Category Archives: Canadian Press
AP Exclusive: UN health chief orders probe into misconduct
LONDON - The head of the World Health Organization has ordered an internal investigation into allegations the U.N. health agency is rife with racism, sexism and corruption, after a series of anonymous...
Jan 17, 2019
Journalist in Ghana who exposed soccer corruption shot dead
ACCRA, Ghana - An investigative journalist in Ghana who helped expose a high-ranking official at world soccer body FIFA as corrupt was shot dead by gunmen on a motorbike as he drove home alone at nigh...
Jan 17, 2019
Police thought Dennis Oland might flee after his father's murder, trial told
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Police believed that Dennis Oland, the prime suspect in the murder of his father, Richard, was a flight risk and that is why they tried to rush evidence through the RCMP crime lab. ...
Jan 17, 2019
Defence chief admits slower-than-expected growth in female representation
OTTAWA - Canada’s top military officer admits there has been slower progress than expected to get more women into the Canadian Forces. New figures show there has been only a small increase in th...
Jan 17, 2019
A federal employee is detained in China. Does he have diplomatic immunity?
OTTAWA - “We are extremely concerned as should be all countries around the world that China is choosing to act arbitrarily whether it is in application of its own justice system to its own citiz...
Jan 17, 2019
Canada's arrest of Huawei exec an act of 'backstabbing,' Chinese ambassador says
OTTAWA - Canada’s arrest of a senior Huawei executive was the “backstabbing” of a friend, Chinese ambassador Lu Shaye said Thursday, and he warned of repercussions if the federal gov...
Jan 17, 2019
India's top court paves way for bars with dancers to reopen
NEW DELHI - India’s Supreme Court on Thursday paved the way for the reopening of Mumbai’s dance bars, which had been a nightlife staple in the country’s entertainment capital until t...
Jan 17, 2019
In the news today, Jan. 17
Five stories in the news for Thursday, Jan. 17 --- U.S. DENOUNCES DEATH PENALTY AGAINST CANADIAN The U.S. has denounced a death sentence imposed on a Canadian man in China as “politically motiva...
Jan 17, 2019
Woman who admitted to attack at Canadian Tire found guilty on terror charges
TORONTO - A Toronto-area woman who admitted to attacking workers at a Canadian Tire store with a golf club and butcher knife in an effort to help ISIL was found guilty of several terror charges Thursd...
Jan 17, 2019
UK PM May holds Brexit talks; opposition dubs them a 'stunt'
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May was consulting opposition parties and other lawmakers Thursday in a battle to get Brexit back on track after surviving a no-confidence vote, talks that were...
Jan 17, 2019