Category Archives: Canadian Press

TOKYO - The world’s oldest person, a 117-year-old Japanese woman, has died. Chiyo Miyako died Sunday. Her death was confirmed Friday by Kanagawa prefecture, her home state south of Tokyo. Miyako...

DURHAM, N.C. - A judge says a Texas man’s affair with a North Carolina man’s wife should cost him nearly $9 million. The Herald-Sun of Durham reports that Superior Court Judge Orlando Huds...

JOHANNESBURG - Curiosity and awe have greeted a complete lunar eclipse, the longest one of this century and visible in much of the world. The so-called “blood moon,” when it turns a deep r...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is prematurely claiming he proved naysayers wrong in boosting U.S. economic growth. Speaking at events Thursday in Iowa and Illinois, Trump claimed victory in advan...

TOKYO - A newly released memo by a wartime Japanese official provides what a historian says is the first look at the thinking of Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minister Hideki Tojo on the eve of the Japan...

YAMMOUNE, Lebanon - In the fields of this quiet village surrounded by mountains, men and women work clearing dirt and dry leaves from around cannabis plants, a major source of livelihoods in this impo...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Florida student Tyah-Amoy Roberts said after spending a week in New Zealand that she’s strongly considering moving to the country for college. The 17-year-old is one of...

HARARE, Zimbabwe - “Are you married?” The frequent question for Fadzayi Mahere, a Zimbabwe opposition politician, isn’t from men trying their luck. Instead, people of all genders app...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ten more former students have sued Ohio State University over alleged sexual misconduct by a now-dead team doctor, accusing school officials of facilitating abuse by ignoring complain...

BEIJING - Qualcomm Inc. failed to resolve China’s anti-monopoly concerns about its proposed acquisition of NXP Semiconductors, the government said Friday, in a case analysts warned would worsen ...