Category Archives: Canadian Press
Bangladesh court confirms death for Islamic group leader
NEW DELHI - Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld death sentences for the leader of a banned Islamic group and two of his associates found guilty in a 2004 grenade attack on a British e...
Dec 07, 2016
China warns US on Taiwan leader's planned transit
BEIJING - China on Wednesday accused Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen of seeking to use a planned transit stop in the U.S. to score diplomatic points, amid Chinese rancour over an unprecedented phone ...
Dec 07, 2016
Philippine rebels threaten to end monthslong cease-fire
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine communist rebels warned President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday that they may be forced to end their monthslong cease-fire and resume fighting if he does not suspend th...
Dec 07, 2016
Duterte defends police accused of killing drug-linked mayor
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte staunchly defended on Wednesday more than two dozen policemen who were accused by the government’s main investigation agency of killing...
Dec 07, 2016
Trump chooses hardliners but talks softer on immigration
NEW YORK - Donald Trump embraced new Cabinet officers Wednesday whose backgrounds suggest he’s primed to put tough actions behind his campaign rhetoric on immigration and the environment, even a...
Dec 07, 2016
Critics worry after Trump security chief fuels conspiracies
WASHINGTON - On issues of national security and intelligence, no one is likely to have more influence in Donald Trump’s White House than retired Gen. Michael T. Flynn. Yet Flynn, Trump’s i...
Dec 07, 2016
Merkel's conservatives back tougher rules on dual citizens
BERLIN - Members of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party voted Wednesday to scrap rules that allow the children of immigrants to be dual citizens, a move opposed by party leaders and rejected...
Dec 07, 2016
With Clinton's loss, Washington groups seek new missions
WASHINGTON - They’re at opposite ends of the political spectrum, but two Washington groups that had been focused squarely on Hillary Clinton now have something in common: preserving their very e...
Dec 07, 2016
Toddler east of Toronto dies after swallowing pill at relatives' home: police
WHITBY, Ont. - Police are warning people to lock up their medication following the death of a toddler east of Toronto. The incident took place on Nov. 19 after a Whitby, Ont., family visited relatives...
Dec 07, 2016
Ghana president, longtime opposition leader face off in vote
ACCRA, Ghana - Ghanaians began lining up at polling stations before dawn on Wednesday to elect their next president as the West African nation hopes to reaffirm its reputation as a model of democracy ...
Dec 07, 2016