Category Archives: Canadian Press
IS calls for attacks on US bases in uneasy island of Bahrain
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The Islamic State group is calling on its followers to launch attacks in Bahrain and to target American military personnel stationed on the tiny island ahead of a visit b...
Dec 08, 2016
Israel police say knife-wielding Palestinian shot and killed
JERUSALEM - Israeli police say security forces have shot and killed a knife-wielding Palestinian at a West Bank junction. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri says an 18-year-old Palestinian disembarked from...
Dec 08, 2016
Pizza shop gunman says he regrets how he handled situation
SALISBURY, N.C. - The man accused of firing an assault rifle inside a Washington restaurant said he regrets how he handled the situation but refused to completely dismiss the false online claims invol...
Dec 08, 2016
Kerry warns Europe, others against 'authoritarian populism'
BERLIN - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned countries from Europe and beyond on Thursday to beware of an increasing “danger of authoritarian populism.” Kerry spoke at a meeting in H...
Dec 08, 2016
Giraffes, rarer than elephants, put on extinction watch list
WASHINGTON - The giraffe, the tallest land animal, is now at risk of extinction, biologists say. Because the giraffe population has shrunk nearly 40 per cent in just 30 years, scientists put it on the...
Dec 08, 2016
European Central Bank adds half a trillion euros in stimulus
FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank will pour another half-trillion euros ($579 billion) in newly printed money into the eurozone economy to support its recovery as the currency union heads into wha...
Dec 08, 2016
Where Trump won: A closer look at county-level data in key states
WASHINGTON - One month ago, Donald Trump shocked the world. He won the White House by capturing five key states - including several that hadn’t voted Republican in decades. The Canadian Press ex...
Dec 08, 2016
EU starts legal action against 4 states over VW emissions
BRUSSELS - The European Union is starting legal action against Britain, Germany, Spain and Luxembourg for not imposing penalties against Volkswagen for using illegal software to hide vehicle emissions...
Dec 08, 2016
Parisians grapple with worst winter pollution in a decade
PARIS - Under deceptively blue skies, the marvels of Paris beckoned. But art dealer Sophie Vigourous wore a face mask to appreciate them because of the pollution. The 38-year-old has lung cancer, putt...
Dec 08, 2016
Pakistan to probe plane crash that killed 47
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan said Thursday it will open an investigation into a plane crash the day before in the country’s northwest that killed 47 passengers and crew, as military helicopters ferried ...
Dec 08, 2016