Mexican authorities find the bodies of 9 men near pipeline. Fuel theft by gangs is widespread
JONACAPA, Hidalgo (AP) — Authorities in central Mexico said Tuesday they found the bodies of nine men in vehicles near a fuel pipeline.
The circumstances around the deaths remained under investigation, but there were indications that fuel theft may have been involved. Mexico faces a problem with gangs that steal gasoline, diesel and natural gas from government pipelines.
Ángel Rangel Nieves, police chief of San Juan del Rio city in the central state of Queretaro, said the bodies were found in two vehicles near the pipeline north of Mexico
Human rights tribunal to be told Canada is still failing First Nations kids
OTTAWA — The First Nations Family and Caring Society will argue before the Human Rights Tribunal Friday that Canada isn’t living up to its promise of timely access to health care for Indigenous children.
Jordan’s Principle is a legal rule that ensures First Nations kids are able to access health care, social and educational supports when they need them, with questions about which jurisdiction pays for them to be worked out afterward.
On Friday the society will submit an affidavit at the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal after bringing a non-compliance
CP NewsAlert: NASA delays Artemis II moon mission that includes Canadian astronaut
NASA is delaying the Artemis II moon mission that includes Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen as it works to resolve technical issues with the spacecraft.
The U.S. space agency provided an update Tuesday on the timeline for the upcoming mission around the moon and said Artemis II will be pushed back to September 2025 from its intended launch this November.
A subsequent mission, Artemis III, which will land astronauts on the moon for the first time in more than 50 years, was also delayed — until at least September
NASA delays Artemis II moon mission that includes Canadian astronaut
More delays for NASA’s astronaut moonshots, with crew landing off for another few years
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronauts will have to wait until next year before flying to the moon and at least two years before landing on it, under the latest round of delays announced by NASA on Tuesday.
The space agency had planned to send late this year, but pushed the flight to September 2025. The first human moon landing in more than 50 years also got bumped, from 2025 to September 2026. NASA cited safety concerns with its own
Kremlin foe Navalny says he’s been put in a punishment cell in an Arctic prison colony
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Tuesday that officials at the Arctic penal colony where he is serving a 19-year sentence have isolated him in a tiny punishment cell over a minor infraction, the latest step designed to ramp up pressure on President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest political foe.
Navalny said in a social media statement relayed from behind bars that prison officials accused him of refusing to “introduce himself in line with protocol” and ordered him to serve seven days in a punishment cell
Sweden will send ‘reduced battalion’ to join Canadian-led NATO force in Latvia
OTTAWA — Sweden’s prime minister says his country plans to join a Canadian-led NATO brigade force in Latvia.
In a speech Monday to a national security conference, Ulf Kristersson said his government intends to contribute a reduced battalion.
Battalion forces are typically up to a thousand soldiers, while brigades are usually between 3,000 and 5,000.
NATO allies have agreed to scale up eight existing battle groups in eastern Europe to brigade-size forces.
Canada leads a group of 10 other
RCMP to begin collecting, analyzing race-based data in pilot project
OTTAWA — The RCMP says it will begin collecting race-based data in select locations this month to better understand interactions between police and people in various communities.
The pilot project follows two years of consultations across Canada.
The national police force said Tuesday the data about use of force, arrests and routine checks will provide evidence-based information to help improve how officers serve a diverse population.
The Mounties plan to collect, analyze and report the data to gain insight into the experiences of Indigenous Peoples, as well as Black and
White House orders Cabinet secretaries to notify when they can’t perform duties after Austin illness
WASHINGTON (AP) — has prostate cancer, and his recent secretive hospitalization was for surgery and later to treat a urinary tract infection related to that operation, his doctors said Tuesday.
The cancer revelation answers the main question about Austin’s hospitalization, which has now . But it may only add to , since President Joe Biden only learned about the cancer diagnosis on Tuesday, even though it was made about a month ago.
“Nobody at the White House knew that Secretary Austin had prostate cancer until this morning,”
Former President Clinton, House members mourn former Texas Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson at funeral
DALLAS (AP) — Members of Congress joined mourners in Dallas on Tuesday to remember former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, a day after President Joe Biden came to Texas to pay his respects to the trailblazing congresswoman.
“What a life that she lived,” U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the top House Democrat, told those attending her funeral at Concord Church in Dallas. “A life filled with loving her community. A life filled with leadership for the people. A life that