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Canada has closed its airspace to Russian aircraft, effective immediately. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra made the announcement on Sunday, saying Canada's airspace will be closed to all Russian aircraft operators. "We will hold Russia accountable for its unprovoked attacks against Ukraine," he said in a tweet. Canada's move comes as other European nations banned Russian planes from entering their own airspaces, including Germany, Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Luxembourg, over the invasion of Ukraine. Russia has since closed its airspace to many of those same countries, as fighting between its forces and...

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A bankruptcy trustee for a carnival company whose owners received a pardon from President Clinton is seeking to garnish the bank accounts of Mr. Clinton's brother-in-law to recoup more than $100,000 in loans. Anthony D. Rodham, one of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's two brothers, got the loans from United Shows of America Inc. after its owners obtained the presidential pardon in March 2000 over the objections of the Justice Department. Michael E. Collins, trustee for United Shows, filed papers in Alexandria bankruptcy court seeking the return of $107,000 plus $46,034 in interest from Mr. Rodham, 51, for the loans he...