Category Archives: Canadian Press
Century-old declaration hardens Israeli-Palestinian rift
JERUSALEM - Israelis celebrate it. Palestinians despise it. The Balfour Declaration, Britain’s promise to Zionists to create a Jewish home in what is now Israel, turns 100 this week, with events...
Nov 1, 2017
Trump chooses visit to military base over DMZ
WASHINGTON - It has become something of a ritual for U.S. presidents trying to demonstrate their resolve against North Korea’s ever-escalating aggression. Beginning with Dwight Eisenhower’...
Nov 1, 2017
Japan suspect in serial killing questioned by prosecutors
TOKYO - Japanese investigators knocked on the door of a suspect’s apartment and asked him about a missing woman. “She is in here,” the man reportedly replied, pointing to a cooler bo...
Nov 1, 2017
'This Is Us' Kevin Spacey name-check goes to Christian Bale
LOS ANGELES - Christian Bale won what embattled Kevin Spacey lost: the privilege of being name-checked on “This Is Us.” Tuesday’s episode of the NBC drama included a 2008 flashback s...
Nov 1, 2017
House GOP's evolving tax bill leaves retirement plan intact
WASHINGTON - House Republicans would leave intact current tax rules on retirement accounts popular with middle class Americans and maintain a top income tax rate for million-dollar earners as negotiat...
Nov 1, 2017
Russia probe snags GOP, Democratic interests
WASHINGTON - The indictment that alleges covert foreign lobbying by two former Trump campaign officials is casting shadows on three powerful Washington lobbying and legal firms, with Democratic as wel...
Nov 1, 2017
Bowe Bergdahl judge begins deliberating sergeant's sentence
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - A military judge on Thursday began deliberating the punishment for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl after defence attorneys asked for no prison time while prosecutors sought more than a deca...
Nov 1, 2017
Truck attack suspect is charged with terrorism offences
NEW YORK - Federal prosecutors brought terrorism charges Wednesday against the Uzbek immigrant accused in the truck rampage that left eight people dead, saying he was spurred to attack by the Islamic ...
Nov 1, 2017
Former Trump adviser's guilty plea could rattle White House
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump dismissed George Papadopoulos as a “liar” and a mere campaign volunteer, but newly unsealed court papers outline the former adviser’s frequent con...
Nov 1, 2017
Bike path victims reflected a buzzing, diverse New York City
One of the dead was a mother of young sons from Belgium. Five had travelled from Argentina to New York with a tight-knit group of classmates to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their graduation. The ...
Nov 1, 2017