Category Archives: Canadian Press

WASHINGTON - Senior U.S. national security officials said Sunday that a military confrontation with North Korea’s is not imminent, but they cautioned that the possibility of war is greater than ...

CARTAGENA, Colombia - Seeking to highlight the growing plight in Venezuela, Vice-President Mike Pence on Monday met with people who’ve fled the country to neighbouring Colombia. Pence visited th...

TORONTO - Trying to maintain his throwing arm in the midst of a 30-month stint with the U.S. Army often proved challenging for Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Chris Rowley. Fortunately, his company med...

TORONTO - Sleep-deprived and physically drained, Elina Svitolina could have been excused for a flat performance Sunday. Instead she fought through the fatigue and toppled yet another top-10 opponent f...

MANCHESTER, England - Two summer signings costing $150 million inspired Manchester United to an easy victory in its opening Premier League match of the season. Tottenham didn’t spend anything in...

MIAMI - A person familiar with the situation says NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan has a small stake in Derek Jeter’s investment group that reached an agreement to buy the Miami Marlins. The per...

DUBLIN - Magali Harvey sealed Canada’s second win of the women’s rugby World Cup with a late try as the Canadians downed Wales 15-0 on Sunday. Harvey scored her first try of the game - and...

SOUF, Jordan - The odds had been stacked against Hajar, a lion cub born just hours after her mother Dana, rescued from a defunct zoo in war-torn Syria, was released into a wildlife reserve in Jordan. ...

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga urged his supporters to skip work on Monday to protest what he charged were rigged elections that gave victory to President Uhuru Kenyatta. The g...

MONTREAL - The men’s Rogers Cup set a record for attendance at a one-week tournament of 216,097 spectators. Tournament director Eugene Lapierre said Sunday it topped the 213,760 who attended in ...