Category Archives: Canadian Press
US loses to Russia in case of 2 arms trafficking suspects
WASHINGTON - The Russian father and son were in a Hungarian jail, charged in an elaborate plot to ship weapons to Mexican drug cartels and cocaine to the U.S. They found an American lawyer anticipatin...
Dec 07, 2018
US hiring pullback could signal mild slowdown in growth
WASHINGTON - U.S. job growth declined modestly in November, a move that could signal a slower but still steady pace of hiring and growth next year. The potential for a more anemic economy contributed ...
Dec 07, 2018
Ebola spreads to major Congo city as vaccines a concern
DAKAR, Senegal - The second-largest Ebola outbreak in history has spread to a major city in eastern Congo, as health experts worry whether the stock of an experimental vaccine will stand up to the dem...
Dec 07, 2018
Pearl Harbor survivor and Navy veteran recalls 1941 attack
HONOLULU - Retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Don Long was alone on an anchored military seaplane in the middle of a bay across the island from Pearl Harbor when Japanese warplanes started striking Hawaii on Dec...
Dec 07, 2018
Storm brings record rainfall, snow to Southern California
LOS ANGELES - Crews were busy Friday assessing damage and cleaning up after a storm that brought record rainfall to Los Angeles, snowfall to northern elevations, snarled traffic and forced evacuations...
Dec 07, 2018
Democratic 2020 campaign revving up quickly
NEW YORK - Democrats are hitting fast forward. The first major presidential campaign announcements could come before year’s end. The Democratic National Committee plans to announce a debate fram...
Dec 07, 2018
Merkel ally becomes German conservative party's leader
HAMBURG - Angela Merkel’s centre-right party elected an ally of the longtime German chancellor as its new leader on Friday, opting for continuity and experience as it handed her the challenge of...
Dec 07, 2018
Clashing views colour future of stalled N.Korea nuclear talks
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - To hear a beaming Donald Trump at his June summit with Kim Jong Un in Singapore, the solution to North Korea’s headlong pursuit of nuclear weapons, a foreign policy n...
Dec 07, 2018
Brazil future unclear amid opposing ideologies of ministers
RIO DE JANEIRO - With his inauguration just weeks away, Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro is assembling a Cabinet of ministers with starkly different views on key issues like climate change, th...
Dec 07, 2018
Japan OKs divisive bill allowing more foreign workers
TOKYO - Japanese lawmakers early Saturday approved government-proposed legislation allowing hundreds of thousands of foreign labourers to live and work in a country that has long resisted accepting ou...
Dec 07, 2018