Category Archives: Canadian Press

THOMSON STATION, N.S. - Nova Scotia police say it’s one of the fastest speeds they’ve ever clocked: A young Quebec man was allegedly caught driving 232 kilometres an hour on the Trans-Cana...

CALGARY - Try doing a handstand. Now, try doing a handstand as double-Dutch ropes twirl around you. And try doing that without getting tangled. Competitive rope-skipping has been around in Canada for ...

PURCHASE, N.Y. - With Indra Nooyi exiting PepsiCo as its longtime chief executive, the circle of CEOs in the Fortune 500 is losing one of its highest profile women. Nooyi, who was born in India, is a ...

TORONTO - Forest fires like the ones currently burning in Ontario can have long-term impacts on the environment, experts say, noting that increasingly warmer and drier weather conditions are making su...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani struck a hard line Monday as the U.S. restored some sanctions that had been lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal, demanding compensation for decades of Am...

JERUSALEM - An Israeli Cabinet minister on Monday played down the significance of indirect truce talks with Gaza’s Hamas rulers, suggesting any cease-fire deal would be limited in scope. Yoav Ga...

CARACAS, Venezuela - Pro-government factions mobilized thousands of Venezuelans dressed in red - the colour of the ruling socialist party - onto the streets of the capital on Monday in a bid to show t...

TOKYO - Hiroshima marked the anniversary of the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing of the city with a sombre ceremony Monday to remember those killed and injured and a call to eliminate nuclear weapons amid...

LISBON, Portugal - Firefighters in Portugal were close to bringing a major, four-day wildfire near a popular tourist area under control Monday as sweltering weather gripped much of Europe. The Portugu...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The government’s star witness in the financial fraud trial of Paul Manafort testified Monday that he embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars from the former Trump campaign c...