Category Archives: Canadian Press

WASHINGTON - The White House rejected on Friday a Vladimir Putin-backed effort to hold a referendum in eastern Ukraine on the region’s future, distancing itself from the idea in the aftermath of...

WASHINGTON - After a week of erraticism by President Donald Trump about what really went on in his private meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, history could use a fly on the wall. There were t...

WASHINGTON - Ringed by a handful of cheering activist supporters, liberal House Democrats gathered outside the Capitol this week to announce they were forming a caucus to seek “Medicare for All&...

OTTAWA - The Canadian economy displayed its staying power in a pair of reports Friday that showed a spring boost in retail sales and inflation at its fastest annual pace in more than six years. Inflat...

WASHINGTON - U.S. officials say the United States is finalizing plans to evacuate several hundred Syrian civil defence workers and their families from southwest Syria as Russian-backed government forc...

JERUSALEM - A landmark half-billion-dollar Israeli plan to develop Palestinian areas of east Jerusalem and hoist residents out of poverty is getting a cool reception from the very people who are suppo...

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday that Germany’s relationship with the United States remains “central” to her government despite recent disagreements with President Donal...

PARIS - French investigators on Friday detained for questioning one of President Emmanuel Macron’s top security aides who was caught on camera beating a protester in May, sparking a major politi...

SAN FRANCISCO - California and 14 other states sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Thursday over its decision to suspend an Obama-era rule aimed at limiting pollution from trucks. The July 6...

HANOI, Vietnam - A Vietnamese court on Friday convicted an American man of disturbing public order after he took part in a rare protest and ordered him deported. William Nguyen, from Houston, was arre...