Category Archives: Canadian Press
UN council narrowly approves arms embargo on South Sudan
CAMEROON, Cameroon - The U.N. Security Council narrowly approved a U.S.-drafted resolution imposing an arms embargo on South Sudan Friday over objections that it could hurt African efforts to end the ...
Jul 13, 2018

Melania Trump dutifully tries her hand at lawn bowls
LONDON - Her game face on, Melania Trump dutifully tried her hand at lawn bowls during a solo outing Friday to a historic London veterans’ retirement home on her first visit to Britain as Americ...
Jul 13, 2018
Opposition storms Zimbabwe police post amid early voting
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Opposition supporters have stormed a police camp in Zimbabwe where officers were voting ahead of this month’s historic election without election officials present. The chaotic...
Jul 13, 2018

Cash vans targeted in brazen heists in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG - Criminal syndicates in South Africa have increased attacks on security vans transporting large amounts of cash, brazenly opening fire and blowing up vehicles in chaotic scenes that send...
Jul 13, 2018
Minister: Ex-Iowa Gov. Ray hoped legacy would inspire others
DES MOINES, Iowa - Former Iowa Gov. Robert D. Ray’s legacy as a saviour to many Vietnam War refugees and as a political centrist who might have a tough time being elected today was remembered Fr...
Jul 13, 2018
'Completely free': No retrial of ex-soldiers in 1992 killing
SAVANNAH, Ga. - Mark Jones says he and two of his Army buddies were out for an impromptu bachelor party when Savannah police arrested them in a drive-by slaying that would land them behind bars for mo...
Jul 13, 2018

8 endangered black rhinos die in Kenya after relocation
NAIROBI, Kenya - Eight critically endangered black rhinos are dead in Kenya after wildlife workers moved them from the capital to a new national park, the government said Friday, calling the toll R...
Jul 13, 2018

Oregon admits lack of oversight of medical marijuana program
SALEM, Ore. - How much medical marijuana is in the pipeline in Oregon? The managers of the state’s program concede that they simply don’t know because of lax reporting by producers and a l...
Jul 13, 2018
Blockbusters in Alaska set to close; 1 store left in US
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska’s last two Blockbuster video stores are calling it quits, leaving just one store open in the U.S. The stores in Anchorage and Fairbanks will close for rentals after Su...
Jul 13, 2018
China's trade grows in June amid tensions with Washington
BEIJING - China’s June trade grew by double digits amid mounting tension with Washington but Beijing warned its exporters face “rising instabilities and uncertainties.” Exports rose ...
Jul 13, 2018