Category Archives: Canadian Press
GOP lawmaker cautions health care bill is Obamacare 'tweak'
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa - After campaigning on repealing the health care law and voting to gut it, an Iowa Republican is cautioning constituents fearful of losing coverage that the House GOP replacement is...
May 12, 2017
North Korea sends protest to US Congress over sanctions
TOKYO - A North Korean parliamentary committee sent a rare letter of protest to the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday over its new package of tougher sanctions. The sanctions were condemned as a...
May 12, 2017
AP FACT CHECK: Trump adrift on tax rates, Canada, econ lingo
WASHINGTON - In an interview with The Economist, President Donald Trump whiffed on a batch of economic facts. He got the Canada-U.S. trade balance wrong, misplaced the U.S. in the world ranks of tax b...
May 12, 2017
4-nation drills postponed after craft runs aground on Guam
Military drills on Guam in which four countries were to practice amphibious landings and moving their troops have been postponed indefinitely after a French landing craft ran aground Friday. The weekl...
May 12, 2017
Philippine police make more child cybersex arrests, rescues
MANILA, Philippines - Authorities in the Philippines have rescued four girls and arrested a mother and two other women for allegedly livestreaming sexually exploitative videos of children to men payin...
May 12, 2017
Argentina's first transgender police chief on duty
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Analia Pasantino served in Argentina’s federal police as a man for 20 years, then she came out as a transgender woman and was forced to resign. She is smiling these day...
May 12, 2017
Norway teens say their graduation blowouts beat them all
AALGAARD, Norway - They compete to trick out the flashiest party buses, buy enough beer to level a biker club, and commission crude songs to soundtrack their graduation blowouts. And that’s befo...
May 12, 2017
Couple to wed after losing nearly 600 pounds together
Frustrated with his ever-growing weight that peaked at 675 pounds, Ronnie Brower began dieting and working out on his way to losing an astounding 458 pounds. His four-year fitness journey, chronicled ...
May 12, 2017
Crime a battleground for German parties ahead of key vote
DUISBURG, Germany - Sarah Philipp is handing out red carnations to women browsing the lingerie stall at a quiet street market in Duisburg, adding a bright dash of colour to the otherwise grey surround...
May 12, 2017
Pope cheered in Fatima to honour children who urged peace
FATIMA, Portugal - Pope Francis urged Catholics on Friday to “tear down all walls” and spread peace as he travelled to this Portuguese shrine town to mark the 100th anniversary of one of t...
May 12, 2017