Category Archives: Canadian Press
Trudeau sidesteps questions on straw ban as U.K. takes aim at plastic products
LONDON - Canada will heartily endorse an international declaration aimed cleaning up the oceans, Justin Trudeau said Thursday - but the prime minister stopped short of committing his government to a b...
Apr 19, 2018
2,000 Kachin trapped by Myanmar fighting lack food, medicine
BANGKOK - Community leaders from the Christian ethnic Kachin community have called for urgent medical attention for about 2,000 civilians, including pregnant women and the elderly, trapped in the jung...
Apr 19, 2018
A willingness to fix the euro's flaws is fading fast
FRANKFURT - When Angela Merkel was re-elected as Germany’s leader in March, the way looked open for European nations to finally patch the remaining cracks in the euro - the structural flaws that...
Apr 19, 2018
Remnants of migrant caravan move toward US-Mexico border
MEXICO CITY - The remnants of a migrant caravan of Central Americans that angered President Donald Trump were continuing their journey north through Mexico toward the U.S. border Wednesday. Organizer ...
Apr 19, 2018
Poland marks 75th anniversary of uprising in Warsaw Ghetto
WARSAW, Poland - Sirens wailed, church bells tolled and yellow paper daffodils of remembrance dotted the crowd as Polish and Jewish leaders extolled the heroism and determination of the Warsaw Ghetto ...
Apr 19, 2018
Southwest Airlines sought more time for engine inspections
DALLAS - Southwest Airlines sought more time last year to inspect jet-engine fan blades like the one that snapped off during one of its flights Tuesday in an accident that left a passenger dead. The a...
Apr 19, 2018
Mall plotters believed they were reincarnations of Columbine shooters: report
HALIFAX - They weren’t just inspired by the Columbine shooters - two teenage gunmen with a mission to kill students and teachers at a suburban high school in Littleton, Colo. Lindsay Souvannarat...
Apr 19, 2018
Syrian rebels give up Damascus area town to government
BEIRUT - The Syrian government took control of a town northeast of Damascus on Thursday after rebels evacuated to north Syria - the latest in a string of handovers by rebels to the government. Residen...
Apr 19, 2018
Trump leaves open possibility of bailing on meeting with Kim
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said that although he’s looking ahead optimistically to a historic summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un he could still pull out if he feels it&...
Apr 19, 2018
Philly dad, toddler critically wounded while sitting in car
PHILADELPHIA - A man and his toddler son were critically wounded when someone fired shots into the vehicle they were sitting in on a Philadelphia street. The shooting occurred around 8:30 p.m. Wednesd...
Apr 19, 2018