Category Archives: Canadian Press
Opening door to migrants, some Italians defy government line
ROME - Italy has made headlines as a hard place for migrants recently, with racist attacks against blacks on its soil and a new government closing Italian ports to people rescued in the Mediterranean ...
Aug 22, 2018
Video of unwanted advance divides Egyptians
CAIRO - It might have been another #MeToo moment: An Egyptian woman says a man stalked her at a bus stop, made inappropriate advances, and only backed off when she began filming him with her cellphone...
Aug 22, 2018
Aid workers in India warn scale of flood damage unclear
KOCHI, India - The people of the flood-battered Indian state of Kerala are “in a great struggle to rebuild their lives,” the state’s top official said Wednesday, as aid workers warne...
Aug 22, 2018
AP Explains: How Australians dump their prime ministers
CANBERRA, Australia - No Australian prime minister in the past decade has lasted a full three-year term before being dumped by his or her own party. It’s a new era of political instability that ...
Aug 22, 2018
US commander says pressure key to nuclear diplomacy
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The commander of U.S. forces in South Korea said Wednesday that he’s cautiously optimistic nuclear diplomacy will work out with North Korea. But he also said Seoul an...
Aug 22, 2018
Rohingya refugees celebrate holiday amid memories of home
KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh - Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees living in sprawling camps in Bangladesh celebrated the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha on Wednesday, praying for better lives and wond...
Aug 22, 2018
Queen Latifah hosts Black Girls Rock awards
NEWARK, N.J. - Mary J. Blige, Naomi Campbell and Judith Jamison are among the recipients of the 2018 Black Girls Rock awards. Queen Latifah will host the show, which will be taped Sunday at the New Je...
Aug 22, 2018
Canada coach blends experience and youth for Brazil women's soccer friendly
Canada coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller has summoned a blend of experience and youth for a Sept. 2 soccer friendly with Brazil in Ottawa in advance of the October CONCACAF Women’s Championship. Capta...
Aug 22, 2018

North Carolina will keep 3 Confederate monuments at Capitol
RALEIGH, N.C. - Three Confederate monuments will remain on the North Carolina Capitol grounds, but with newly added context about slavery and civil rights. That’s the decision from a state histo...
Aug 22, 2018
Soldier to plead guilty in terrorism help case
HONOLULU - A Hawaii-based Army soldier accused of attempting to support the Islamic State group will plead guilty, his lawyers told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Birney Bervar, one of Sgt. 1st Clas...
Aug 22, 2018