Category Archives: Canadian Press
Australian city of Melbourne to test terrorism alarm system
MELBOURNE, Australia - Melbourne will test a terrorism alarm system this month after police thwarted two alleged plots targeting Christmas-New Year crowds and a lone driver killed six pedestrians in t...
Dec 11, 2017
Trial set for ex-cop accused of supporting Islamic State
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The first law enforcement officer in the U.S. ever to be charged with a terrorism offence is again scheduled for trial. Jury selection begins Monday afternoon in federal court in Ale...
Dec 11, 2017
Baby formula maker calls global recall over salmonella fears
PARIS - Baby milk maker Lactalis and French authorities have ordered a global recall of millions of products over fears of salmonella bacteria contamination. The French company, one of the world’...
Dec 11, 2017
Indonesians burn US flags in 4th day of Jerusalem protests
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Activists burned U.S. and Israeli flags in front of the American embassy in Jakarta on Monday in a fourth day of protests in Indonesia against President Donald Trump’s recog...
Dec 11, 2017
Smoke alarm sets off fire scare in Austrian Alpine tunnel
BERLIN - A fire alarm inside a railway tunnel being built under the Austrian Alps prompted workers briefly to take shelter in an underground safety area Monday, a project manager said. Eighteen people...
Dec 11, 2017
France names winners of anti-Trump climate change grants
PARIS - Eighteen climate scientists from the U.S. and elsewhere hit the jackpot Monday as French President Emmanuel Macron awarded them millions of euros in grants to relocate to France for the rest o...
Dec 11, 2017
In the news today, Dec. 11
Seven stories in the news for Monday, Dec. 11 --- VOTERS IN FOUR FEDERAL RIDINGS CHOOSE NEW MPS TODAY The Trudeau government will get to test its popularity today in four federal byelections. The most...
Dec 11, 2017
Alabama foes make final push before big Senate vote
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Facing voters at last after the year’s most bitter U.S. campaign, Alabama Republican Roy Moore cast himself Monday as the victim of a national barrage of unjust allegations of...
Dec 11, 2017
Asian investors embrace bitcoin, but regulators are wary
HONG KONG - The weekend launch of a U.S. futures contract for bitcoin reflects widespread acceptance of the virtual currency, especially among investors in Asia, though regulators are wary. Japan and ...
Dec 11, 2017
US to help Cambodia preserve Khmer Rouge victims' belongings
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - The U.S government has provided more than $55,000 to Cambodia for the preserving of personal items belonging to prisoners at a Khmer Rouge prison and torture centre in the 1970s...
Dec 11, 2017