Category Archives: Canadian Press
Japan's Abe in China as 2 nations try to mend ties
BEIJING - It’s taken nearly seven years, but a Japanese leader is finally returning to China on an official visit for bilateral talks. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Beijing on Thursday as...
Oct 25, 2018
Koreas, UN finish removing firearms from border village
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The rival Koreas and the U.S.-led U.N. Command finished removing firearms and troops from a jointly controlled area at a border village on Thursday, as part of agreements t...
Oct 25, 2018
UN investigator: Genocide still taking place in Myanmar
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. - Genocide is still taking place against Rohingya Muslims remaining in Myanmar and the government is increasingly demonstrating it has no interest in establishing a fully function...
Oct 25, 2018
China building boom uncovers buried dinosaurs, makes a star
YANJI, China - At the end of a street of newly built high-rises in the northern Chinese city of Yanji stands an exposed cliff face, where paleontologists scrape away 100 million-year-old rock in searc...
Oct 25, 2018
Papadopoulos wraps up lengthy interview with House panels
WASHINGTON - George Papadopoulos made his first appearance Thursday before congressional investigators, part of an effort to clear his name after pleading guilty in special counsel Robert Mueller̵...
Oct 25, 2018
Water out of thin air: California couple's device wins $1.5M
LOS ANGELES - It started out modestly enough: David Hertz, having learned that under the right conditions you really can make your own water out of thin air, put a little contraption on the roof of hi...
Oct 25, 2018
European Central Bank sticks to plan to end stimulus
FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank said Thursday it is staying on course to wrap up its 2.5 trillion euro ($2.85 trillion) stimulus program at the end of the year, even as risks from trade protecti...
Oct 25, 2018
Glenn Healy says NHL Alumni Association is "all-in" on cannabis research
TORONTO - The executive director of the NHL Alumni Association says he’s “all-in” when it comes to finding out if cannabis will be able to one day replace opioid-based painkillers. S...
Oct 25, 2018
Jailed Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov wins EU rights award
BRUSSELS - The European Union on Thursday awarded its top human rights prize to Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian filmmaker imprisoned in Russia accused of plotting acts of terrorism, calling him a symbol of ...
Oct 25, 2018
UK fines Facebook over data privacy scandal, EU seeks audit
LONDON - British regulators slapped Facebook on Thursday with a fine of 500,000 pounds ($644,000) - the maximum possible - for failing to protect the privacy of its users in the Cambridge Analytica sc...
Oct 25, 2018