Category Archives: Canadian Press
Israeli military confirms it hit Syrian nuclear site in 2007
TEL AVIV, Israel - The Israeli military confirmed on Wednesday it carried out the 2007 airstrike in Syria that destroyed what was believed to be a nuclear reactor, lifting the veil of secrecy over one...
Mar 21, 2018
US anti-terror training abroad includes K-9, cyber security
AMMAN, Jordan - A German shepherd sniffed suitcases in an airport inspection drill, excitedly pausing near one bag from which a handler then pulled a satchel with plastic explosives. The exercise at t...
Mar 21, 2018
Clandestine videos roil Peru ahead of impeachment vote
LIMA, Peru - The revelation of secretly shot videos allegedly showing attempts to buy a lawmaker’s political support has roiled Peru’s political establishment two days before a scheduled i...
Mar 21, 2018
Tennis umpire seeks payback for arrest in husband's death
LOS ANGELES - When Lois Goodman was in court six years ago, she stood accused of murder for allegedly bludgeoning her elderly husband with a coffee mug. On Wednesday, she was the accuser, blaming a me...
Mar 21, 2018
Schwarzenegger, Kasich urge GOP to move centre in Trump era
LOS ANGELES - Two of the nation’s prominent Republicans on Wednesday envisioned a future for the GOP far removed from President Donald Trump’s Twitter blasts, where inclusiveness, a kinder...
Mar 21, 2018
Russia: Asking permission before taking organs is 'inhumane'
At least two lawsuits filed at a top European court claim Russia violated Europe’s Human Rights Convention by removing organs from the recently dead without telling relatives. Russia’s res...
Mar 21, 2018
Court as class: Judge gets climate change lesson in oil suit
SAN FRANCISCO - There were no test tubes or Bunsen burners, but a courtroom turned into a science classroom Wednesday for a U.S. judge considering lawsuits that accuse big oil companies of lying about...
Mar 21, 2018
Just For Laughs sold to Howie Mandel and U.S. company ICM Partners
Montreal’s Just For Laughs answered doubts about its future Wednesday with the company’s sale to an investor group led by Canadian-born comedian Howie Mandel. The new owners, which include...
Mar 21, 2018
Breaking up with Facebook? It's harder than it looks
NEW YORK - Facebook’s latest privacy scandal, involving Trump campaign consultants who allegedly stole data on tens of millions of users in order to influence elections, has some people reconsid...
Mar 21, 2018
Border wall, tunnel tussle hold up sweeping spending bill
WASHINGTON - Talks over a $1.3 trillion government spending bill dragged Tuesday as congressional negotiators found themselves tangled in side issues ahead of a Friday deadline. If lawmakers can agree...
Mar 21, 2018