Category Archives: Canadian Press
Midwest cities scramble to keep homeless from dangerous cold
BISMARCK, N.D. - Winter’s sharpest bite in years moved past painful into life-threatening territory Tuesday, prompting officials throughout the Midwest to take extraordinary measures to protect ...
Jan 29, 2019
French yellow vest movement dogged by intolerance, extremism
PARIS - Intolerance and conspiracy theories have haunted the margins of France’s “yellow vest” movement since the first protests over fuel taxes roused the discontented middle of Fre...
Jan 29, 2019
Pakistan upholds acquittal of woman in blasphemy case
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s top court on Tuesday upheld its acquittal of a Christian woman who spent eight years on death row after being convicted of blasphemy, dealing a blow to radical Islamists w...
Jan 29, 2019

Trump friend Roger Stone pleads not guilty in Russia probe
WASHINGTON - Roger Stone, a longtime adviser and confidant of President Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to felony charges in the Russia investigation after a publicity-filled few days spent s...
Jan 29, 2019

DOJ's Whitaker says Russia probe 'close' to being completed
WASHINGTON - The special counsel’s Russia probe is “close to being completed,” the acting attorney general said in the first official sign that the investigation may be wrapping up. ...
Jan 29, 2019
US charges against Huawei could inflame China trade talks
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration’s unveiling of criminal charges against the Chinese tech giant Huawei has complicated high-level talks set to begin Wednesday in Washington that are intende...
Jan 29, 2019
China-US row over tech giant Huawei overshadows trade talks
BEIJING - U.S. criminal charges against Chinese electronics giant Huawei have sparked a fresh round of trans-Pacific recriminations, with Beijing demanding Tuesday that Washington back off what it cal...
Jan 29, 2019
Afghans wary over talks with Taliban as US cites progress
KABUL - Afghans are wary of peace talks with Taliban militants, even as the country’s president expressed hope that U.S.-led negotiations could successfully end the long-running civil war. U.S. ...
Jan 29, 2019

Atlanta braced for wintry weather, gets spritzed by rain
Atlanta got a mere spritzing of rain Tuesday, hours after a winter weather forecast prompted authorities to close government offices, shutter schools and cancel flights in anticipation of icy streets....
Jan 29, 2019

Ukraine's president announces re-election bid for March vote
KIEV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has launched his campaign for re-election in March’s vote, which promises to be a bitter contest between him and a former prime minister. Add...
Jan 29, 2019