Category Archives: Canadian Press
AP Interview: Chinese editor Hu Shuli steps aside, not down
BEIJING - Some say China’s most prominent journalist is finished. Far from it, says Hu Shuli, founder of the financial magazine Caixin. Hu listened one recent afternoon to the theories floating ...
Jan 30, 2018
Historic Las Vegas neon signs set to shine bright once again
LAS VEGAS - As Frank Sinatra asks Lady Luck to stick around, the neon red lights of one of Las Vegas’ most famous towering signs appear to dance under the night sky, revealing a beating heart an...
Jan 30, 2018
Putin: Russia list is a hostile move driven by Trump foes
MOSCOW - Mixing irony with scorn, President Vladimir Putin on Thursday described a new list including Russian officials and tycoons under a U.S. sanctions law as a hostile and “stupid” mov...
Jan 30, 2018
Trump says he's '100 per cent' for releasing GOP memo
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump was overheard Tuesday telling a Republican lawmaker he is “100 per cent” in favour of releasing a classified memo on the Russia investigation that has s...
Jan 30, 2018
Child experts: Just say 'no' to Facebook's kids app
BOSTON - Child development experts and advocates are urging Facebook to pull the plug on its new messaging app aimed at kids. A group letter sent Tuesday to CEO Mark Zuckerberg argues that younger chi...
Jan 30, 2018
Aid groups: 8,500 Syrians still held in Jordanian no-go camp
AZRAQ REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan - About 8,500 Syrians are still locked up behind barbed wire in a no-go section of Jordan’s second-largest refugee camp - despite initial assurances in 2016 that the a...
Jan 30, 2018
Lab-bred mosquitoes to fly near Miami to help combat Zika
MIAMI - Thousands of bacteria-infected mosquitoes will be flying near Miami to test a new way to suppress insect populations that carry Zika and other viruses. According to a statement from the Kentuc...
Jan 30, 2018
16-year-old suspended after anti-bullying video goes viral
LEBANON, Tenn. - A Tennessee high school student’s anti-bullying video has resulted in nearly 600,000 views on YouTube and a suspension for its creator. Lebanon High School student Emily Gipson ...
Jan 30, 2018
Pistons land Griffin from Clippers as LA sheds another star
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The Detroit Pistons dramatically shook their struggling roster by acquiring one of the NBA’s top players in Blake Griffin in a trade with the Los Angeles Clippers. The deal...
Jan 30, 2018
Kenyan opposition leader 'sworn in' as event called treason
NAIROBI, Kenya - In a ceremony that Kenya’s government warned would be treason, opposition leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday was sworn in as “the people’s president” during a mock...
Jan 30, 2018