Category Archives: Canadian Press

ISLAMABAD - The Taliban said Monday they will participate in “intra-Afghan” talks in Moscow designed to bring together prominent Afghan figures, including former President Hamid Karzai, op...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump whiffed on some lofty goals that he laid out in last year’s State of the Union address, most notably his call for an overhaul of immigration laws and a “...

RICHMOND, Va. - A political death watch took shape at Virginia’s Capitol as Gov. Ralph Northam consulted with top administration officials Monday about whether to resign amid a furor over a raci...

LONDON - One body is visible in the seabed wreckage of a plane that went missing carrying Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala and his pilot two weeks ago over the English Channel. Britain’s Ai...

Four stories in the news for Monday, Feb. 4 --- CANADA AND LIMA GROUP ALLIES TO DISCUSS VENEZUELA CRISIS Canada and its Lima Group allies are meeting in Ottawa today to talk about the political, econo...

BERLIN - A strike by the ground staff at Germany’s Hamburg Airport has caused the cancellation of more than 50 flights. The ver.di labour union called ground staff out on a one-day strike starti...

YORBA LINDA, Calif. - Five people died and two were injured after a small plane apparently came apart Sunday over a suburban Southern California neighbourhood, raining debris on streets and backyards ...

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Pope Francis urged religious leaders Monday to work together to reject the “miserable crudeness” of war as he opened the first-ever papal visit to the Ara...

HONG KONG - It may be the year of the pig, but Hong Kong has had enough of the wild ones. Authorities in the densely populated financial centre are looking for ways to cut down on potentially dangerou...

PARIS - France’s Defence Ministry says French armed forces have intervened in northern Chad and launched airstrikes at an armed group coming in from Libya. The operation took place Sunday and wa...