Category Archives: Canadian Press

In a closing dispatch to the world he’s tried to shape, President Barack Obama conceded Tuesday that the United States and other major powers have only limited ability to solve the world’s...

SARAJEVO, Bosnia - The European Union said Tuesday it will examine whether Bosnia has what it takes to become a member as the bloc continues with plans to expand just months after Britain decided to l...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. - He was a recent college student with an interest in computers who had worked part time as a private security guard. He was said to be an honour student in high school. And he had no...

ZAGREB, Croatia - A Serb paramilitary commander during the Balkan wars of the 1990s pleaded not guilty on Tuesday at the start of his war crimes trial in Croatia, saying the accusations against him ar...

KINSHASA, Congo - More than 44 people have been killed in Congo in two days of street clashes between security forces and protesters angered over a delayed presidential election, a senior Human Rights...

TOKYO - A typhoon has caused serious flooding and flight cancellations in southern Japan. Typhoon Malakas swept across the southern part of Kyushu island early Tuesday morning before heading east alon...

FRESNES, France - France’s justice minister is defending specialized prison units for Islamic radicals after a recent attack on guards, saying the units see less violence than the rest of the ov...

MIAMI - Tropical Storm Lisa was expected to gain a bit more strength before weakening in a couple of days, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Tuesday. Lisa was centred about 515 miles (830 kilome...

Fans of the film “Avatar” can now experience Pandora in person. The “Avatar: Discover Pandora” exhibition will open in Taiwan in December before travelling the world next year....

Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie has announced two solo shows for October, set to take place roughly two months after the iconic band wrapped its “Man Machine Poem” tour with a live bro...