Category Archives: Canadian Press
5 victims of Poland escape room fire laid to rest together
WARSAW, Poland - Officials on Thursday joined relatives and friends for the funeral of five teenage girls killed last week in a fire that broke out at a recreational escape room in northern Poland. Th...
Jan 10, 2019
Iraq closes camps for displaced, pushes families into peril
BZEIBIZ, Iraq - It was a cold and gusty day in December when the army came to the Bzeibiz camp and told families displaced by the war against the Islamic State group that it was time to go home. The f...
Jan 10, 2019
US apparel firm cuts off Chinese factory in internment camp
A U.S. supplier of T-shirts and other team apparel to college bookstores has cut ties with a Chinese company that drew workers from an internment camp holding targeted members of ethnic minority group...
Jan 10, 2019
Judge dismisses part of Judd lawsuit against Weinstein
LOS ANGELES - A judge has dismissed one section of Ashley Judd’s lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein, but the rest remains headed toward trial. U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez ruled Wednesd...
Jan 10, 2019
Auto industry troubles buffet Ford, Jaguar Land Rover
FRANKFURT - The headwinds buffeting the global auto industry made themselves felt in Europe on Thursday as mass-market carmaker Ford and luxury-focused Jaguar Land Rover announced sweeping restructuri...
Jan 10, 2019
Bomb-laden rebel drone kills 6 at Yemen military parade
SANAA, Yemen - A bomb-laden drone launched by Yemen’s Shiite rebels exploded over a military parade Thursday for the Saudi-led coalition, killing at least six people in a brazen attack threateni...
Jan 10, 2019
Top prosecutor's past infuses California's battle with Trump
SAN FRANCISCO - When President Donald Trump revoked protections for young immigrants known as “Dreamers,” California’s top prosecutor, Attorney General Xavier Becerra, turned to a me...
Jan 10, 2019
Woman, 2 sons die in Nepal town in suspected menstrual exile
KATHMANDU, Nepal - A woman and her two sons have died in a remote town in Nepal because of a tradition in which women are exiled from their homes and forced to live in huts during menstruation, a gove...
Jan 10, 2019
Political pressure leaves little room for resolving shutdown
NEW YORK - There is no easy way out. As the third government shutdown of President Donald Trump’s tenure stretched into its 19th day, political pressures on Trump and the Democrats have left lit...
Jan 10, 2019
As Trump visits border, Texas landowners prepare wall fight
HIDALGO, Texas - As President Donald Trump travelled to the border in Texas to make the case for his $5.7 billion wall , landowner Eloisa Cavazos says she knows firsthand how the project will play out...
Jan 10, 2019