Category Archives: Canadian Press
US apparel firm cuts off Chinese factory in internment camp
A U.S. supplier of T-shirts and other team apparel to college bookstores has cut ties with a Chinese company that drew workers from an internment camp holding targeted members of ethnic minority group...
Jan 10, 2019
5 victims of Poland escape room fire laid to rest together
WARSAW, Poland - Officials on Thursday joined relatives and friends for the funeral of five teenage girls killed last week in a fire that broke out at a recreational escape room in northern Poland. Th...
Jan 10, 2019
Judge dismisses part of Judd lawsuit against Weinstein
LOS ANGELES - A judge has dismissed one section of Ashley Judd’s lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein, but the rest remains headed toward trial. U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez ruled Wednesd...
Jan 10, 2019
Auto industry troubles buffet Ford, Jaguar Land Rover
FRANKFURT - The headwinds buffeting the global auto industry made themselves felt in Europe on Thursday as mass-market carmaker Ford and luxury-focused Jaguar Land Rover announced sweeping restructuri...
Jan 10, 2019
Top prosecutor's past infuses California's battle with Trump
SAN FRANCISCO - When President Donald Trump revoked protections for young immigrants known as “Dreamers,” California’s top prosecutor, Attorney General Xavier Becerra, turned to a me...
Jan 10, 2019
As Trump visits border, Texas landowners prepare wall fight
HIDALGO, Texas - As President Donald Trump travelled to the border in Texas to make the case for his $5.7 billion wall , landowner Eloisa Cavazos says she knows firsthand how the project will play out...
Jan 10, 2019
Top US diplomat assails Obama in Mideast policy speech
CAIRO - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a scathing rebuke of the Obama administration’s Mideast policies on Thursday, accusing the former president of “misguided” think...
Jan 10, 2019
US, China leave next steps for trade talks unclear
BEIJING - The United States and China gave no indication of their next step after wrapping up talks aimed at resolving a tariff fight that threatens to chill global growth. The two sides will “m...
Jan 10, 2019
Bomb-laden rebel drone kills 6 at Yemen military parade
SANAA, Yemen - A bomb-laden drone launched by Yemen’s Shiite rebels exploded over a military parade Thursday for the Saudi-led coalition, killing at least six people in a brazen attack threateni...
Jan 10, 2019
Woman, 2 sons die in Nepal town in suspected menstrual exile
KATHMANDU, Nepal - A woman and her two sons have died in a remote town in Nepal because of a tradition in which women are exiled from their homes and forced to live in huts during menstruation, a gove...
Jan 10, 2019