Category Archives: Canadian Press

SINDHUDURG, India - The fishermen were dubious when ocean experts suggested they could save their dwindling marine stocks just by switching to new nets. It took years for the U.N. Development Program ...

LONDON - Pop star Ariana Grande surprised young fans injured in the Manchester Arena attack, hugging the thrilled little girls in their hospital beds as they recovered from injuries sustained in the M...

ISTANBUL - Turkey’s official news agency says the chief adviser to the prime minister has been detained for alleged links to U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is blamed by the government fo...

PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron and the prime minister of India put forth a common front on the need to fight climate change on Saturday, with the French leader saying he would travel to Indi...

TOYOTA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. is working on a “flying car.” A startup backed by the Japanese automaker has developed a test model that engineers hope will eventually develop into a ti...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Now that a cannon that rested in waters off Rhode Island’s shore for two centuries has been raised, U.S. Navy archaeologists are hoping to confirm that the ship that sank at t...

BEIRUT - The battle for control of the Islamic State group’s de facto capital Raqqa, in northern Syria, will begin “within days,” a spokeswoman for a U.S.-backed Syrian force at the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. - C. Wade McClusky Jr. faced a tough decision on June 4, 1942: turn his low-on-fuel U.S. Navy air squadron around or keep searching for the Japanese fleet headed for Midway. He decided to...

JOHANNESBURG - The former head of South Africa’s main opposition party faced suspension from party activities on Saturday following tweets in which she said colonialism had some positive results...

MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota regulators are getting ready to open a series of 22 public meetings on an oil pipeline project that opponents have dubbed the next Dakota Access pipeline struggle. Enbridge Ene...