Category Archives: Canadian Press

GAZA, Palestinian Territory - An international charity has removed 15 animals rescued from the Gaza Strip’s main zoo, dubbed “the worst in the world.” Four Paws, an animal welfare gr...

BUDAPEST, Hungary - Three Olympic champion weightlifters from China and eight other medallists stand to be stripped of their titles after failing retests of their doping samples from the 2008 Olympics...

Tuesday’s Games MLB American League Toronto 7 L.A. Angels 2 Boston 2 Tampa Bay 1 Detroit 8 Minnesota 3 Oakland 9 Cleveland 1 N.Y. Yankees 5 Seattle 1 — National League Milwaukee 6 Colorado...

AMATRICE, Italy - The Latest on the earthquake in central Italy (all times local): __ 00:30 Among the victims of an earthquake in Italy was an 18-month-old girl whose mother survived the deadly earthq...

PATTANI, Thailand - Two bombs exploded near a hotel in insurgency-wracked southern Thailand, killing one employee and wounding 29 people, police and hospital officials said Wednesday. The explosions o...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps answered the challenge. Whitecaps coach Carl Robinson told his players they had to be better after losing 2-0 to Sporting Kansas City in a Major League Soccer match...

PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of - Lions, tigers and poodles? North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s latest gift to the residents of Pyongyang, the renovated central zoo, is pu...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday announced a non-travel-related case of Zika in the Tampa Bay region. It’s the first in the state outside the Miami area, but Scott said ...

REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Residents of a B.C. community are being chastised after nine black bears were killed in a single week for raiding garbage cans and becoming too accustomed to humans. The Conservatio...

DES MOINES, Iowa - Entertainer Cher unloaded a freewheeling barrage of insults at Donald Trump during a private fundraiser for Hillary Clinton, comparing him to Hitler and saying he reminded her of th...