Category Archives: Canadian Press
US envoy optimistic about N. Korea despite latest friction
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The Trump administration’s special envoy for North Korea on Friday expressed optimism about the diplomatic push to resolve the nuclear crisis, a day after the North i...
Dec 21, 2018
UN council authorizes monitors for truce at key Yemen port
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to authorize the deployment of U.N. monitors to observe the implementation of a cease-fire in Yemen’s key port of Hodeida and the withdrawal of...
Dec 21, 2018
In Congo, will president's chosen successor have real power?
KINSHASA, Congo - The crowd roared as the wife of Congo’s departing president pressed her palm to the forehead of the anointed successor and appeared to pray. A benediction for the man whom Pres...
Dec 21, 2018
Llamas help Andes peoples survive, but youths are leaving
SANTIAGO DE MACHACA, Bolivia - Stormy winds, frosty nights and a scorching midday sun make life difficult on the Andean plateau, but the docile, tough-natured llama is one reason why indigenous people...
Dec 21, 2018
Chicago archbishop to have leading role in sex abuse reforms
The Catholic archbishop of Chicago, who was hand-picked by the pope to help organize an upcoming Vatican summit on clergy sex abuse, will have a leading role in the church’s effort to seek refor...
Dec 21, 2018
Analysis: As advisers leave, Trump's guardrails come off
WASHINGTON - Last year, during one particularly frenetic stretch in Donald Trump’s presidency, a top Republican senator said there were three men guarding the country from chaos: Defence Secreta...
Dec 21, 2018
Alba the albino orangutan returned to jungle in Indonesia
BUKIT BAKA BUKIT RAYA, Indonesia - The world’s only known albino orangutan climbed trees, foraged for food and began building a nest after being released into a remote Borneo jungle more than a ...
Dec 21, 2018
Longtime Clippers fan Crystal will be analyst for 1 game
Los Angeles Clippers announcer Ralph Lawler was approached two months ago with a special request. A longtime season-ticket holder asked team president Gillian Zucker if he could call a game on televis...
Dec 21, 2018
2 arrested for drone use in London Gatwick Airport case
LONDON - British police say two people were arrested early Saturday morning for suspected “criminal use of drones'” in the Gatwick Airport case that has created nightmarish holiday travel ...
Dec 21, 2018
Belgian king asks premier to stay and lead caretaker Cabinet
BRUSSELS - Belgium’s king on Friday accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Charles Michel but asked the premier to stay on at the head of a caretaker government until elections are held in M...
Dec 21, 2018