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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has arrived in Turkey for a two-day visit to forge a new partnership. This is the first bilateral visit by a Canadian prime minister to Turkey. Carney plans to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other officials. The visit aims to diversify Canada's partnerships amid a trade war with the U.S. Talks will focus on energy, nuclear plants, sustainable mining and defense. Canada and Turkey also plan to negotiate a free trade agreement. Canada recently lifted its ban on exporting weapons to Turkey, signaling improving ties.

One figure sets Venezuela apart from the rest of the world: 303 billion barrels of so-called proven oil reserves. But experts say the country’s estimate is inherently problematic and far from proven. They call it rooted in exaggerated, aging data from a corrupt government. The number's long been touted as a key measure of untapped energy potential. President Donald Trump’s administration used it in detailing a sweeping deal for the U.S. to take control of some Venezuelan reserves. But experts say a more realistic estimate of Venezuela’s proven reserves is about one-third of that. They put the likely figure at 60 to 120 billion barrels. That's vast but not enough for Venezuela to remain the world’s largest holder of reserves.

If Deb Haaland wins New Mexico’s race for governor, she’ll make history as the first Native American woman to lead a state. But first she has to convince New Mexicans that they should keep Democrats in charge. The state persistently ranks near the bottom nationally on poverty, crime and public education, and disenchanted voters are pleading for change. Republican contender Gregg Hull says the state can no longer afford more of the same and is “primed for a shift" after decades of Democratic control.

The Trump administration is asking a federal judge to let it reconsider a major federal permit granted for a large offshore wind farm. It's the fourth project the Republican leadership has targeted in recent months. The Interior Department wants to reconsider its own approval for the construction and operations plan for the New England Wind project off Massachusetts. The plan was approved during the Biden administration. The Justice Department said the approval ignored major adverse impacts of the project. Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse warned that the administration now risks derailing a legislative effort to speed up permitting reviews for new energy and infrastructure projects.

King Charles III has led tributes to the people of the Welsh village of Aberfan on the 60th anniversary of a disaster that claimed the lives of 116 children and 28 adults. Charles, who was joined in Aberfan by his wife Queen Camilla and his eldest son Prince William, said Wednesday that it was “profoundly humbling” to hear the testimonies of those who survived the collapse of a coal tip onto Pantglas Junior School on October 21 1966. Children in the school were just getting ready for lessons when 1.5 million cubic feet of liquefied slurry crashed into the school and a number of nearby houses. About half the children from the school died,