Category Archives: Canadian Press

Friendly tone belied desperate acts of Seattle plane thief
SEATTLE - He cracked jokes, complimented the professional demeanour of an air traffic controller and apologized for making a fuss. But the friendly tone of a 29-year-old airport worker who stole a com...
Aug 13, 2018

Turkey tries to contain crisis but currency keeps falling
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey’s central bank took action Monday to free up cash for banks as the country grapples with a currency crisis sparked by concerns over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s...
Aug 13, 2018
Fox News to White House: Bill Shine is Trump's new image man
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. - For years he dutifully carried out Roger Ailes’ orders, earning himself the nickname “the Butler” at Fox News. Now, Bill Shine is serving the same role under Pres...
Aug 13, 2018
Bus hits overpass at New Jersey station, several injured
NEWARK, N.J. - A bus hit an overpass at Newark, New Jersey’s Penn Station, peeling back part of its roof and injuring several passengers. Officials say 46 people were aboard the bus, which was h...
Aug 13, 2018
Pakistan's newly elected parliament meets for the 1st time
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s newly elected parliament convened Monday for the first time since last month’s general elections that saw the party of former cricket star turned politician Imran Kh...
Aug 13, 2018
Red Sox old-timer's memorabilia going up for sale
BIDDEFORD, Maine - Some items belonging to one of the Boston Red Sox’s early members - when the team was known as the Boston Americans - are coming up for sale. Third baseman Harry Lord played f...
Aug 13, 2018

Syrian group: Death toll in blast in rebel town rises to 67
BEIRUT - A Syrian search-and-rescue group says the death toll from an explosion that destroyed two apartment buildings in a rebel-held town in the country’s northwest the previous day has risen ...
Aug 13, 2018
Now with power to long rule China, Xi beset by challenges
BEIJING - As China’s leaders gather for their annual Yellow Sea retreat, the country’s political waters are looking choppy. Chinese President and ruling Communist Party leader Xi Jinping i...
Aug 13, 2018
Mexico's president-elect proposes Cancun-Palenque train
MEXICO CITY - Mexico’s president-elect wants to bring tourism revenues to remote and forgotten stretches of Mexico, but some are scratching their heads at his main proposal: to build a $3.2 bill...
Aug 13, 2018
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's economic fiction: 'record' GDP, jobs
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is distorting the truth on U.S. economic growth and jobs, pointing to record-breaking figures that don’t exist and not telling the full story on black unemplo...
Aug 13, 2018