Category Archives: Canadian Press

Pope in historic UAE visit urges faith leaders to reject war
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Pope Francis urged religious leaders Monday to work together to reject the “miserable crudeness” of war as he opened the first-ever papal visit to the Ara...
Feb 04, 2019
France launches airstrikes at armed Libyan group in Chad
PARIS - France’s Defence Ministry says French armed forces have intervened in northern Chad and launched airstrikes at an armed group coming in from Libya. The operation took place Sunday and wa...
Feb 04, 2019

Deadly car bomb blast in Somalia's capital, say police
NAIROBI, Kenya - Somalia’s homegrown extremist rebels, al-Shabab, have claimed responsibility for a car bomb explosion on Monday that killed at least seven people in Somalia’s capital. Al-...
Feb 04, 2019
Man leading search for Sala's plane says wreckage found
LONDON - The wreckage of the plane carrying soccer player Emiliano Sala was located on Sunday, two weeks after it disappeared from radar over the English Channel, according to the marine scientist lea...
Feb 04, 2019
EU countries step up pressure on Venezuela's defiant Maduro
LISBON, Portugal - A key group of European Union countries endorsed Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country’s interim president on Monday, piling the pressure on embattled Presid...
Feb 04, 2019
European nations recognize Guaido as Venezuelan leader
MADRID - Spain, France and Sweden have all announced that they are recognizing Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country’s interim president and are urging him to hold a new presid...
Feb 04, 2019

EU nations endorse Venezuela opposition leader over Maduro
CARACAS, Venezuela - More than a dozen European Union countries endorsed Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country’s interim president Monday, piling the pressure on embattled Pres...
Feb 04, 2019
Norwegian politician may travel to Canada for possible moose statue summit
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - The deputy mayor of a Norwegian town says she may be coming to Saskatchewan to discuss a possible truce in an ongoing battle over the world’s tallest moose sculpture. Linda Ot...
Feb 04, 2019

Venezuelan opposition welcomes Canada's call for military backing
OTTAWA - Venezuela’s pro-democracy movement has welcomed the decision by Canada and its allies to urge its country’s military to switch allegiance and support opposition leader Juan Guaido...
Feb 04, 2019

Serial killer Bruce McArthur strangled victims, posed bodies for photos
TORONTO - A serial killer who preyed on men from Toronto’s gay village took photographs of his victims’ bodies posed in various states of undress and kept the images on his computer, acces...
Feb 04, 2019