Category Archives: Canadian Press
30 killed when bus in Cameroon drives into a river
YAOUNDE, Cameroon - Authorities in Cameroon say at least 30 people are dead after a bus crashed on the road that links the political capital, Yaounde, with the western regional capital, Bafoussam. Gov...
Jul 06, 2018
Syrian troops recapture vital border crossing with Jordan
JABER AS-SARHAN, Jordan - Syrian government forces recaptured a vital border crossing with Jordan on Friday and raised the national flag for the first time in years, restoring sovereignty over a key r...
Jul 06, 2018
Immigrant PhD candidate rocked by sudden US Army discharge
SAN FRANCISCO - Growing up in eastern China, Panshu Zhao fell in love with America. He read the Bible his parents gave him, watched Hollywood movies and studied the ideals of democracy. He jumped at t...
Jul 06, 2018
Life in Trump's Cabinet: Putdowns, perks, and power
WASHINGTON - Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross came in for an Oval Office tongue-lashing after he used a mundane soup can as a TV prop. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis got overruled by President Donald Trum...
Jul 06, 2018
Pruitt is out, handing EPA reins to former coal lobbyist
WASHINGTON - Bowing out after months of scandals, Scott Pruitt is turning the Environmental Protection Agency over to a far less flashy deputy who is expected to continue Pruitt’s rule-cutting, ...
Jul 06, 2018
Pompeo in Pyongyang seeks progress on NKorea nuke commitment
PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met for nearly three hours Friday with a top North Korean official in Pyongyang to nail down specifics of commi...
Jul 06, 2018
Cult leader executed for Japan sarin attacks still a mystery
TOKYO - The execution of Japanese doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara leaves unanswered questions about Aum Shinrikyo, which carried out the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway that killed 13 peo...
Jul 06, 2018

Deadline to reunite immigrant families rapidly approaching
WASHINGTON - This spring, the Trump administration began a “zero tolerance” policy to criminally prosecute anyone caught crossing the border illegally. Because children can’t be in j...
Jul 06, 2018

Anne Frank's family tried to escape to US, hit roadblocks
BERLIN - Research suggests the family of Anne Frank, the world famous Jewish diarist who died in the Holocaust, attempted to immigrate to the United States and later also to Cuba, but their efforts we...
Jul 06, 2018
Americans playfully ponder pro-Trump scholar's 'shunning'
BOSTON - How have you been shunned? It’s a question Americans have been playfully pondering since retired Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz complained he’s being ostracized on Martha...
Jul 06, 2018