Category Archives: Canadian Press
Republicans criticize Mueller's probe, but want him to stay
WASHINGTON - House Republicans ratcheted up criticism of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian meddling Wednesday, questioning whether there was bias on his team of lawyers but sto...
Dec 13, 2017
Meghan Markle to join royal family for Christmas
LONDON - Prince Harry’s fiancee is set to join Britain’s royal family for Christmas. Kensington Palace says Meghan Markle will join Queen Elizabeth II and other senior royals at Sandringha...
Dec 13, 2017
KHL undecided on allowing players to go to the Olympics
MOSCOW - The president of the Kontinental Hockey League says he is waiting to find out how many Russians will be banned from the Pyeongchang Olympics before deciding if he will allow his players to co...
Dec 13, 2017
AP Exclusive: Sold NKorean brides face hard choices in China
WESTERN LIAONING PROVINCE, China - The North Korean woman drives a motorbike slowly down a narrow lane shaded by tall corn to the farmhouse where she lives with the disabled Chinese man who bought her...
Dec 13, 2017
Bombing underscores New York subway system's vulnerability
NEW YORK - The crude pipe bomb that exploded beneath the streets of New York this week served as a chilling reminder of the vulnerability of the city’s subway system, a 24-hour-a-day operation w...
Dec 13, 2017
Lawmaker: Callers posing as AP reporters spewed slurs
WASHINGTON - Two people posing as Associated Press reporters telephoned the office of a Democratic congresswoman Tuesday and spewed racial slurs, the lawmaker said. Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) blamed sup...
Dec 13, 2017
GOP says it's got a deal on taxes; cuts coming for next year
WASHINGTON - Confident congressional Republicans forged an agreement Wednesday on a major overhaul of the nation’s tax laws that would provide generous tax cuts for corporations and the wealthie...
Dec 13, 2017
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Tina Smith named to fill Franken seat
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton appointed Lt. Gov. Tina Smith on Wednesday to fill fellow Democrat Al Franken’s Senate seat until a special election in November, setting up his long...
Dec 13, 2017
Global companies snared in South Africa's corruption scandal
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s biggest corruption case since the end of apartheid has entangled not only the president and ruling party but also some major international companies, including U.S....
Dec 13, 2017
Men due to leave Gitmo under Obama seem stuck under Trump
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Abdellatif Nasser got what he thought was the best news possible in the summer of 2016: One of his lawyers called him at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre and told ...
Dec 13, 2017