Category Archives: Canadian Press
US, allies set to evacuate Syrian aid workers from southwest
WASHINGTON - U.S. officials say the United States is finalizing plans to evacuate several hundred Syrian civil defence workers and their families from southwest Syria as Russian-backed government forc...
Jul 20, 2018
Israeli east Jerusalem plan gets cool Palestinian reception
JERUSALEM - A landmark half-billion-dollar Israeli plan to develop Palestinian areas of east Jerusalem and hoist residents out of poverty is getting a cool reception from the very people who are suppo...
Jul 20, 2018
Merkel insists US ties key to Germany despite Trump tensions
BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday that Germany’s relationship with the United States remains “central” to her government despite recent disagreements with President Donal...
Jul 20, 2018

Crisis for Macron as security aide is detained for beating
PARIS - French investigators on Friday detained for questioning one of President Emmanuel Macron’s top security aides who was caught on camera beating a protester in May, sparking a major politi...
Jul 20, 2018

California sues over Trump halt to truck pollution rule
SAN FRANCISCO - California and 14 other states sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Thursday over its decision to suspend an Obama-era rule aimed at limiting pollution from trucks. The July 6...
Jul 20, 2018
Vietnam convicts, deports US man who joined rare protest
HANOI, Vietnam - A Vietnamese court on Friday convicted an American man of disturbing public order after he took part in a rare protest and ordered him deported. William Nguyen, from Houston, was arre...
Jul 20, 2018

Rosenstein defends charging Russians as a deterrent
ASPEN, Colo. - The top law enforcement official overseeing the probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 election is defending the prosecution of foreign agents who may never see the inside of a U.S. cour...
Jul 20, 2018

Survivor recounts boat accident that killed 9 family members
BRANSON, Mo. - “Grab the baby!” Those were the last words Tia Coleman recalls her sister-in-law yelling before the tourist boat they were on sank into a Missouri lake, killing 17 people, i...
Jul 20, 2018
Suspect confesses in killing of Olympic figure skater
MOSCOW - One of two men detained in Kazakhstan on suspicion of killing Olympic figure skating medallist Denis Ten has confessed, authorities said Friday. Prosecutor Berik Zhuyrektayev said in a televi...
Jul 20, 2018
Mark Wahlberg buying auto dealership in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Mark Wahlberg wants you to see the U.S.A. in a Chevrolet. The 47-year-old actor, producer, businessman and former rapper on Thursday announced he’s launching his first car deale...
Jul 20, 2018