Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada's progressive push for the updated TPP might not come so easy
The Trudeau government’s push for so-called progressive chapters in a revamped Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement are likely to be a tough sell among many of Canada’s partners in th...
Nov 07, 2017
Indonesia threatens to block WhatsApp over sexual content
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian authorities say they will block access to the popular WhatsApp instant messaging app if it doesn’t remove sexually explicit content. The Ministry of Communication...
Nov 07, 2017
In Ecuadorean cave, meals offered in darkness by the blind
QUITO, Ecuador - On the outskirts of Ecuador’s capital, young couples and families venture into a pitch-black cave in search of an unlikely experience: a meal in the dark. Blind waiters guide gu...
Nov 07, 2017
Texas authorities: We won't mention shooter's name again
The shooter’s name went unspoken at a news conference on the killings at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, and authorities there said they intend to keep refraining from saying it. “W...
Nov 07, 2017
Texas church gunman had run-ins with the law before shooting
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas - Wherever Devin Patrick Kelley went after graduating from high school, a trail of violence followed. In New Mexico, Kelley was kicked out of the Air Force following a court-marti...
Nov 07, 2017
Combat and cultural readiness key for new Army trainers
FORT BENNING, Georgia - Army Col. Scott Jackson reaches out and grasps the hand of a male soldier. Their fingers interlaced, Jackson talks to the soldier for a few minutes and then asks if he feels un...
Nov 07, 2017
Welsh politician who resigned amid misconduct claims dies
LONDON - Carl Sargeant, a Welsh politician who resigned from his post in the Welsh government last week after allegations of misconduct, has died suddenly. Many British news organizations reported, wi...
Nov 07, 2017
Egyptian activists pan US actress Helen Hunt in open letter
CAIRO - Egyptian activists condemned American actress Helen Hunt on Tuesday for her participation in a government-organized youth conference they say is whitewashing authorities’ appalling human...
Nov 07, 2017
Natalie Portman honoured in Israel with 'Jewish Nobel Prize'
JERUSALEM - Natalie Portman has been awarded Israel’s 2018 Genesis Prize in recognition of her commitment to social causes and deep connection to her Jewish and Israeli roots, organizers of the ...
Nov 07, 2017
Iraqi VP calls Iran-backed militias his nation's top threat
WASHINGTON - Iraq’s highest-ranking Sunni leader said Tuesday the growing influence of Iranian-backed Shiite militias looms as the nation’s most pressing future security threat and called ...
Nov 07, 2017