Category Archives: Canadian Press
Trump Cabinet excites his voters: 'We have to trust him'
As each Cabinet announcement draws fresh criticism of the wealth, connections or opinions of Donald Trump’s latest appointees, many Americans who voted for him say the president-elect is doing w...
Dec 18, 2016
Two teams of Toronto students give up holidays to help locals in India, Egypt
TORONTO - While their classmates head home for the holidays, a handful of university students from Toronto will be spending much of their winter break in villages in India and Egypt, teaching locals h...
Dec 18, 2016
Little mosques on the ocean: Halifax welcomes a growing Muslim population
HALIFAX - When nine-year-old Zia Khan arrived in Halifax in the late 1970s, the boy was something of a novelty to newfound friends who knew little about his Muslim heritage or his distant homeland. Kh...
Dec 18, 2016
Rights group: State-backed Iraqi militia killed IS captives
BAGHDAD - A militia backed by the Iraqi government killed suspected Islamic State fighters captured during the operation to retake Mosul, Human Rights Watch said Sunday. The Hashed al-Jabour militia, ...
Dec 18, 2016
3 groups of Cubans totalling 51 migrants land in Florida Keys
KEY WEST, Fla. - Three groups of Cuban migrants totalling 51 people have landed in the Florida Keys. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said the groups landed Sunday between 5:30 a.m. and 7:40 a...
Dec 18, 2016
Renzi vows to revamp Italian party, make it more humble
ROME - Recently drubbed by voters, Italian ex-Premier Matteo Renzi on Sunday exhorted his Democratic Party to be more humble and in synch with citizens as he eyes elections widely expected in 2017. Re...
Dec 18, 2016
California tries again to thwart prison cellphone smuggling
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California is installing nearly 1,000 sophisticated metal detectors, scanners and secret security cameras at its prisons in its latest attempt to thwart the smuggling of cellphone...
Dec 18, 2016
Suspect in killings of 3 Kurdish activists dies in Paris
PARIS - The man suspected of killing three Kurdish activists in Paris in 2013 has died from brain disease, Paris prosecutors said Sunday. Omer Guney’s trial was scheduled next month. His death o...
Dec 18, 2016
US Secretary of State discusses Yemen war on Saudi trip
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Saudi King Salman and others Sunday to discuss the war in Yemen, a visit to the kingdom that likely will be his last as America’s to...
Dec 18, 2016
Syrian media say Aleppo evacuations to resume
BEIRUT - Dozens of buses and ambulances were poised to enter east Aleppo to resume evacuating rebel fighters and civilians from the opposition’s remaining districts in the city, pro-Syrian gover...
Dec 18, 2016