Category Archives: Canadian Press

MOSCOW - Russians held rallies throughout the country Sunday to protest a government plan to raise the age for receiving state pensions. Several thousand people gathered in central Moscow for a protes...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Dutch police say detectives continue to question a 19-year-old Afghan man suspected of stabbing two American tourists at Amsterdam’s main railway station in what is bein...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Sen. John McCain’s final journey ended Sunday on a grassy hill at the U.S. Naval Academy within view of the Severn River and earshot of midshipmen present and future, and alongs...

CHEMNITZ, Germany - Germany’s foreign minister told his fellow countrymen Sunday they’re too lazy when it comes to battling racism and fighting for democracy. “We have to get off the...

BEIRUT - At least two military personnel were killed and 11 wounded in overnight explosions caused by suspected Israeli strikes on a military airport on the edge of the Syrian capital, a war monitorin...

LONDON - Britain’s former chief rabbi has warned that Jewish people are thinking about leaving the country because of anti-Semitism. Jonathan Sacks told the BBC on Sunday that for the first time...

BERLIN - The Irish rock band U2 has cancelled a concert in Berlin after singer Bono lost his voice during the performance. The band said on its website late Saturday that, “Bono was in great for...

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million dollar prize was claimed by a ticket holder in British Colu...

WELSFORD, N.B. - Kyrie Ann Neves’s chicken eggs may look a little different from the ones you might buy at the supermarket. That’s because her eggs come in pastel shades of blue, green, pi...

BAYSWATER BEACH, N.S. - Stephen Thompson clutched a tissue Sunday afternoon, unable to hold back tears during an emotional service honouring his father and 228 others who died in a horrific airplane c...