defusing an escalating battle with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Shin Bet ...

By NICOLE WINFIELD and COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor, delaying the secret voting for two days so they can get to know one another better and find consensus on a ...

By JIM MORRIS, CLAIRE RUSH and ROB GILLIES Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Murder charges were filed Sunday against a suspect in a weekend car ramming attack that killed 11 people between the ages of 5 and 65 at a Filipino heritage festival in the city of Vancouver, a ...

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hospitals in the Gaza Strip received the remains of 51 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in the past 24 hours, the local Health Ministry said Sunday, bringing the Palestinian death toll from the ...

By ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The left arm of Christian Camilo Amaya is tattooed with a skull pierced by a syringe, which he says represents the use of cocaine and heroin. He frequently shot up on streets of Bogota, but he has recently switched to South ...

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lee Jae-myung, a liberal who wants greater economic parity in South Korea and warmer ties with North Korea, became the main opposition party's presidential candidate Sunday, solidifying his position as front-runner to succeed ...

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked North Korea Monday for fighting alongside his troops against Ukrainian forces and promised not to forget their sacrifices, hours after North Korea confirmed its deployment for the first ...

By VOLODYMYR YURCHUK and ELISE MORTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a sweeping drone assault and airstrikes across Ukraine early Sunday, killing at least four people, officials said, after U.S. President Donald Trump cast doubt over Russian President Vladimir ...