Category Archives: Canadian Press
US pledges $133 million for South Sudan refugees, displaced
KAMPALA, Uganda - The State Department says the United States is pledging nearly $133 million in additional humanitarian assistance to South Sudan’s refugees and internally displaced people. The...
Sep 23, 2016
Foreign hacker who aided Islamic State gets 20 years in US
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A computer hacker who helped the Islamic State by providing names of more than 1,000 U.S. government and military workers as potential targets was sentenced Friday to 20 years in pri...
Sep 23, 2016
Bomb kills 3 police in Thailand's troubled south
HAT YAI, Thailand - A homemade bomb planted in a road killed three police officers Friday in insurgency-plagued southern Thailand, officials said. Pongsak Khaonuan, a police investigator in Yala provi...
Sep 23, 2016
Tropical Storm Karl expected to pass east of Bermuda
HAMILTON, Bermuda - People in Bermuda were being urged Friday to stock up on emergency supplies and prepare for rough weather as Tropical Storm Karl was on track to pass to the east of the Atlantic Oc...
Sep 23, 2016
Advocacy group demands release of 2 detained Iran reporters
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - An advocacy group has called for the immediate release of two Iranian journalists detained in Tehran. The Committee to Protect Journalists issued a statement early Friday...
Sep 23, 2016
Passenger assaults bus driver in Istanbul: 11 hurt in crash
ANKARA, Turkey - A passenger assaulted a driver with an umbrella on a bus in Istanbul on Friday, causing him to lose control, veer out of the bus lane and crash into oncoming traffic, officials said. ...
Sep 23, 2016
Bodies of Spanish trekker, guides recovered from Nepal slide
KATHMANDU, Nepal - The bodies of a Spanish trekker and two Nepalese guides were recovered from a landslide and flown to Nepal’s capital Friday, while 15 other victims were being treated at a hos...
Sep 23, 2016
Canadian economy pumps out disappointing inflation, retail trade numbers
OTTAWA - The Canadian economy produced two batches of disappointing numbers Friday that experts said were certain to catch the Bank of Canada’s attention. But despite unexpectedly weak inflation...
Sep 23, 2016
Red flags, not red carpet: Local film wins North Korean fest
PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of - And the envelope, please! This year’s Pyongyang International Film Festival wrapped up Friday with top honours going to - wait for it - ...
Sep 23, 2016
Auston Matthews winning converts before even setting foot in Leaf camp
Brooks Laich is no stranger to watching top draft picks blossom in the NHL. As a Washington Capital, he saw Alex Ovechkin burst onto the scene in 2005. Wearing the Maple Leaf some 11 years later, he h...
Sep 23, 2016