Category Archives: Canadian Press

Woah, what was that? After months of relative calm, Wall Street has been jolted by a sudden run of turbulent trading. The swoon wiped more than 1,300 points from the Dow Jones Industrial Average over ...

LOYGA, Russia - “First time here?” the conductor on the train that stops at the logging outpost of Loyga asks some departing passengers. “My condolences - there isn’t even cell...

ORACLE, Ariz. - They lived for two years and 20 minutes under the glass of a miniature Earth, complete with an ocean, rain forest, desert, grasslands and mangroves. Their air and water were recycled, ...

Bob Knuckey wants to be the fastest man at the world Ironman championship among men in their eighth decades. The 70-year-old retired teacher from Caledon, Ont., has pulled out all the stops in trainin...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Amid unfolding sex-abuse scandals, Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl as archbishop of Washington. But the pope’s gentle words and lack of conde...

Safety officials say a near collision of airliners in San Francisco last year was a few feet from becoming the worst crash in aviation history and underscores the need for faster reporting of dangerou...

ISTANBUL - Turkish officials have an audio recording of the alleged killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi from the Apple Watch he wore when he walked into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul over a week a...

YEREVAN, Armenia - Without even her home country supporting her, Michaelle Jean failed in her bid for a second term as secretary general of la Francophonie Friday as members chose Rwandan Foreign Mini...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Beyonce paid homage to a high-profile music executive being honoured at a charity event to raise money for cancer research. The singer’s vocals soared as she performed thr...

JERUSALEM - Two New Zealand activists dismiss an Israeli court order to pay damages for allegedly helping persuade pop singer Lorde to cancel a performance in Israel. The women say the ruling aims ...