Category Archives: Canadian Press
Lebanese wary as Israel destroys Hezbollah border tunnels
MAYS AL-JABAL, Lebanon - As Israeli excavators dug into the rocky hills along the frontier with a Lebanese village, a crowd of young Lebanese men gathered to watch. The mood was light as the crowd obs...
Dec 14, 2018
Himalayan nation Nepal gets first modern train tracks
JANAKPUR, Nepal - The competition between two Asian giants, India and China, for influence over tiny Nepal is yielding a bonanza in the form of the Himalayan mountain nation’s first modern railw...
Dec 14, 2018
Serbia talks up armed intervention as Kosovo OKs new army
PRISTINA, Kosovo - Serbia threatened a possible armed intervention in Kosovo after the Kosovo parliament on Friday overwhelmingly approved the formation of an army. Belgrade called the move a “d...
Dec 14, 2018
'Young miracle:' Baby recovers from Ebola in Congo outbreak
JOHANNESBURG - They call her the “young miracle.” A baby who was admitted to an Ebola treatment centre just six days after birth has now recovered from the virus. Congo’s health mini...
Dec 14, 2018
Death row inmate seeks execution; judge to decide competency
JACKSON, Miss. - A Mississippi judge will decide whether a death row inmate who says he wants to be executed is mentally competent to waive all his appeals. The state Supreme Court on Thursday ordered...
Dec 14, 2018
CNN: Anchor promptly made on-air correction about Arpaio
PHOENIX - Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio alleged in a defamation lawsuit earlier this week against three news organizations that CNN made no effort to correct anchor Chris Cuomo’s erroneous statement...
Dec 14, 2018
Syrian Kurdish-led fighters take Hajin, last town held by IS
BEIRUT - U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led fighters captured the last town held by the Islamic State group on Friday, after three months of ferocious battles in the militants’ single remaining enclave in...
Dec 14, 2018
In the news today, Dec. 14
Four stories in the news for Friday, Dec. 14 --- SAFETY BOARD TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AFTER CRASH Canada’s transportation safety board is scheduled to release recommendations today after a plane...
Dec 14, 2018
'Both things are true:' Science, Indigenous wisdom seek common ground
The berries tasted different. The blueberries and cranberries didn’t look the same either. When elders from Fort McKay near Alberta’s oilsands went to their traditional picking areas, thin...
Dec 14, 2018
Bitter gymnast made false sex assault allegations, defence argues in Brubaker case
SARNIA, Ont. - A former athlete who trained under one of Canada’s top gymnastics coaches accused him of sexual assault because she was bitter about not achieving her Olympic dreams, the man̵...
Dec 14, 2018