Category Archives: Canadian Press

JOHANNESBURG - First, there was outrage in Africa at President Donald Trump’s vulgar comment about the continent. Now some governments and tourism operators are humorously exploiting it to promo...

TOFINO, B.C. - Long-time residents of Vancouver Island’s west coast admit to being awestruck by the latest storm that has prompted an extreme wave hazard advisory for the region, including Pacif...

BEIRUT - The leader of Hezbollah is weighing in on a local controversy surrounding Steven Spielberg’s newspaper drama “The Post,” saying it was wrong to screen it in Lebanese theatre...

CINCINNATI - Some days, it’s more like being a Hollywood star’s agent than a communications official for the zoo. That’s what happens when your prematurely born hippopotamus becomes ...

SANTIAGO, Chile - Pope Francis accused victims of Chile’s most notorious pedophile of slander Thursday, an astonishing end to a visit meant to help heal the wounds of a sex abuse scandal that ha...

BANJUL, Gambia - The military intervention looked imminent. West African troops were poised to push into Gambia as Yahya Jammeh, the tiny nation’s leader for more than 22 years, refused to cede ...

BANGKOK - Entering their fifth year in power, Thailand’s ruling generals may be running out of time and it’s not for a lack of watches. A growing uproar over the deputy prime minister̵...

DURHAM, N.C. - Southerners awaited a big thaw that would end days of icy roads, broken pipes, snow and numbing cold after a fierce winter storm blasted their normally mild region. For the third straig...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Winter is off to a late start in parts of the nation’s largest - and usually coldest - state. Months of higher-than-normal temperatures in areas of rural Alaska have opened d...

WASHINGTON - He once called himself “pro-choice.” But a year into his presidency, Donald Trump is stepping to the forefront of his administration’s efforts to roll back abortion righ...