Category Archives: Canadian Press
Vanuatu plans to permanently evacuate entire volcanic island
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The Pacific nation of Vanuatu is preparing to permanently evacuate the entire population of one of its islands as thick ash spewing from a volcano kills crops, dirties water ...
May 03, 2018
China congratulates North Korea's Kim on reducing tensions
BEIJING - China’s foreign minister congratulated North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday on his moves to reduce tensions with South Korea, China said. Their meeting in Pyongyang underscored ...
May 03, 2018
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh camps await new danger: rain
KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh - The Rohingya refugees have escaped soldiers and gunfire. They have escaped mobs that stormed through their villages, killing and raping and burning. They have fled Myanmar, th...
May 03, 2018
George Harrison's first electric guitar up for auction
NEW YORK - George Harrison’s first electric guitar is up for auction. Julien’s Auctions says Harrison played the Hoffner Club 40 when The Beatles played around Liverpool, England, as The Q...
May 03, 2018
Teachers flee, schools close in Kenya with al-Shabab attacks
NAIROBI, Kenya - Every school day, Abdirizack Hussein Bashir rises at dawn for an eight-kilometre (five-mile) trek through a dangerous forest where he sometimes faces harassment by Kenyan army patrols...
May 03, 2018
US productivity grows at tepid 0.7 per cent rate in Q1
WASHINGTON - U.S. productivity grew at an annual rate of 0.7 per cent in the first three months of this year, a weak reading but a slight improvement from the previous quarter. The first quarter incre...
May 03, 2018
Police response to Vegas shooting divides experts, survivor
LAS VEGAS - Police and hotel employees’ actions as gunfire rained from a Las Vegas resort onto an outdoor concert drew mixed reactions Thursday after newly released video showed authorities maki...
May 03, 2018
Erosion unearths bones on New York's island of the dead
NEW YORK - Storms and the tides are unearthing the long-hidden bones of Hart Island, creating eerie scenes of skulls, femurs and collarbones on this sliver of land where New York City’s destitut...
May 03, 2018
Afraid of heights in space: NASA astronaut details flight
STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - When NASA astronaut Joseph Acaba was out doing a spacewalk during a recent trip to the International Space Station, he held on tight. That’s because Acaba is afraid...
May 03, 2018
Judge OKs taking DNA, photos of Golden State Killer suspect
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Prosecutors can collect DNA, fingerprints and body photographs of the former policeman suspected of being California’s Golden State Killer, a judge ruled Thursday. Attorneys...
May 03, 2018