Category Archives: Canadian Press
US to offer cyberwar capabilities to NATO allies
BRUSSELS - Acting to counter Russia’s aggressive use of cyberattacks across Europe and around the world, the U.S. is expected to announce that, if asked, it will use its formidable cyberwarfare ...
Oct 03, 2018
China orders actress Fan Bingbing to pay massive tax fine
BEIJING - Chinese tax authorities have ordered “X-Men” star Fan Bingbing and companies she represents to pay taxes and penalties totalling $130 million, ending speculation over the fate of...
Oct 03, 2018
Chicago cop's trial could come down to jury's view of video
CHICAGO - From the moment Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke was charged with first-degree murder in the 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald, the case has centred around the video. As attorneys prepar...
Oct 03, 2018
4 men arrested in Virginia violence, called 'serial rioters'
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Four California men described as “serial rioters” are facing federal charges after prosecutors say they flew across the country for a white nationalist rally in Virg...
Oct 03, 2018
Track Palin to spend year in custody after assault arrests
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The oldest son of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will spend a year in custody after a judge ruled Wednesday that allegations of hitting a woman on the head disqualified him from a ...
Oct 03, 2018
Chemistry Nobel for using evolution to create new proteins
STOCKHOLM - Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for using a sped-up version of evolution to create new proteins that have led to a bestselling drug and other products. The Roya...
Oct 03, 2018
N.B. bilingualism debate flares as parties' battle for power unfolds
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - A resolution from an Acadian seaside town council has fired a warning shot across the bow of the New Brunswick Tories, as the municipal councillors try to rally wider francophone su...
Oct 03, 2018
CFL already feeling pinch from upstart Alliance of American Football
The Alliance of American Football (AAF) doesn’t begin play until February, but Marcel Desjardins already has been impacted by the new league. “We had a guy here in training camp who was in...
Oct 03, 2018
The Latest: Lab orders $3,636 of Champagne for Nobel winner
STOCKHOLM - The Latest on the awarding of the Nobel Prizes (all times local): 5:55 p.m. Cambridge University scientist Greg Winter says he was staring at his computer wondering how he would ever finis...
Oct 03, 2018
NewsAlert:U.S., British researchers win Nobel Prize in Chemistry
STOCKHOLM - Two researchers from the United States and one in Britain have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The nine-million-kronor (US$1.01 million) chemistry prize is the last of this year...
Oct 03, 2018