Category Archives: Canadian Press
Steve McQueen to direct authorized Tupac Shakur documentary
LOS ANGELES - Academy Award-winner Steve McQueen is set to direct a documentary about Tupac Shakur. Shakur Estate trustee Tom Whalley and Amaru Entertainment said Tuesday that the film is fully sancti...
May 09, 2017
UK leader says she's prepared to allow a vote on fox hunting
LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May said Tuesday that she’s prepared to allow a vote in Parliament on whether to lift Britain’s ban on fox hunting - reigniting an issue that still raises p...
May 09, 2017
Niece of France's Le Pen held as rising star quits politics
PARIS - The niece of defeated far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen announced Tuesday that she’s leaving political life, at least temporarily, citing “personal and politica...
May 09, 2017
EU criticizes US for $640 million cut to UN agencies
Putting money into U.N. agencies, where the Trump administration has just cut U.S. funding by $640 million, is as important to global peace and security as defence spending - “and sometimes even...
May 09, 2017
Trump OKs arms for Syrian Kurds, despite Turkish objections
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration announced Tuesday it will arm Syria’s Kurdish fighters “as necessary” to recapture the key Islamic State group stronghold of Raqqa, despite inte...
May 09, 2017
Energy state Republicans under pressure on methane rule
WASHINGTON - Republicans from energy-producing states are under pressure as the Senate weighs whether to overturn an Obama-era regulation to restrict harmful methane emissions escaping from oil and ga...
May 09, 2017
Chelsea Manning releases 1st statement since clemency win
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The soldier imprisoned for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified military documents to WikiLeaks released her first statement Tuesday since being granted clemency, saying she ...
May 09, 2017
Sale of Trump Caribbean property revives ethics concerns
WASHINGTON - For sale: Luxury waterfront escape. Comes with two villas and five acres of paradise. And perhaps a bit of goodwill from the president of the United States? President Donald Trump’s...
May 09, 2017
Canada Post unveils stamp celebrating same-sex marriage rights in country
TORONTO - The latest Canada Post stamp commemorating Canada’s 150th birthday pays tribute to the fact that same-sex couples have the right to get married in this country. The agency unveiled the...
May 09, 2017
Trump axe falls on FBI's Comey in midst of Russia probe
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump abruptly fired FBI Director James Comey Tuesday, dramatically ousting the nation’s top law enforcement official in the midst of an FBI investigation into whet...
May 09, 2017