Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada's push to eliminate coal power takes on U.S. clean coal in Bonn
OTTAWA - Climate change talks in Germany are headed for a collision course on coal this week - and Canada is right in the middle of it. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is arriving today in Bonn...
Nov 12, 2017
Hundreds join pride march in India, where gay sex is illegal
NEW DELHI - Hundreds of gay rights activists and supporters, many wearing colorful costumes and holding balloons, marched through India’s capital on Sunday in celebration but also defiance in a ...
Nov 12, 2017
Turkey denies report of plan to kidnap cleric Gulen from US
ISTANBUL - Turkey has dismissed as “utterly false, ludicrous and groundless” a report that Turkish officials may have discussed paying millions of dollars to have a U.S.-based Muslim cleri...
Nov 12, 2017
Frozen treats, other supplies rocketing toward space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A stash of frozen treats and other supplies rocketed toward the International Space Station on Sunday, this time from Virginia’s cold eastern shore. NASA’s commercia...
Nov 12, 2017
New mass graves found in Iraq could contain up to 400 bodies
KIRKUK, Iraq - Iraqi security forces have found mass graves in an area recently retaken from the Islamic State group that could contain up to 400 bodies, an Iraqi official said Sunday. The bodies of c...
Nov 12, 2017
Israel warns Gaza militants against carrying out attacks
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday warned Gaza militants against attacks as the Islamic Jihad group vowed revenge for the demolition of one of its attack tunnels that crossed into...
Nov 12, 2017
His Asia trip winding down, Trump meets with allies
MANILA, Philippines - President Donald Trump is winding down his lengthy Asia trip with an international summit and a series of meetings with Pacific Rim allies, including his host in the Philippines ...
Nov 12, 2017
Nova Scotia judge rules that cancelled university football game should proceed
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia judge has ruled that the Atlantic university football championship game will be played on Tuesday, giving Saint Mary’s University a chance to take on the Acadia Axemen in...
Nov 12, 2017
B.C. grapples with future of Site C, as Premier Horgan sends ministers north
VICTORIA - The fate of the largest public project in British Columbia’s history, the Site C hydroelectric dam, will be the focus of intense scrutiny this week as provincial cabinet ministers tra...
Nov 12, 2017
Indonesia museum removes Hitler display after protests
JAKARTA, Indonesia - An Indonesian visual effects museum that encouraged visitors to take selfies with a waxwork of Hitler against a giant image of the Auschwitz extermination camp has removed the exh...
Nov 12, 2017