Category Archives: Canadian Press
Cuba lifting freeze on new private tourism businesses
HAVANA - A 16-month freeze on new private restaurants and bed-and-breakfasts will end in December when Cuba’s communist government implements new regulations meant to prevent tax evasion and the...
Jul 10, 2018
Trump says he still has 'Rocket Man' CD for Kim
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says Secretary of State Mike Pompeo didn’t deliver Trump’s gift of an autographed Elton John CD to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on his trip this week...
Jul 10, 2018
Emotions high as Kavanaugh begins fight for confirmation
WASHINGTON - Conservative Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh plunged into his confirmation battle Tuesday, meeting face-to-face with Senate leaders in what promises to be an intense debate over abo...
Jul 10, 2018
Analysis: Trump court pick aimed at cementing legacy
WASHINGTON - With fanfare befitting the nation’s pre-eminent showman, President Donald Trump on Monday poured accelerant on his campaign to shift Washington’s balance of power toward conse...
Jul 10, 2018
Reunited immigrant children scooped up into parents' arms
SAN DIEGO - Lugging little backpacks, smiling immigrant children were scooped up into their parents’ arms Tuesday as the Trump administration scrambled to meet a court-ordered deadline to reunit...
Jul 10, 2018
Friend or foe at NATO? Who knows when Trump comes to dinner
BRUSSELS - When Donald Trump walks into a NATO summit Wednesday, international politics are bound to become intensely personal - again. Since moving into the White House almost 18 months ago, the U.S....
Jul 10, 2018
How Apple's app store changed our world
SAN FRANCISCO - A decade ago, Apple opened a store peddling iPhone apps, unlocking the creativity of software developers and letting users truly make their mobile devices their own. The resulting expl...
Jul 10, 2018
Martin Luther letter critical of Jews is up for auction
BOSTON - A letter written nearly 500 years ago by Martin Luther in which he refers to Jews as “devils incarnate” during a tirade against a former ally is up for auction, but Luther scholar...
Jul 10, 2018
Supreme Court enjoys relatively high public confidence
WASHINGTON - The next Supreme Court justice will join the bench at a time when the public has more confidence in the high court than in Congress or the presidency. A Gallup survey in June found 37 per...
Jul 10, 2018
Pompeo talks tough on Iran while visiting the Emirates
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that America and its Gulf Arab allies want to show Iran that its actions have “a real high cost,” step...
Jul 10, 2018