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Canadian police start arresting protesters in Ottawa

By Rob Gillies, Wilson Ring, Robert Bumsted, Associated Press

Some protesters surrendered and were taken into custody, police said. Some were led away in handcuffs. One person being taken away carried a sign that read “Mandate Freedom.”…

Amid fears of invasion, tensions flare in Ukraine region with Russia-backed rebels

By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press

Amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, tensions have also soared in the country's east, where Ukrainian forces are locked in a nearly eight-year conflict with Russia-backed separatists.

Western nations warn shelling in Ukraine could provide false pretext for Russian invasion

By Nick Schifrin

President Biden said Thursday that war in Ukraine could come within days, as artillery hit a kindergarten in eastern Ukraine and a tense standoff between the West and Russia came to a point in the United Nations Security Council. More…

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Beijing Olympics committee declines answering questions on Taiwan and Uighur treatment

By Stephen Wade, Graham Dunbar, Associated Press

For two weeks and more at daily news briefings, China’s stance on questions about its politics and policies has been straightforward: It’s the Olympics, and we’re not talking about these things.

Mikaela Shiffrin’s Olympic journey included 5 individual races, no medals and 3 DNFs

By Howard Fendrich, Associated Press

Mikaela Shiffrin skied out in the Alpine combined and once again was unable to finish a race at the Beijing Olympics. She will leave the 2022 Games without an individual medal after participating in all five women’s events.

The Vatican trial exposes the Holy See’s inner workings as a new spy story takes center stage

By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

The Vatican’s big fraud and extortion trial is exposing some unseemly realities of how the Holy See operates.

Trudeau says protests must end, truckers brace for crackdown

By Rob Gillies, Wilson Ring, Associated Press

Hundreds of truckers clogging the streets of Canada's capital city in a protest against COVID-19 restrictions are bracing for what could be a possible police crackdown.

Harris faces high-stakes as she meets with allies over tensions over Ukraine

By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

Vice President Kamala Harris will face her highest-stakes foreign policy assignment yet this weekend in Germany, where she will try to keep European allies unified amid growing concern over the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

How American right-wing funding for Canadian trucker protests could sway U.S. politics

By Richard Lardner, Michelle R. Smith, Ali Swenson, Associated Press

The Canadians who have disrupted trade with the U.S. and occupied downtown Ottawa for nearly three weeks have been cheered and funded by American right-wing activists and conservative politicians who also oppose vaccine mandates and the country’s liberal leader.

Brazil mudslide death toll increases to 105 with dozens still missing

By Mauricio Savarese, Diarlei Rodrigues, Associated Press

Rio de Janeiro state’s government now says that at least 105 people died in landslides that ravaged the city of Petropolis, but it's unclear how many bodies remain trapped in the mud.