Category Archives: Canadian Press
Black Friday shoppers ditch their computers, flock to stores
NEW YORK - It would have been easier to turn on their computers over plates of leftover turkey and take advantage of the Black Friday deals most retailers now offer online. But across the country, tho...
Nov 23, 2018
Japan's Osaka to host 2025 World Expo, beating Russian city
PARIS - The Japanese city of Osaka will host the World Expo in 2025, after beating out cities in Russia and Azerbaijan in the race to host an event expected to draw millions of visitors and showcase t...
Nov 23, 2018
Brexit deal almost done, but Spain holds out over Gibraltar
LONDON - Spain pushed Friday for a cast-iron guarantee of its say over the future of Gibraltar as a condition for backing a divorce agreement between Britain and European Union, as U.K. Prime Minister...
Nov 23, 2018
In latest quirky Swiss poll, voters asked to save cow horns
CHESEAUX-NOREAZ, Switzerland - As a hollow cowbell echoes through a rolling, misty Swiss countryside, cattle herder Armin Capaul smiles and cracks wise about the feat he’s pulled off: Using the ...
Nov 23, 2018
China's pressure on Tsai weighs on local Taiwan elections
TAIPEI, Taiwan - China’s pressure campaign looms large as Taiwan holds local elections Saturday in what is seen partly as a referendum on the policies of independence-leaning President Tsai Ing-...
Nov 23, 2018
Dolce&Gabbana founders make video apology to China
BEIJING - The co-founders of Dolce&Gabbana apologized Friday in a video on Chinese social media after promotional videos seen as racist and subsequent Instagram messages stoked a furor in one of t...
Nov 23, 2018
Saudi crown prince on 1st trip abroad since Khashoggi killed
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, on his first tour abroad since the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashogg...
Nov 23, 2018
UAE to consider 'clemency' in case of convicted Briton
LONDON - The ambassador of the United Arab Emirates in London said Friday his government is studying whether to grant clemency to a convicted British academic sentenced to life in prison for espionage...
Nov 23, 2018
Czech Cabinet survives no-confidence vote over PM's scandal
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - The Czech coalition government survived a no-confidence vote in parliament over a fraud scandal implicating Prime Minister Andrej Babis amid continuing street protests on Frid...
Nov 23, 2018
Lawyer: Brother of victim at mansion innocent of any charges
COLTS NECK, N.J. - The brother of one of the four homicide victims found at a burning New Jersey mansion is innocent of setting fire to his own house and of “any other potential charges,” ...
Nov 23, 2018