Category Archives: Canadian Press
Brazilian boy, 9, released to mom after US judge's order
CHICAGO - A Brazilian mother and 9-year-old son separated at the U.S.-Mexico border were together again Thursday after a federal judge in Chicago ordered the U.S. government to release the boy, in one...
Jun 28, 2018
Hundreds of Syrians leave Lebanon for long-awaited reunions
ARSAL, Lebanon - Hundreds of displaced Syrians left Lebanon for their war-torn homeland Thursday in a repatriation that will reunite them with relatives they have not seen for years. But many of them ...
Jun 28, 2018
Gorsuch shows how much 1 vote matters on Supreme court
WASHINGTON - Justice Neil Gorsuch’s role in his first full term on the Supreme Court offers a striking illustration of the difference a single justice can make, and why both sides are gearing up...
Jun 28, 2018
Spotlight turns to GOP women in Supreme Court fight
WASHINGTON - A spotlight quickly focused on two Republican senators Thursday in the fight to come over President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nomination - Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, whose...
Jun 28, 2018
Analysis: GOP's long-term Supreme Court strategy pays off
NEW YORK - Three years of political upheaval. Early morning Twitter blasts. Scores of startling headlines. For the Republican Party, all the chaos of the Trump era has been building toward a week like...
Jun 28, 2018
Korean Air chair questioned on suspicion of embezzlement
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Korean Air’s chairman apologized Thursday before being questioned by prosecutors investigating alleged wrongdoing by him and his family, deepening woes at South Korea...
Jun 28, 2018
UN: 10,000 children killed, maimed in conflicts worldwide
CAMEROON, Cameroon - More than 10,000 children were killed or maimed amid armed conflicts worldwide last year, while others were raped, forced to serve as soldiers or caught in attacks on schools and ...
Jun 28, 2018
Woman rides paddleboard from Cuba to Florida Keys
KEY WEST, Fla. - A Florida woman has completed a more than 100-mile (160-kilometre) voyage from Cuba to the Florida Keys on a standup paddleboard. Victoria Burgess arrived in Key West on Wednesday, pa...
Jun 28, 2018
Thai rescuers search for other entrances to flooded cave
MAE SAI, Thailand - Rescuers punched a hole into the side of a mountain on Thursday in a desperate attempt to drain rising water from a flooded cave in northern Thailand where 12 boys and their soccer...
Jun 28, 2018
Merkel defends migrant record, calls for European solution
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed the need Thursday for a European approach to dealing with the influx of asylum seekers, as she sought to fend off critics from within her own conserva...
Jun 28, 2018