Category Archives: Canadian Press

WASHINGTON - Some say it’s a fight between West and South. Or who might win an endorsement from President Donald Trump. Or a test of who can woo conservatives. But one thing was clear Thursday: ...

ATLANTA - Expressing pride in his own record of peace, former President Jimmy Carter warned that President Donald Trump should steer clear of any military action involving Syria or other world hot spo...

HALIFAX - A bill proposing changes to how Nova Scotia’s electoral map is drawn will proceed without amendments despite objections from Acadian groups. The Liberal majority on the legislatureR...

NEWARK, N.J. - Former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal is opening a high-rise apartment complex in New Jersey’s largest city. O’Neal was joined by city and state officials on Tuesday in New...

JOHANNESBURG - A new annual report on the death penalty calls sub-Saharan Africa a “beacon of hope” amid a decline in executions worldwide. Twenty countries across sub-Saharan Africa have ...

BEIJING - China’s government on Thursday denied President Xi Jinping’s promise of market-opening measures this week was aimed at settling a tariff dispute with Washington and said negotiat...

PARIS - The director of the Cannes Film Festival called the Harvey Weinstein “an earthquake” - but he said that the quality of films, not gender quotas, remains the top factor in selecting...

LONDON - The international chemical weapons watchdog on Thursday confirmed Britain’s finding that a former Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent, as Russia continued to d...

PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of - Beachfront, five-star hotels? Skyscrapers just blocks from Kim Il Sung Square? North Korea is racing forward with major development projects s...

LONDON - Longtime British rock icon Cliff Richard’s case against the BBC’s coverage of a police raid at his home has begun in a London court. Richard is suing the broadcaster for its cover...