Category Archives: Canadian Press

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...