Category Archives: Canadian Press
Nigeria's female candidates seek victory despite harassment
KANO, Nigeria - Nervous ahead of Nigeria’s delayed election, a group of young women picked up their cellphones and wished each other well. “Honestly I’m so tensed and scared,” ...
Feb 18, 2019
Border wall a complex issue for 2020 prospect Beto O'Rourke
EL PASO, Texas - When President Donald Trump visited Beto O’Rourke’s hometown to argue that walling off the southern border would make the U.S. safer, the former Democratic congressman and...
Feb 18, 2019
Israeli leaders' Nazi remarks scuttle summit with Europeans
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s off-hand comment in Warsaw about Poland and the Holocaust set in motion a diplomatic crisis that on Monday scuttled this week’s summit of ce...
Feb 18, 2019
Ex-FBI official: 'Crime may have been committed' by Trump
WASHINGTON - Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said in an interview that aired Sunday that a “crime may have been committed” when President Donald Trump fired the head of the FBI an...
Feb 18, 2019
In France, the Force is strong with lightsaber dueling
BEAUMONT-SUR-OISE, France - Master Yoda, dust off his French, he must. It’s now easier than ever in France to act out “Star Wars” fantasies, because its fencing federation has borrow...
Feb 18, 2019
Don Cherry blasts Hurricanes as 'jerks'; team responds with his words on T-shirt
TORONTO - Don Cherry’s latest rant about the Carolina Hurricanes and their victory celebrations didn’t go unnoticed by the NHL club. The Hurricanes even decided to embrace his words. Cherr...
Feb 18, 2019
Electoral reform: All eyes turn to tiny P.E.I. as issue put to voters
CHARLOTTETOWN - Tiny Prince Edward Island has a chance to send a big message to the rest of the country about electoral reform when voters are asked to consider proportional representation in a refere...
Feb 18, 2019
Tense standoff spells endgame for IS militants in Syria
BAGHOUZ, Syria - The collection of tents was largely silent on a sunny winter Monday afternoon. Few people were visible, but the few out and about were calm: Two men in long robes and pants walked slo...
Feb 18, 2019
Barred from Venezuela, European lawmakers call for action
MADRID - Conservative European lawmakers who were barred from entering Venezuela this weekend are urging the European Union’s top diplomat to suspend contacts with Nicolas Maduro’s governm...
Feb 18, 2019
China accuses US of trying to block its tech development
BEIJING - China’s government on Monday accused the United States of trying to block the country’s industrial development by alleging that Chinese mobile network gear poses a cybersecurity ...
Feb 18, 2019