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Gunfire heard in Burkina Faso, sparking coup fears
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) - Gunfire rang out early Friday in Burkina Faso's capital and the state broadcaster went off the air, sparking fears that another coup attempt may be underway, nine mont...
Sep 30, 2022
‘No room for complacency’ as CF Montreal hosts bottom-feeding D.C. United
MONTREAL - With only two games left in CF Montreal's season, second place in Major League Soccer's Eastern Conference appears to be all but locked up - barring an unexpected meltdown from the first-pl...
Sep 30, 2022
US runs past Canada into World Cup gold medal game
SYDNEY (AP) - Breanna Stewart scored 17 points and the United States raced out to an early lead to put away Canada 83-43 on Friday, advancing to the gold medal game of the World Cup for the fourth con...
Sep 30, 2022
Thai court rules PM can stay, did not exceed term limit
BANGKOK (AP) - Thailand's Constitutional Court ruled Friday that Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha can remain in his job and did not violate a constitutional provision limiting him to eight years in of...
Sep 30, 2022
Quebec election: Indigenous issues take back seat as campaign winds down
MONTREAL - Indigenous leaders in Quebec are lamenting the fact that priorities for their communities have been largely ignored during the provincial election campaign. Atikamekw Grand Chief Constant A...
Sep 30, 2022
Canada terror rules unchanged as Afghans face humanitarian crisis and winter looms
OTTAWA - Opposition parties and aid groups say the Trudeau government is dragging its feet in carving out exemptions to anti-terrorism laws to allow humanitarian groups to reach desperate people in Af...
Sep 30, 2022
Chief urges reflection about residential schools on Truth and Reconciliation Day
VICTORIA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says today's National Day of Truth and Reconciliation is about the survivors of Canada's residential schools and the children who died in...
Sep 30, 2022
'Justinflation' can't be said in the House of Commons, but MPs are trying anyway
OTTAWA - The Conservatives' cheeky term for inflation under the Liberals has got some MPs into trouble in the House of Commons, where saying "Justinflation" has been deemed verboten. Speaker Anthony R...
Sep 30, 2022
Russian strike kills 23 as Kremlin to annex Ukraine regions
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A Russian strike on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least 23 people and wounded dozens, an official said Friday, just hours before Moscow planned to annex more of Ukr...
Sep 30, 2022
Taliban say suicide blast in Shiite area of Kabul kills 19
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bombing struck an education center in a Shiite area of the Afghan capital on Friday, killing 19 people and wounding 27, a Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Kabul ...
Sep 29, 2022