Category Archives: Canadian Press

ATHENS, Greece - A flash flood has struck a northern Athens suburb following a squall, with the Greek capital’s fire department receiving 140 calls for assistance and to pump water from flooded ...

JOHANNESBURG - Chinese President Xi Jinping urged fellow leaders of the BRICS emerging economies to “reject protectionism outright” on Thursday during their annual summit in which the Unit...

SAN DIEGO - The Trump administration said Thursday that more than 1,800 children separated at the U.S.-Mexico border have been reunited with parents and sponsors but hundreds remain apart, signalling ...

Steelworkers in Granite City, Illinois, threw a street party - complete with hot dogs, cold beer and a singer in red, white and blue - when U.S. Steel announced earlier this year it was bringing hundr...

ATHENS, Greece - Greek authorities said Thursday there were serious indications that a deadly wildfire that gutted a vacation resort near Athens was started deliberately, while experts warned that the...

MIAMI - Housekeepers at Miami Beach hotels will soon be armed with panic buttons to help combat sexual assault. The city commission unanimously approved the safety measure Wednesday. It’s set to...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The auctioneer selling the house where Rosa Parks sought refuge after fleeing the South amid death threats said after the auction on Thursday there are buyers interested, but it wil...

NEW YORK - This time, Conor McGregor didn’t put up a fight. The mixed martial arts star pleaded guilty on Thursday to disorderly conduct and will perform five days of community service to resolv...

BAGHDAD - For more than three years after graduation, Karar Alaa Abdul-Wahid tried to get a stable job in the Iraqi government and in the private sector - to no avail. He once was offered a job with t...

WASHINGTON - Kem Monovithya, a Cambodian political activist, was visiting Switzerland in September when she got a phone call from her father. Kem Sokha, the leader of Cambodia’s main opposition ...