Category Archives: Canadian Press
Elon Musk apologizes for calling cave rescue diver a 'pedo'
BANGKOK - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has apologized for calling a British diver involved in the Thailand cave rescue a pedophile, saying he spoke in anger but was wrong to do so. There was no imme...
Jul 18, 2018
Syrian forces' bombing intensifies in southern rebel holdout
BEIRUT - Syrian government forces determined to retake the largest opposition holdout in the country’s southwest unleashed an intense bombing campaign, killing at least a dozen people and woundi...
Jul 18, 2018
EU ruling against Google opens 'opportunity,' rival says
BRUSSELS - European regulators’ latest swipe at the dominance of U.S. tech giant Google could open new opportunities for rivals in search and web browsers - that is, if handset manufacturers dec...
Jul 18, 2018
Trump talks tougher, now says he warned Putin on meddling
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump spent a second day Wednesday managing the political fallout from his widely criticized meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, shifting stances and mopping up w...
Jul 18, 2018
Historians say Trump upends norms of presidential behaviour
HELSINKI - Plenty of U.S. presidents have created commotion in their travels abroad, but none as much as President Donald Trump. The president’s tumultuous trip across Europe, historians say, sm...
Jul 18, 2018
Raptors Remake: DeRozan dealt to Spurs for Leonard in blockbuster NBA trade
TORONTO - DeMar DeRozan was unlike many of the franchise players who came before him with the Toronto Raptors. For years, Canada’s lone NBA franchise was jilted by stars who eventually either wa...
Jul 18, 2018
Chris Christie to 'set record straight' in 'Let Me Finish'
NEW YORK - Chris Christie has a book coming out next year and he doesn’t plan on holding back. Hachette Books told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the former New Jersey governor’s &...
Jul 18, 2018
Abdoul Abdi relieved federal government won't pursue deportation: lawyer
HALIFAX - The lawyer for former Somali child refugee Abdoul Abdi says his client was relieved - and in disbelief - after Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale announced in a tweet that Ottawa would not...
Jul 18, 2018
Russia extends house arrest of acclaimed film director
MOSCOW - An acclaimed Russian filmmaker and theatre director accused of embezzlement must stay under house arrest for another month. A Moscow court on Wednesday ruled to extend the detention of Kirill...
Jul 18, 2018
German court rejects challenges to broadcasting fee system
BERLIN - Germany’s highest court has rejected complaints against a fee paid by all households to finance the country’s public broadcasters, though it found fault with a minor aspect of the...
Jul 18, 2018