Category Archives: Canadian Press

NEW YORK - One of the social media posts resembled a wanted poster or a missing-persons flyer: Photographs of men were arranged in rows, seeking their names and employers. But the Facebook post wasn&#...

SHERBROOKE, N.S. - A critical habitat for several endangered species along an ecologically rich Nova Scotia river has been protected following a land donation from a well-known family with a special c...

COLUMBUS, Ga. - The head of the Georgia-based company that makes Tiki torches says he was offended by images of white supremacists marching through Charlottesville, Virginia, using his company’s...

BERLIN - Germany’s second largest airline, Air Berlin, has filed for bankruptcy protection after its main shareholder, Abu Dhabi-based Etihad, said it would make no more financing available foll...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Former President Barack Obama’s tweet in response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend is already one of the platform’s most-liked posts. O...

BERLIN - Police say a semi-trailer full of chocolate has been stolen in a small central German town and are calling on witnesses who may have seen the sweet-toothed thieves. Police spokesman Martin Ah...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - Fatmata Kamara had just stepped outside her house before dawn Monday when she saw the muddy hillside collapsing above her. The only thing she could do was run. She was one of ...

JOHANNESBURG - The wife of Zimbabwe’s president has been accused of assaulting a young woman at an upscale hotel in South Africa, though she did not show up for court Tuesday as police had indic...

BEIJING - The top U.S. military officer told his Chinese counterpart Tuesday that the U.S. and China have “many difficult issues” to work through, during a visit that comes amid tensions o...

FORKED RIVER, N.J. - An abandoned dog that was rescued after being found buried up to its neck in mud has died at a New Jersey shelter. NJ.com reports (http://bit.ly/2uKhBA5 ) the dog named Mabel who ...