Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada China envoy assailed for assessing merits of Meng extradition case
OTTAWA - Canada’s envoy to China faced criticism Wednesday for opining on how a Huawei executive might avoid extradition to the United States, fuelling speculation his remarks were a political p...
Jan 23, 2019
Canadian Milos Raonic has Australian Open run end in quarterfinals
MELBOURNE, Australia - Canadian Milos Raonic is done at the Australian Open - and now is facing another health concern. France’s Lucas Pouille has reached the Australian Open semifinals for the ...
Jan 23, 2019
Unseen J.D. Salinger photos shot for 'Catcher' on display
DURHAM, N.H. - The University of New Hampshire is celebrating J.D. Salinger’s centennial year with an exhibit he likely would have loathed: a display of previously unseen photos of the famously ...
Jan 23, 2019
Cardi B is getting her 1st Las Vegas residency
LAS VEGAS - Cardi B will have her first Las Vegas residency this spring. Palms Casino Resort announced Wednesday the 26-year-old singer’s appearance as part of its debut of KAOS, a dayclub and n...
Jan 23, 2019
Businesses sound alarm as UK says prepare for no-deal Brexit
LONDON - Businesses in Britain and the European Union need to prepare for the possibility the U.K. will leave the bloc in March without an exit deal, senior British and EU officials warned Wednesday, ...
Jan 23, 2019
AP sources: Trump, others agitated by Giuliani's performance
NEW YORK - Rudy Giuliani’s latest media blitz, which was filled with a dizzying array of misstatements and hurried clarifications, agitated President Donald Trump and some of his allies, who hav...
Jan 23, 2019
Dems prepare own border security package shunning Trump wall
WASHINGTON - House Democrats, feeling pressure to display their vision for border security, are preparing a package that would ignore President Donald Trump’s demand for $5.7 billion for a wall ...
Jan 23, 2019
Crush of desperate migrant families seek asylum at border
MCALLEN, Texas - Maria Orbelina Cortez says she fled El Salvador for the U.S. after her husband attacked her and knocked a pan of scalding oil onto her youngest son’s head. After quietly plannin...
Jan 23, 2019
Amid wall debate, pope says fear of migration makes us crazy
PANAMA CITY - Pope Francis said Wednesday that fear of migration is “making us crazy” as he began a trip to Central America amid a standoff over President Donald Trump’s promised wal...
Jan 23, 2019
Maduro foe claims Venezuela presidency amid protests
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela’s crisis quickly escalated Wednesday as an opposition leader backed by the Trump administration declared himself interim president in a direct challenge to embattl...
Jan 23, 2019