Category Archives: Canadian Press
Bavarian governor to step down in German power struggle
BERLIN - An often-awkward conservative ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to step down as Bavarian governor in favour of a younger rival, attempting to end a power struggle that has been an un...
Dec 4, 2017
Lawmaker proposes during Australian same-sex marriage debate
CANBERRA, Australia - An Australian lawmaker giving a speech on same-sex marriage proposed to his gay partner Monday during Parliament’s debate on a bill that is expected to soon legalize marria...
Dec 4, 2017
Lamborghini joins the boom in supercar SUVs
SANT’AGATA, Italy - Supercar makers have long known that parked next to that snarling Lamborghini, a racing-red Ferrari, or stately Bentley at some of the globe’s toniest addresses is a pr...
Dec 4, 2017
Zimbabwe's president swears in first post-Mugabe cabinet
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe’s president has sworn in a new cabinet that includes ruling party loyalists as well as figures in the military, whose takeover helped oust former leader Robert Mugabe...
Dec 4, 2017
Future of Irish border remains an obstacle in Brexit talks
BRUSSELS - The European Union and Britain ended a flurry of top-level diplomacy on Monday without a deal on the terms of their divorce, as agreement on how to maintain an open Irish border after Brexi...
Dec 4, 2017
Trump takes rare step to reduce 2 national monuments in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY - President Donald Trump on Monday took the rare step of scaling back two sprawling national monuments in Utah, declaring that “public lands will once again be for public use̶...
Dec 4, 2017
Mattis seeks more co-operation with Pakistan on terror fight
ISLAMABAD - Defence Secretary Jim Mattis pressed top Pakistani leaders Monday to “redouble” efforts to go after insurgents operating in safe havens, the Pentagon said, underscoring a long ...
Dec 4, 2017
Corsican voters favour nationalists seeking more autonomy
PARIS - Nationalists on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica have swept the first round of elections for a territorial assembly, taking nearly 45.4 per cent of the weekend vote. The single 63-se...
Dec 4, 2017
Trump's tweet raises obstruction spectre , worries allies
WASHINGTON - The shifting explanations for why President Donald Trump fired national security adviser Michael Flynn have revived questions about whether the president may have obstructed an ongoing in...
Dec 4, 2017
Stealth jets, other aircraft fly in US, South Korean drills
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Hundreds of aircraft including two dozen stealth jets began training Monday as the United States and South Korea launched a massive combined air force exercise. The war gam...
Dec 4, 2017