Category Archives: Canadian Press
Boys rescued from Thai cave ordained at Buddhist temple
MAE SAI, Thailand - The young soccer teammates and their coach who were rescued after being trapped in a cave in northern Thailand were ordained Wednesday at a Buddhist temple, a merit-making activity...
Jul 25, 2018
Rouhani says Trump's 'empty threats' not worth a response
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says there’s no need to respond to President Donald Trump’s “empty threats.” Rouhani’s remarks Wednesday were his fir...
Jul 25, 2018
Trump tape a turning point in legal game of cat-and-mouse
WASHINGTON - The sudden public airing of Donald Trump talking about paying for a Playboy model’s silence marks a turning point in the legal game of cat-and-mouse between the president and the la...
Jul 25, 2018
Turkey: American pastor on trial for terror let out of jail
ISTANBUL - An American pastor who had been jailed in Turkey for more than 1 1/2 years on terror and espionage charges was released Wednesday and put under house arrest as his trial continues. Andrew C...
Jul 25, 2018
Grim house search yields more bodies in Greek fires, 81 dead
MATI, Greece - Rescuers intensified a grim house-to-house search Wednesday for more casualties from a deadly forest fire outside Athens, as the country’s military said it was using footage from ...
Jul 25, 2018
Japan hosts multinational drills to intercept weapons at sea
Japanese navy sailors in a speedboat raced to a simulated suspicious boat while aircraft watched from the sky in a multinational exercise Wednesday off Tokyo’s southern coast to practice interce...
Jul 25, 2018
Trump, European Union leaders pull back from trade war
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and European leaders pulled back from the brink of a trade war over autos Wednesday and agreed to open talks to tear down trade barriers between the United States a...
Jul 25, 2018
Report: 'Law and order' Trump soft on corporate offenders
WASHINGTON - While Donald Trump has positioned himself as a tough, “law and order” president, he has mostly excluded one group of offenders from his sights: those of the corporate class, a...
Jul 25, 2018
EU officials to meet Trump, wielding a $20-billion threat
HELSINKI - Top European Union officials were going into a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday warning they are ready to put tariffs on $20 billion of American goods if he puts duties...
Jul 25, 2018
GOP, Dems focus on messages as summer recess, elections near
WASHINGTON - House Democrats have a plan for helping students afford the growing costs of college, in part by creating a partnership with states to provide two years of tuition-free community college....
Jul 25, 2018