Category Archives: Canadian Press
Uruguay rejects Peru Ex-President Garcia's asylum request
LIMA, Peru - Former Peruvian President Alan Garcia said Monday he would co-operate with prosecutors investigating him for possible corruption after Uruguay turned down his asylum request and forced hi...
Dec 03, 2018
Assaults increase at Washington mental hospital
BREMERTON, Wash. - The tall, lanky patient walked out of his room at Washington state’s largest psychiatric hospital and spit on two patients before ducking back inside. A few minutes later, he ...
Dec 03, 2018
Yemen's other conflicts simmer in city once held by al-Qaida
MUKALLA, Yemen - Two years after al-Qaida militants withdrew from Yemen’s eastern city of Mukalla, troops from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates patrol the streets in armoured vehicles, ...
Dec 03, 2018
China gets US tariff delay but movement on tech unclear
BEIJING - Buy more U.S. exports? Done. Tinker with technology tactics that irk Washington and other trading partners? Maybe. But scrap those plans, seen by Beijing as a path to prosperity and influenc...
Dec 03, 2018
George H.W. Bush guided by concern for humanity
DALLAS - Former President George H.W. Bush teamed up with the man who ousted him from the White House to help victims of natural disasters. He created a program that has honoured thousands of American...
Dec 03, 2018
Nigerian president says he's alive, not an impostor
LAGOS, Nigeria - Nigeria’s president took the extraordinary step of denying rumours that he died and was replaced by a body double, telling the country that he is alive and well. “It is th...
Dec 03, 2018
Bush gets tributes at Kennedy Center Honors program
WASHINGTON - Last year’s Kennedy Center Honors ceremony was almost overshadowed by controversy surrounding the sitting president. This year’s event took place in the shadow of the death of...
Dec 03, 2018
Dutch court rejects man's request to be 20 years younger
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Dutch motivational speaker Emile Ratelband may feel like a 49-year-old but according to Dutch law he is still 69. A Dutch court on Monday rejected Ratelband’s request to...
Dec 03, 2018
Bowie State places marching band on probation for hazing
BOWIE, Md. - A Maryland university has placed its marching band on a yearlong probation following a hazing investigation. Bowie State University also announced Friday that Symphony of Soul band direct...
Dec 03, 2018
Sanders eyes 'bigger' 2020 bid despite some warning signs
BURLINGTON, Vt. - An insurgent underdog no more, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is laying the groundwork to launch a bigger presidential campaign than his first, as advisers predict he would open the 202...
Dec 03, 2018