Category Archives: Canadian Press
Pence says it's time for Mueller to "wrap it up"
WASHINGTON - Vice-President Mike Pence said Thursday he believes it’s time for special counsel Robert Mueller to conclude his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and oth...
May 10, 2018
Town & Country apologizes to Monica Lewinsky over invite
NEW YORK - A magazine has apologized to Monica Lewinsky after she said she was disinvited to an event because former President Bill Clinton was attending. Town & Country on Thursday tweeted it reg...
May 10, 2018
Trump's move likely to worsen Mideast proxy battles
BEIRUT - There may not be much Iran can do about President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal, but across the Middle East, it has a variety of ways it can hit back at the United Sta...
May 10, 2018
US denies some immigrants accused of crimes a day in court
BOSTON - Some immigrants living in the country illegally and accused of crimes sit in legal limbo, caught in a tug of a war between local prosecutors and federal immigration authorities who won’...
May 10, 2018
Britain's Prince Charles meets head of Orthodox Greek Church
ATHENS, Greece - Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, has met the head of Greece’s Orthodox Christian Church, Archbishop Hieronymos, during an official visit to Athens. Charles has lo...
May 10, 2018
Iraq's Sunnis wary but hopeful about upcoming election
HASSAN SHAM CAMP, Iraq - After bearing the brunt of a 3 1/2-year war against the Islamic State group, Iraq’s minority Sunnis have a key concern ahead of Saturday’s parliamentary election: ...
May 10, 2018
Militants surrender to end Indonesia detention centre riot
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Dozens of Islamic militant prisoners who took over a police detention centre near Indonesia’s capital and killed five officers surrendered to police Thursday, the country...
May 10, 2018
House approves bill to revive Nevada nuclear waste dump
WASHINGTON - The House on Thursday approved an election-year bill to revive the mothballed nuclear waste dump at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain despite opposition from home-state lawmakers. Supporters ...
May 10, 2018
Aide to Iowa governor touts Apple deal, gets job at company
IOWA CITY, Iowa - A top aide to Gov. Kim Reynolds took a management job with tech giant Apple months after helping promote a $208 million incentive package for the company’s planned Iowa data ce...
May 10, 2018
Summit set, detainees free; Trump sees NKorea 'big success'
WASHINGTON - Envisioning “a very special moment for world peace,” President Donald Trump announced Thursday he will meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un for highly anticipated summit talks...
May 10, 2018