Category Archives: Canadian Press
On Jerusalem, Trump delivers for supporters at home
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s move to recognize the divided city of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital may have triggered a worldwide chorus of critics but the president had his ears cl...
Dec 7, 2017
Secret scholar who battled Islamic State goes public
His mother didn’t know that “her Omar” had been working as an undercover historian, documenting atrocities committed by the Islamic State group inside Mosul. But she wasn’t tot...
Dec 7, 2017
Chinese firm sues Venezuela as crisis tests ally's patience
CARACAS, Venezuela - One of China’s biggest state-run conglomerates has sued a Venezuelan counterpart in a U.S. court in a dispute over unpaid bills, a sign of Beijing’s growing impatience...
Dec 7, 2017
Tillerson says Ukraine key sticking point in US-Russia ties
VIENNA - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Thursday that Ukraine was the sole sticking point keeping the United States and Russia from forging a closer relationship, suggesting that all other...
Dec 7, 2017
China criticizes India over drone crash inside border
BEIJING - China’s defence ministry expressed its “dissatisfaction and opposition” Thursday over the crash of an Indian unmanned aerial vehicle inside Chinese territory, the latest in...
Dec 7, 2017
In the news today, Dec. 7
Six stories in the news for Thursday, Dec. 7 --- TRUDEAU DEPARTS CHINA WITHOUT TRADE DEAL Prime Minister Justin Trudeau departed China on Thursday without securing the start of free trade talks with t...
Dec 7, 2017
Trudeau government wants to 'demystify' G7 summit by involving Canadians
OTTAWA - The Liberal government wants to lift the mystery surrounding the G7 summit as it prepares to host the gathering next year, in hopes that Canadians will feel more included and, perhaps, less i...
Dec 7, 2017
Artificial intelligence to fuel a new cybersecurity race, say experts
MONTREAL - Technological advances in artificial intelligence are fuelling a new race between hackers and those toiling to protect cybersecurity networks. Cybersecurity is always a race between offence...
Dec 7, 2017
B.C. byelection a test of Trudeau's popularity, Scheer's rookie leadership
SURREY, B.C. - Inside a colourful candy shop in a bustling Vancouver suburb, Andrew Scheer and Kerry-Lynne Findlay marvelled at delicate British chocolate bars, chewy Red Vines and an edible Monopoly ...
Dec 7, 2017
Judge instructs jury in Babcock case about "complex" body of circumstantial evidence
TORONTO - The murder case of a young woman whose body has not been found hinges upon a “large and complex” body of circumstantial evidence, a Toronto judge said Thursday as he instructed t...
Dec 7, 2017