The Group of 20 Summit, hosted by India earlier this month, couldn't have gone better for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His pledge to make the African Union a permanent member became reality. And under his leadership, the fractured grouping signed off on a final statement. It was seen as a foreign policy triumph for Modi and set the tone for India as a great emerging power.
The White House said Thursday it supports a law enforcement investigation into the murder of a Sikh separatist in Canada but declined to wade into thorny diplomatic matters around the killing that involves India, a key ally in Asia.
Last week, in a hearing to confirm NORAD's next commander, Sen. Dan Sullivan, Alaska Republican, caused a stir when he called Canada a persistent defense free-rider.
For Chicagoans planning a lengthy outdoor run Monday, "today is not necessarily the day for that," according to Kim Biggs of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
The haze from Canadian wildfires that swallowed up much of the northeast U.S. on Thursday fueled a partisan clash in Washington over what starts such fires.