Category Archives: Canadian Press

WASHINGTON - The United States is leaving the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, which Ambassador Nikki Haley called “an organization that is not worthy of its name.” It’s t...

WASHINGTON - House Republicans escalated their monthslong standoff with the Justice Department, saying the FBI hasn’t adequately addressed bias within the agency and threatening to hold top depa...

WASHINGTON - In stories June 19 and 20, The Associated Press described the Russian company Sibur as a gas producer. The stories should have made clear that Sibur’s gas production is only one of ...

SKOPJE, Macedonia - A deal to end a decades-long dispute over whether Greece can lay sole claim to Macedonia as a place name easily passed a ratification vote Wednesday in the parliament of neighbouri...

LONDON - As many as 650 people had their lives shortened by a British hospital’s institutionalized practice of administering opioids without medical justification between 1989 and 2000, an indep...

HALIFAX - About a dozen uniformed sailors stood atop the navy submarine HMCS Windsor on Wednesday, as it glided through sparkling blue water towards Halifax’s naval base following a nearly five-...

PARIS - Thousands of live animals along with tons of meat, ivory, pangolin scales and timber were seized in a monthlong global crackdown on the illegal wildlife trade that Interpol said exposed the in...

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. - For hours, the fans came in a steady stream to mourn and pay their respects at the spot where rapper XXXTentacion was gunned down, some leaving behind expressions of sympathy a...

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - In the first court challenge against Alberta’s gay-straight alliance rules, lawyers on both sides argued children will be harmed if the judge’s decision doesn’t...

Five stories in the news for Wednesday, June 20 --- SENATE APPROVES BILL TO LEGALIZE POT Canadians will be able to legally purchase and consume recreational marijuana by mid-September at the latest, a...