Category Archives: Canadian Press
Optimism in Iraq fuels revived interest in classic cars
BAGHDAD - When Iraqi forces drove Islamic State militants out of eastern Mosul a year ago, Nashwan Shakir Mahmoud raced back to his home, hoping that his red and white 1955 Chevrolet coupe had survive...
Jan 17, 2018
'Racist' posters removed from University of New Brunswick campus
FREDERICTON - Posters featuring a “racist and bigoted” message have been removed from a number of buildings on the University of New Brunswick campus in Fredericton. The posters make infla...
Jan 17, 2018
Thai court drops royal insult charges against academic
BANGKOK - A Thai military court on Wednesday dropped royal insult charges against an 84-year old historian who questioned whether a Thai king had actually defeated a Burmese adversary in combat on ele...
Jan 17, 2018
'Very strong' Democratic sentiment to oppose GOP budget bill
WASHINGTON - Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said Wednesday there’s “very, very strong” sentiment among Democrats in the chamber to oppose GOP-drafted legislation to keep the gover...
Jan 17, 2018
Conflict among world powers a growing concern, experts say
GENEVA - A survey by the World Economic Forum finds that more than nine in 10 experts are worried about worsening economic or political confrontation between world powers, amid a trend toward “c...
Jan 17, 2018
Senate lawyers to ask court to remove upper chamber from Duffy lawsuit
OTTAWA - The Senate wants an Ottawa judge to remove it from a multimillion-dollar lawsuit filed by Sen. Mike Duffy, arguing that the upper chamber is protected by parliamentary privilege. Duffy is see...
Jan 17, 2018
'Mama warrior' in Miami aids children of deported migrants
MIAMI - The 29-year-old Mexican farmworker was stressed and afraid. Her husband had just been detained by immigration authorities as he left a South Florida construction site and was about to be depor...
Jan 17, 2018
Ex-CIA officer arrested, charged with keeping documents
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former CIA officer has been arrested and charged with illegally retaining classified records, including names and phone numbers of covert CIA assets. Jerry Chun Shing Lee, 53, was ...
Jan 17, 2018
Aced it: Doc says Trump got perfect score on cognitive test
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump performed “exceedingly well” on a surprise cognitive screening test administered last week, his doctor said Tuesday, as the White House continued to bat...
Jan 17, 2018
Lebanon reverses move to ban Spielberg's 'The Post'
BEIRUT - Lebanese authorities have reversed a decision to ban Steven Spielberg’s newspaper drama “The Post” ahead of its opening in theatres across the country, a local cinema manage...
Jan 17, 2018