Category Archives: Canadian Press
South Africa's storied ANC weakens as president stays on
JOHANNESBURG - Minutes after South African President Jacob Zuma narrowly escaped a no-confidence vote this week, he was singing and dancing outside parliament with a throng of supporters from his Afri...
Aug 11, 2017
Philippines to cull 200,000 fowl after bird flu outbreak
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines will cull at least 200,000 birds after confirming its first avian flu outbreak, but no animal-to-human transmission has been reported, officials said Friday. Agri...
Aug 11, 2017
Soggy New Orleans looks warily at more rain, possible floods
NEW ORLEANS - With debris from last weekend’s flash flood still piled up on sidewalks and their city under a state of emergency, New Orleans residents looked ahead warily on Friday to the prospe...
Aug 11, 2017
Amateur Danish sub sinks, inventor held on murder charge
COPENHAGEN - The owner of an amateur-built submarine was arrested on suspicion of murder Friday after his vessel sank off Denmark’s coast and a journalist who had joined him for what was suppose...
Aug 11, 2017
Trump: If North Korea attacks US, it 'will regret it fast'
BEDMINSTER, N.J. - President Donald Trump on Friday issued fresh threats of swift and forceful retaliation against nuclear North Korea, declaring the U.S. military “locked and loaded” and ...
Aug 11, 2017
Trump warns NKorea that US is 'locked and loaded'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is warning of military action, saying the U.S. is “locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely.” Trump tweeted: “Military solutions are now...
Aug 11, 2017
EU: 17 nations get tainted eggs, products in growing scandal
BRUSSELS - EU officials say 15 European Union members plus China and Switzerland have reported receiving contaminated eggs or egg products in a growing food scandal. Several producers in the Netherlan...
Aug 11, 2017
Quebec police probe blaze that gutted iconic former Le Studio recording facility
MONTREAL - The founder of the once-iconic recording studio that served to open Canada to the rest of the music world said he made his peace a long time ago with the old building that once housed it. A...
Aug 11, 2017
Right whale deaths: Ottawa orders ships to slow down in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
POINTE-DU-CHENE, N.B. - The federal government is ordering large vessels to slow down in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, as it tries to protect right whales who frequent the waters. Ten of the endangered ma...
Aug 11, 2017
No longer king of the jungle: New fund to aid Africa's lions
DAKAR, Senegal - Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park is home to fewer than 50 lions after years of poaching decimated not only them but also their prey. Small patches of lion skin are sold at l...
Aug 11, 2017