Category Archives: Canadian Press
Requests to bring in child brides OK'd; legal under US laws
WASHINGTON - Thousands of requests by men to bring in child and adolescent brides to live in the United States were approved over the past decade, according to government data obtained by The Associat...
Jan 11, 2019
As workers miss paychecks, shutdown set to hit record length
WASHINGTON - The partial government shutdown was on track Friday to become the longest closure in U.S. history as President Donald Trump and nervous Republicans scrambled to find a way out of the mess...
Jan 11, 2019
Ex-Nissan chair Ghosn indicted for alleged breach of trust
TOKYO - Nissan’s ex-chairman Carlos Ghosn was charged Friday with breach of trust, according to the Tokyo District Court, making the star executive’s release unlikely for months to come. G...
Jan 11, 2019
Rare bronze penny sells for more than $200K at auction
BOSTON - A rare 1943 bronze Lincoln penny has sold for more than $200,000 at a Florida auction. Heritage Auctions says more than 30 people bid on the rare coin Thursday night. Only 10 to 15 of these p...
Jan 11, 2019
How's the US economy doing? Shutdown makes it harder to say
WASHINGTON - The partial shutdown of the U.S. government has begun to make it harder to assess the health of the economy by delaying or distorting key reports on growth, spending and hiring. Governmen...
Jan 11, 2019
Pompeo takes US anti-Iran message to Gulf Arab states
CAIRO - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo brought the Trump administration’s anti-Iran message to Gulf Arab states on Friday, arriving in Bahrain to continue a nine-nation tour of the Middle E...
Jan 11, 2019
AP Interview: Catalan leader says 'No' to Spain govt budget
BARCELONA, Spain - The Spanish government’s bid to pass a national budget is doomed unless it bends to the demands of Catalonia’s separatists for a referendum on secession, the leader of t...
Jan 11, 2019
911 audio shows shock, panic after comatose woman gave birth
PHOENIX - Panicking staff members at a long-term care facility scrambled to save a baby born to an Arizona woman in a vegetative state amid their shock to learn she was pregnant, according to dramatic...
Jan 11, 2019
EU offers UK helping hand, but no reopening of Brexit deal
BUCHAREST, Romania - European Union officials are working with Britain on ways to help Prime Minister Theresa May avoid a no-deal British departure from the bloc, although an EU leader insisted Friday...
Jan 11, 2019
Poland: Huawei exec, Polish security expert spied for China
WARSAW, Poland - Poland has arrested a director at the Chinese tech giant Huawei and one of its own former cybersecurity experts and charged them with spying for China, authorities said Friday. The de...
Jan 11, 2019