Category Archives: Canadian Press

NEW YORK - The mayor of New York City wants to tax the wealthiest 1 per cent to fund repairs and improvements to the beleaguered subway system. The proposal comes as Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andr...

MANILA, Philippines - The U.S., Australian and Japanese foreign ministers called Monday for a halt to land reclamation and military actions in the South China Sea and compliance with an arbitration ru...

MELBOURNE, Australia - A teenager who went for a swim at a Melbourne beach and emerged with his feet covered in blood has stumped marine experts. Sam Kanizay’s legs felt sore after playing a gam...

CLINTON, Mo. - Authorities were searching Monday for a 39-year-old man charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a western Missouri police officer during a traffic stop. Clinton office...

PHILADELPHIA - Some lucky carriage horses in Philadelphia got a summertime treat after a truck spilled a load of watermelons on the street near Independence Hall. The driver of the truck, Elwood Hutt ...

MOSCOW - Two members of the Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot were detained Monday after a protest outside the prison colony where a Ukrainian filmmaker is being held. Two members of the Pussy Rio...

BERLIN - German authorities say far-right activist Ernst Zundel, who was convicted of Holocaust denial in Mannheim after his deportation from Canada, has died. He was 78. Marina Lahmann, a spokeswoman...

Ernst Zundel, a “patriarch” of the white supremacist movement whose numerous legal battles played a role in overturning a Canadian law against publishing “false news,” has died...

HALIFAX - A three-year-old girl battling leukemia could be a Pittsburgh Penguins fan in the making after Sidney Crosby placed her plush, toy pink kitten atop the Stanley Cup in her Halifax hospital ro...

BERLIN - A woman has given birth to a baby girl at a techno festival in Germany. Public broadcaster SWR reports that the 20-year-old was unaware she was pregnant until giving birth at the festival cam...