Category Archives: Canadian Press
Brazil's ex-President 'Lula' defies court, hunkers down
SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil - Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defied an order to turn himself in to police on Friday, instead hunkering down with supporters at a metallurgical u...
Apr 6, 2018

'Eyes and ears': Past Guard border deployments offer clues
SAN DIEGO - The U.S. National Guard faces a vastly different environment than it did on its last two deployments to the border with Mexico, with far fewer illegal crossings and more Central Americans ...
Apr 6, 2018
Trump, Kim summit may boost recovery of US Korea War remains
TOKYO - More than six decades after the troops died for their country, the repatriation of the remains of thousands of U.S. military personnel missing in action and presumed dead from the Korean War m...
Apr 6, 2018
Romanian 'dead man' to go court again to prove he's alive
BUCHAREST, Romania - A Romanian man who failed to convince a court that he was alive after he was officially registered as deceased by his wife has initiated a new lawsuit to annul his death certifica...
Apr 6, 2018
More playoff teams at world curling championships liked by some, not others
LAS VEGAS - A more generous playoff format at the men’s world curling championship is getting mixed reviews from skips. The World Curling Federation added a 13th country to the field this year a...
Apr 6, 2018
'Selfie Kid' and Justin Timberlake reunite for a new photo
BOSTON - The Massachusetts teenager who became a social media sensation after taking a selfie with Justin Timberlake during the Super Bowl halftime show got another chance to meet the pop star - and t...
Apr 6, 2018

Lin-Manuel Miranda has shingles, quarantined from baby son
NEW YORK - Lin-Manuel Miranda thought he had a migraine. It turns out the Broadway star really had shingles. Miranda tweeted on Thursday the diagnosis was caught early, but he’s been quarantined...
Apr 6, 2018
India police arrest man for keeping mother's body in freezer
KOLKATA, India - Indian police have arrested a 46-year-old man for allegedly keeping his mother’s body in a freezer for almost three years while collecting her monthly pension payments. Subhabra...
Apr 6, 2018
9 killed, scores wounded by Israeli fire in Gaza protest
KHUZA’A, Palestinian Territory - Thousands of Palestinians protested along Gaza’s sealed border with Israel on Friday, engulfing the volatile area in black smoke from burning tires to try ...
Apr 6, 2018
Ex-South Africa leader is defiant as corruption case starts
DURBAN, South Africa - Former South African president Jacob Zuma sat in the dock of a packed courtroom on Friday to face corruption charges and emerged defiant, telling supporters that the case agains...
Apr 6, 2018