Category Archives: Canadian Press
Trump adviser Kushner leading US delegation to Middle East
WASHINGTON - White House adviser Jared Kushner is leading a delegation to the Middle East on behalf of President Donald Trump to discuss the possibility of resuming the Israeli-Palestinian peace proce...
Aug 23, 2017
Trump again signals he'll pardon Joe Arpaio - but not yet
PHOENIX - President Donald Trump on Tuesday again signalled his willingness to pardon former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s conviction for intentionally disobeying a judge’s order in an immigration ...
Aug 23, 2017
Russian art community turns out to support detained director
MOSCOW - To a full house and rapturous applause more suited to one of his sold-out productions, Russian theatre and film director Kirill Serebrennikov appeared in court Wednesday and was placed under ...
Aug 23, 2017
North Korea photos suggest new solid-fuel missile designs
TOKYO - North Korea’s state media released photos Wednesday that appear to show the designs of one or possibly two new missiles. Concept diagrams of the missiles were seen hanging on a wall behi...
Aug 23, 2017
Journalist killed in Mexico at least 9th this year
XALAPA, Mexico - A newspaper reporter in the Mexican Gulf coast state of Veracruz who was enrolled in a government protection program for journalists was killed Tuesday along with two other men, one o...
Aug 23, 2017
Spain suspects were in France before attacks
MADRID - Some of the Spain terror suspects spent a night in France a week before the fatal attacks in and near Barcelona, French authorities said Wednesday as police in Spain revealed they found a rea...
Aug 23, 2017
74 injured as train derails in north India
LUCKNOW, India - At least 74 people were injured after a train derailed in Uttar Pradesh, the second train accident in the northern Indian state in the last three days, officials said Wednesday. The K...
Aug 23, 2017
Nanny accused of burning, beating kids gets 15 years
DANBURY, Conn. - A Connecticut nanny accused of burning a 3-year-old’s hand and leg on a hot stove, lifting her up by her hair and trapping her inside a toy chest has been sentenced to 15 years ...
Aug 23, 2017
Authorities confirm tornado hit Quebec town as cleanup operations continue
MONTREAL - Environment Canada says a tornado touched down in a Quebec town during intense thunderstorms that caused considerable damage in different parts of the province, including the felling of cen...
Aug 23, 2017
Pakistani ex-PM's wife to run in election despite illness
ISLAMABAD - A Pakistani official says former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s wife will run for a seat in parliament despite having been diagnosed with throat cancer. Information Minister Maryam Au...
Aug 23, 2017