Category Archives: Canadian Press
Quebec Liberal election chairman Alexandre Taillefer quits media company
MONTREAL - The businessman tapped to preside over the Quebec Liberals’ bid for re-election is stepping down from the media company in which he is involved. Alexandre Taillefer announced in a sta...
May 11, 2018
Aide who said McCain is 'dying' still works at White House
WASHINGTON - The White House on Friday declined to condemn comments made by a special assistant to President Donald Trump dismissing Sen. John McCain’s opinion during a closed-door meeting becau...
May 11, 2018
Iran cleric threatens destruction of Israeli cities
TEHRAN, Iran - A prominent Iranian cleric on Friday threatened two Israeli cities with destruction if the Jewish state “acts foolishly” and attacks its interests again, while thousands of ...
May 11, 2018
Delaware becomes first state to fully ban child marriage
DOVER, Del. - Delaware has become the first state in the nation to completely ban marriage for anyone under 18. Democratic Gov. John Carney on Wednesday signed into law the measure that makes it illeg...
May 11, 2018
Lesbos: Europe's migrant barrier nears breaking point
LESBOS, Greece - At the heart of Moria, an overcrowded refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, is a dark rectangular building ringed with police guards and coils of razor wire. Taking photographs ...
May 11, 2018
Malaysia's Mahathir plans lean cabinet, seeks Anwar's pardon
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia’s new Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Friday he will form a lean cabinet with 10 core ministries and start the process of obtaining an immediate pardon for...
May 11, 2018
Royal retreat of Windsor ready to party for Harry, Meghan
WINDSOR, England - Few towns are as quintessentially English as Windsor, the bucolic riverside locale where Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle will get married on May 19. And few towns ar...
May 11, 2018
Iraq holds its first parliamentary election since IS defeat
Iraqis vote Saturday in the first parliamentary election since the country declared victory over the Islamic State extremist group. The balloting is expected to be a referendum on Prime Minister Haide...
May 11, 2018
Critic's jailing shows hushed dissent since '08 China quake
BEIJING - A decade after a massive earthquake devastated parts of China’s Sichuan province, an outspoken critic of the government’s response is languishing in jail, his health deterioratin...
May 11, 2018
Google's A.I. personal assistant sparks concerns about future of communication
TORONTO - Aimee Morrison doesn’t look forward to the not-too-distant future when she might have to constantly doubt whether she’s speaking on the phone with robots powered by artificial in...
May 11, 2018