Category Archives: Canadian Press
10 minutes of terror: A quake, a tsunami and a missing son
PALU, Indonesia - The Muslim call to prayer had just started echoing across the Indonesian city of Palu when Musrifah’s home began to shake violently. Family photos fell from the walls. Dishes a...
Oct 09, 2018
Yemeni smiths beat missiles into knives, not ploughshares
CAIRO - Sometimes, the raw material of Ali Ghomari’s work comes screaming from the skies over Yemen. Missiles fired by Saudi-led coalition jets rain down on militiamen and civilians alike, killi...
Oct 09, 2018
Indonesia says death toll in Sulawesi quake rises past 2,000
JAKARTA, Indonesia - The death toll from the earthquake and tsunami on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island has climbed past 2,000, the disaster agency said Tuesday, as authorities prepared to end the se...
Oct 09, 2018
Limo driver's family believes he was given an unsafe vehicle
SCHOHARIE, N.Y. - Relatives of the limousine driver involved in a crash that killed 20 people in upstate New York said Tuesday they believe he was unwittingly assigned an unsafe vehicle. The family of...
Oct 09, 2018
A look at limo crash victims: Veteran died on 34th birthday
SCHOHARIE, N.Y. - A professor of geology. A pair of newlyweds. A former Marine who served in Iraq. Four sisters celebrating the birthday of one of their own. They are among the 20 people who died in S...
Oct 09, 2018
10 hurt in Hollywood promotional event by rapper Phora
LOS ANGELES - Authorities say 10 people have been injured at a Hollywood rap event after a possible stampede. It happened shortly after 9 p.m. Monday outside the Hollywood & Highland shopping cent...
Oct 09, 2018
Humpback whale calf rescued from net off Australian beach
BRISBANE, Australia - A whale calf has been freed after becoming tangled in a shark net off the Australian east coast. Experts from the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries and Sea World Gold Coast...
Oct 09, 2018
Japanese tycoon going on SpaceX rocket says he trusts Musk
TOKYO - The Japanese online retail tycoon who plans to travel to the moon on the SpaceX rocket says he respects and trusts Elon Musk as a fellow entrepreneur, despite his recent troubles. “Twitt...
Oct 09, 2018
Apparent white tiger attack kills keeper at Japan zoo
TOKYO - Police in southern Japan said Tuesday that they are investigating the death of a zookeeper in an apparent attack by a white tiger. Police said Akira Furusho was found bleeding from his neck an...
Oct 09, 2018
Suspect in Bulgarian journalist slaying arrested in Germany
SOFIA, Bulgaria - German police have arrested a suspect in the rape and killing of a television journalist from Bulgaria whose work highlighted corruption in the East European country, officials said ...
Oct 09, 2018