Category Archives: Canadian Press
Hello, 2019: Revelry, reflection as world greets new year
Fireworks, concerts, spiritual services and political addresses abounded to mark the transition to 2019 as revelers around the globe bid farewell Monday to a year filled with challenges to many of the...
Dec 31, 2018
Vatican spokesman, deputy resign amid crisis period for pope
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican spokesman, Greg Burke, and his deputy resigned abruptly Monday amid an overhaul of the Vatican’s communications operations and a crisis period in Pope Francis’ p...
Dec 31, 2018
Pakistan says Indian troops kill woman, wound 9 in Kashmir
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Indian troops fired at Pakistani forces across the two countries’ line of control in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir on Monday, killing a woman and wounding nin...
Dec 31, 2018
Congo cuts internet after presidential poll beset by delays
KINSHASA, Congo - As votes were counted Monday in Congo’s long-delayed presidential election, the internet was cut across the vast Central African country in an apparent effort by the government...
Dec 31, 2018
2 dead, nearly 30 wounded in bomb blast at Philippine mall
COTABATO, Philippines - Suspected Muslim militants remotely detonated a bomb near the entrance of a mall in the southern Philippines on Monday as people did last-minute shopping ahead of New Year̵...
Dec 31, 2018
Russia: 4 die in building collapse; searchers race weather
MOSCOW - Hundreds of rescue workers raced bitterly cold weather in Russia’s Ural Mountains region Monday as they searched for survivors in the hulking concrete blocks from a partially collapsed ...
Dec 31, 2018
US citizen arrested in Russia on spying charges
MOSCOW - Russia’s domestic security agency said Monday that it has arrested a U.S. citizen on espionage charges. The Federal Security Service, or FSB, the top KGB successor agency, said Paul Whe...
Dec 31, 2018
Afghan Taliban hold talks with Iranian official in Tehran
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran confirmed Monday that a delegation of the Taliban visited Tehran and discussed efforts to bring a negotiated end to Afghanistan’s 17-year war. Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahr...
Dec 31, 2018
Judge clears the way for appeal of ruling against health law
WASHINGTON - A federal judge in Texas who recently declared the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional has stayed his ruling to allow for appeals. That means “Obamacare” remains in effect wh...
Dec 31, 2018
Former Afghanistan commander warns of plans to cut troops
WASHINGTON - The former top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Sunday that withdrawing up to half the 14,000 American troops serving there would reduce the incentive for the Taliban to negotiate a pea...
Dec 31, 2018