Category Archives: Canadian Press
Egyptian officials: Militant attack kills soldier in Sinai
EL-ARISH, Egypt - Egyptian security officials say militants have attacked the same army checkpoint in Sinai where 12 soldiers were killed earlier this month, this time leaving one soldier dead. They s...
Oct 31, 2016
Georgia's governing party wins large majority in Parliament
TBILISI, Georgia - The governing party in Georgia has solidified its control of the ex-Soviet nation’s Parliament, winning enough seats to change the country’s Constitution, according to e...
Oct 31, 2016
New reports emerge of army attacks on Myanmar's Rohingya
YANGON, Myanmar - Just five months after her party took power, Myanmar’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is facing international pressure over recent reports that soldiers ha...
Oct 31, 2016
China confirms allowing Philippine fishermen access to shoal
BEIJING - China’s Foreign Ministry on Monday confirmed a decision to allow Philippine fishermen access to a disputed shoal following a visit to Beijing by the Philippine president. Foreign Minis...
Oct 31, 2016
S Korea man rams office after woman in scandal detained
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korean police detained a man who rammed a large excavator into a gate Tuesday near the office where prosecutors questioned a woman at the centre of a scandal that thr...
Oct 31, 2016
Stranded great white shark dies on Cape Cod beach
ORLEANS, Mass. - Officials say a great white shark has died after it was spotted struggling in shallow water in Cape Cod. Cynthia Wigren is the executive director of the Atlantic White Shark Conservan...
Oct 31, 2016
Dallas-based HollyFrontier to buy Petro-Canada Lubricants from Suncor for $1.125B
CALGARY - Suncor Energy (TSX:SU) will sell the Petro-Canada lubricants business for $1.125 billion to HollyFrontier Corp. of Dallas under a proposed deal announced Monday by the two companies. Calgary...
Oct 31, 2016
'Internet black widow' delays signing of peace bond because of medical question
HALIFAX - Lawyers agreed today to a two-week delay before an 80-year-old woman who killed and poisoned her intimate partners will sign a two-year peace bond. Melissa Ann Shepard’s lawyer Mark Kn...
Oct 31, 2016
Legoland becomes first brick in Dubai's southern expansion
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A massive complex of amusement parks planned in the southern desert of Dubai has opened its first park, a Legoland, complete with models of sheikhdom’s architectura...
Oct 31, 2016
Clinton challenges FBI, declaring, 'There's no case here'
KENT, Ohio - Hillary Clinton forcefully challenged the FBI’s new email inquiry Monday, declaring during a campaign rally in battleground Ohio, “There’s no case here.” Clinton&#...
Oct 31, 2016