Category Archives: Canadian Press
Pakistan, Saudis, UAE join US-Taliban talks
ISLAMABAD - The Taliban held another round of talks with U.S. officials on Monday, this time in the United Arab Emirates and also involving Saudi, Pakistani and Emirati representatives, part of the la...
Dec 17, 2018
Can we talk? Ugandans try to coax longtime leader to leave
KAMPALA, Uganda - Can one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders be talked into giving up power? A new movement in Uganda wants to find out, encouraged by the president’s tentative embrace of...
Dec 17, 2018
Girl's death shows communication issues on US-Mexico border
Shortly before a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl died in U.S. custody, her father signed a form stating that his daughter was in good health. But it’s unclear how much the man understood on the form,...
Dec 17, 2018
Next-generation of GPS satellites are headed to space
DENVER - After months of delays, the U.S. Air Force is about to launch the first of a new generation of GPS satellites, designed to be more accurate, secure and versatile. But some of their most highl...
Dec 17, 2018
Malaysia files criminal charges against Goldman Sachs
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia filed criminal charges against Goldman Sachs and two former executives on Monday for their role in the alleged multibillion-dollar ransacking of state investment fund...
Dec 17, 2018
Silicon Valley East: Google plans $1B expansion in New York
Silicon Valley is becoming Silicon Nation. Google announced Monday it will spend more than $1 billion to build a new office complex in New York City that will allow the internet search giant to double...
Dec 17, 2018
Talks adopt 'rulebook' to put Paris climate deal into action
KATOWICE, Poland - Almost 200 nations, including the world’s top greenhouse gas producers, China and the United States, have adopted a set of rules meant to breathe life into the 2015 Paris clim...
Dec 17, 2018
US conducts 6 airstrikes against Somalia extremists, 62 dead
NAIROBI, Kenya - Six U.S. airstrikes that killed more than 60 people in a coastal Somali town were pre-emptive strikes to prevent a major extremist attack, according to a Somali intelligence officer. ...
Dec 17, 2018
Indian troops enforce lockdown to foil Kashmir protest march
SRINAGAR, India - Soldiers and police fanned out across Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday to enforce a security lockdown for a second straight day to stop anti-India protests and foil a call by sepa...
Dec 17, 2018
Germany to compensate hundreds who fled Nazis as children
BERLIN - Germany has agreed to one-time payments for survivors, primarily Jews, who were evacuated from Nazi Germany as children, many of whom never saw their parents again, the organization that nego...
Dec 17, 2018