Category Archives: Canadian Press
Appeals court agrees to hear case involving Trump DC hotel
WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court agreed Thursday to take up a case accusing Donald Trump of profiting off the presidency in violation of the U.S. Constitution, giving the president’s legal t...
Dec 21, 2018
Mexico appears willing but unready to hold US refugees
TIJUANA, Mexico - Mexico’s willingness to accept U.S. asylum seekers while their applications are processed appears to be yet another sign of the blooming honeymoon between leftist President And...
Dec 21, 2018
In Congo, will president's chosen successor have real power?
KINSHASA, Congo - The crowd roared as the wife of Congo’s departing president pressed her palm to the forehead of the anointed successor and appeared to pray. A benediction for the man whom Pres...
Dec 21, 2018
Chicago archbishop to have leading role in sex abuse reforms
The Catholic archbishop of Chicago, who was hand-picked by the pope to help organize an upcoming Vatican summit on clergy sex abuse, will have a leading role in the church’s effort to seek refor...
Dec 21, 2018
Papua leaders call for Indonesia to withdraw troops
JAYAPURA, Indonesia - Leaders of Indonesia’s easternmost Papua region are calling on President Joko Widodo to order the withdrawal of troops and national police from an area where separatists ea...
Dec 21, 2018
Trump's band of 'my generals' is disbanding
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s band of “my generals” is disbanding. A political novice, Trump took office nearly two years ago gushing about the retired military leaders who h...
Dec 21, 2018
US envoy optimistic about N. Korea despite latest friction
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The Trump administration’s special envoy for North Korea on Friday expressed optimism about the diplomatic push to resolve the nuclear crisis, a day after the North i...
Dec 21, 2018
UN council authorizes monitors for truce at key Yemen port
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to authorize the deployment of U.N. monitors to observe the implementation of a cease-fire in Yemen’s key port of Hodeida and the withdrawal of...
Dec 21, 2018
Llamas help Andes peoples survive, but youths are leaving
SANTIAGO DE MACHACA, Bolivia - Stormy winds, frosty nights and a scorching midday sun make life difficult on the Andean plateau, but the docile, tough-natured llama is one reason why indigenous people...
Dec 21, 2018
Analysis: As advisers leave, Trump's guardrails come off
WASHINGTON - Last year, during one particularly frenetic stretch in Donald Trump’s presidency, a top Republican senator said there were three men guarding the country from chaos: Defence Secreta...
Dec 21, 2018