Category Archives: Canadian Press
Seoul says it will close Japan-funded sex slavery foundation
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea said Wednesday it will dissolve a foundation funded by Japan to compensate South Korean women who were forced to work in Japan’s World War II military bro...
Nov 21, 2018
El Chapo trial witness: Ex-Mexico security chief was bribed
NEW YORK - Mexico’s former top security chief and another law enforcement official who once worked under the country’s new president-elect took millions of dollars in bribes from the notor...
Nov 21, 2018
Mistrial declared in case of slain NYC runner Karina Vetrano
NEW YORK - The trial of a man accused of killing a woman who was sexually attacked while running near her family’s New York City home ended in a hung jury late Tuesday. Judge Michael Aloise in Q...
Nov 21, 2018
Trump's Mar-A-Lago: Mixing work, business, pleasure
PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump is back in his comfort zone at the “winter White House.” Mar-a-Lago is where women in furs and men in diamond jewelry and monogrammed slippers min...
Nov 21, 2018
Trump says he plans to make his first visit to a war zone
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump frequently credits himself with accomplishing more for the military and veterans than any other president in recent memory. But he has yet to embark on what has lon...
Nov 21, 2018
US says China hacking increasing ahead of Trump-Xi meeting
BEIJING - A U.S. government report ahead of a meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping accuses China of stepping up hacking aimed at stealing American technology as a tariff dispute esca...
Nov 21, 2018
UAE sentences British academic to life in prison for spying
LONDON - A British academic was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday in the United Arab Emirates on charges that he was spying for the U.K. - a verdict that Britain described as shocking as it urg...
Nov 21, 2018
Poland moves to reinstate retired judges to Supreme Court
WARSAW, Poland - Poland’s parliament passed legislation Wednesday to reinstate Supreme Court judges who were recently forced to retire, a step that could significantly ease a standoff with the E...
Nov 21, 2018
In the news today, Nov. 21
Four stories in the news for Wednesday, Nov. 21 --- OLAND TO ENTER NOT GUILTY PLEA, FACE TRIAL AGAIN Dennis Oland is expected to enter a plea of not guilty this morning, as the murder trial for his fa...
Nov 21, 2018
Ottawa's fall update features $16B competitiveness response to U.S. tax reforms
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals have come up with a $16-billion answer to Canada’s competitiveness concerns. Ottawa’s long-awaited plan to help Canada compete with the United States for inve...
Nov 21, 2018