Category Archives: Canadian Press

South Sudan's latest cease-fire is violated within hours
DUBLIN - South Sudan government troops violated the country’s latest cease-fire just hours after it began at midnight, the armed opposition claimed Saturday, while a government spokesman accused...
Jun 30, 2018

Indigenous woman fights to stay in Canada, saying traditional territory is B.C.
VANCOUVER - A First Nations woman working to revive a threatened language in her traditional territory of northern British Columbia says she’s being forced to leave the country on Canada Day. Mi...
Jun 30, 2018

18 killed, 14 injured in China bus-truck highway collision
BEIJING - Eighteen people were killed and 14 others injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a truck on a highway in central China, police said Saturday. The accident took place Frid...
Jun 30, 2018
Afghan president orders end to unilateral cease-fire
KABUL - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has announced the end of the government’s unilateral cease-fire and ordered forces to restart their operations across the country. Ghani said Saturday in a ...
Jun 30, 2018
Crews rescue deaf puppy stuck in hole in Alabama
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - After 30 hours of effort, volunteers were able to rescue a 7-week-old deaf puppy that fell down a 50-foot (15-meter) crevice behind a house in Alabama. Volunteers erupted in cheers ...
Jun 30, 2018
Thyssenkrupp, Tata Steel merging Europe steel operations
BERLIN - Germany’s Thyssenkrupp and India’s Tata Steel say they’ve signed a deal to merge European steel operations into a new firm. Under the agreement signed Saturday, each company...
Jun 30, 2018
Lull in rain allows Thailand cave rescue to pick up pace
MAE SAI, Thailand - The frantic effort to locate 12 boys and their soccer coach missing in a cave in Thailand for a week picked up pace as a break in the rain eased flooding in the system of caverns a...
Jun 30, 2018
Protesters flood US cities to fight Trump immigration policy
WASHINGTON - They wore white. They shook their fists in the air. They carried signs reading: “No more children in cages,” and “What’s next? Concentration Camps?” In major...
Jun 30, 2018
Small capital city draped in grief by newspaper shooting
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The historic state capital of Annapolis is draped in grief from a shooting attack on the local newspaper, which killed journalists who chronicled soccer games, art exhibits and the fa...
Jun 30, 2018
No winning ticket for Friday night's $50 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for last night’s $50 million Lotto Max jackpot. However, two of the six Maxmillion prizes up for grabs were claimed by ticket holders in Ontario and Quebec. ...
Jun 30, 2018