Category Archives: Canadian Press
Israel's Netanyahu pays surprise visit to Oman
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday returned from an unannounced visit to Oman, the two countries confirmed, meeting the Gulf state’s leader in the first visit of its...
Oct 26, 2018
Paraguay contestant wins, then swoons at beauty pageant
BANGKOK - A Paraguayan beauty pageant winner swooned on stage after admitting the anticipation just before the announcement was unbearable. Miss Grand International 2018 Clara Sosa fell as soon as she...
Oct 26, 2018
Meghan's wedding gown goes on display at Windsor Castle
LONDON - Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has described how she worked with designer Clare Waight Keller of Givenchy to create a “timeless” wedding gown for her wedding to Prince Harry earli...
Oct 26, 2018
Fox News' streaming service, Fox Nation, to launch Nov. 27
LOS ANGELES - Fox News says its new streaming service will debut in November. Subscriptions to the service, Fox Nation, can be purchased starting Sunday. The cost is $5.99 monthly or $64.99 for a year...
Oct 26, 2018
Remove U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs before signing USMCA: Mexican minister
OTTAWA - Mexico won’t sign the new North American free trade agreement unless the U.S. removes steel and aluminum tariffs on its two continental neighbours, says a senior Mexican official. Juan ...
Oct 26, 2018
US economy grew at strong 3.5 per cent rate in Q3
WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy grew at a robust annual rate of 3.5 per cent in the July-September quarter as the strongest burst of consumer spending in nearly four years helped offset a sharp drag fro...
Oct 26, 2018
AP Investigation: Congo hospitals openly jail poor patients
LUBUMBASHI, Congo - The most surprising thing about the fact that Congolese hospitals detain patients who fail to pay their bills is that it’s no secret: Administrators, doctors and nurses openl...
Oct 26, 2018
Bomb scare rattles those touched by past political violence
NEW YORK - No one has been hurt or killed. But the wave of mail bombs targeting prominent Democrats this week has angered and dismayed some of the people affected personally by past acts of political ...
Oct 26, 2018
In migrant caravan, safety in numbers and no smuggling fees
ARRIAGA, Mexico - Kenia Yoselin Gutierrez had long thought about migrating from her native Honduras to the United States, but stories of others who made the trip scared her off: migrants being raped o...
Oct 26, 2018
US sends aid to Pacific islands devastated by huge typhoon
The federal government sent supplies to a U.S. territory in the Pacific that was ravaged by a super typhoon as residents of the Northern Mariana Islands dug through crumbled houses, smashed cars and f...
Oct 26, 2018