Category Archives: Canadian Press
Iran newspapers, minister criticize US arrest of newscaster
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran kept up its criticism Thursday of the FBI’s apparent arrest of an American anchorwoman from Iran’s state-run English-language TV channel, with its foreig...
Jan 17, 2019
Spain: Technical setbacks slow search for boy in deep hole
MADRID - Spanish rescuers on the fourth day of a frantic race to reach a 2-year-old boy trapped in a borehole clung to hope of finding the toddler alive despite massive setbacks in getting to the bott...
Jan 17, 2019
Trump says US will develop space-based missile defence
WASHINGTON - Moving to protect the U.S. from advanced missile threats from China and Russia, President Donald Trump on Thursday laid out plans for a new array of space-based sensors and other high-tec...
Jan 17, 2019
Montreal Impact sign Argentine striker Maxi Urruti to new three-year deal
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact have signed Argentine striker Maximiliano Urruti to a new three-year contract, with an option year for 2022. The Impact acquired the 27-year-old Urruti from FC Dallas in...
Jan 17, 2019
Freeland condemns killers of Canadian mining executive found dead in Africa
HALIFAX - Canadian officials are condemning the killers of a Halifax mining executive praised as a much-loved family man and highly talented geologist with a knack for spotting producing mines. Kirk W...
Jan 17, 2019
Trump grounds Pelosi after she imperils his big speech
WASHINGTON - She imperiled his State of the Union address. He denied her a plane to visit troops abroad. The shutdown battle between President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is playing ou...
Jan 17, 2019
AP Exclusive: UN health chief orders probe into misconduct
LONDON - The head of the World Health Organization has ordered an internal investigation into allegations the U.N. health agency is rife with racism, sexism and corruption, after a series of anonymous...
Jan 17, 2019
Journalist in Ghana who exposed soccer corruption shot dead
ACCRA, Ghana - An investigative journalist in Ghana who helped expose a high-ranking official at world soccer body FIFA as corrupt was shot dead by gunmen on a motorbike as he drove home alone at nigh...
Jan 17, 2019
Police thought Dennis Oland might flee after his father's murder, trial told
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Police believed that Dennis Oland, the prime suspect in the murder of his father, Richard, was a flight risk and that is why they tried to rush evidence through the RCMP crime lab. ...
Jan 17, 2019
Defence chief admits slower-than-expected growth in female representation
OTTAWA - Canada’s top military officer admits there has been slower progress than expected to get more women into the Canadian Forces. New figures show there has been only a small increase in th...
Jan 17, 2019