Category Archives: Canadian Press
For Palestinians, Israeli permits a complex tool of control
More than 300 Palestinians showed up at an Israeli military base in the West Bank recently, hoping they could win the lifting of security bans that prevent them for entering Israel. But they were also...
Apr 30, 2018
Danish citizen jailed under new Malaysian anti-fake news law
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A Malaysian court on Monday sentenced a Danish citizen to a week in jail after he pleaded guilty to maliciously publishing false information, the first person to be punished u...
Apr 30, 2018
WW II veteran to graduate 68 years after leaving college
TOLEDO, Ohio - Like so many American soldiers returning home from World War II, Bob Barger started working a new job and going to college. Once he settled into his career and raising a family, finishi...
Apr 30, 2018
Report: Jackson not returning as Trump's personal physician
WASHINGTON - Dr. Ronny Jackson, a Navy rear admiral who abandoned his nomination to be secretary of Veterans Affairs amid numerous allegations, will not return to the job of President Donald TrumpR...
Apr 30, 2018
Get ready for the most expensive driving season in years
LOS ANGELES - Get ready for a little bit more pain at the pump this summer. Crude oil prices are at the highest level in more than three years and expected to climb higher, pushing up gasoline prices ...
Apr 30, 2018
Report: Iran destroys mass graves of those executed in 1988
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran is destroying or redeveloping the sites of mass graves holding those executed in a 1988 wartime purge that killed as many as 5,000 people, a report released Monday a...
Apr 30, 2018
Doctor accused of threats to slit workers, patients' throats
VALDOSTA, Ga. - A doctor in Georgia has been accused of threatening to slit the throats of her employees and patients, damaging a wall with a reflex hammer and throwing water on employees. Dr. Marian ...
Apr 30, 2018
March consumer spending rebounds 0.4 per cent as wages rise
WASHINGTON - Americans boosted their spending by 0.4 per cent in March, the best showing in three months. Meanwhile, a key gauge of inflation closely watched by the Federal Reserve rose at the fastest...
Apr 30, 2018
Iraq's IS trials bring swift verdicts, almost all guilty
TEL KEIF, Iraq - The entire trial lasted just over half an hour. A grey-haired man was led into the defendant’s booth. He fidgeted as the judge read the charges against him: Swearing allegiance ...
Apr 30, 2018
Struggle for transgender rights shifts to health care
WASHINGTON - Military service. Bathroom use. Job bias. And now, health care. The Trump administration is coming under fire for rewriting a federal rule that bars discrimination in health care based on...
Apr 30, 2018