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TORONTO (AP) — Former central banker Mark Carney has been sworn in as Canada’s new prime minister. Carney, 59, on Friday replaced Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced his resignation in January but remained in power until the Liberal Party elected a new leader. Carney is widely expected to trigger a general election in the near future. Canada’s governing Liberal Party appeared poised for a historic election defeat this year, but then U.S. President Donald Trump declared economic war and his talk of annexing the country as a 51st state. Now the Canadian Liberals and their new prime minister could come out on top.

(AP) — Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff to discuss details of the American proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in the war with Ukraine. Putin said Thursday he supported a truce in principle but set out issues that need to be addressed before it is agreed. In a post on his Truth Social site Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump said “that there is a very good chance that this horrible, bloody war can finally come to an end.” Ukraine has already endorsed the proposal.

Candidates running for the office of mayor for the City of Jennings answered a variety of questions. Mayor Henry Guinn and challenger Melvin Adams were given the same six questions to answer.

The Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, an independent, non-partisan reviewer, recently released an explanation of the Constitutional Amendment for the upcoming election.

The Jeff Davis Parish Police Jury approved a request Wednesday from Building Code Inspection Services (BCIS), LLC representative Cooney Richard to increase the company’s minimum service fees.