Category Archives: Canadian Press

SANTA FE, Texas - At least two of the student victims of a mass shooting at a Texas high school tried to block the advance of a gunman and were killed when he shot through the doors. A classmate of on...

LANGLEY, Va. - New CIA Director Gina Haspel pledged to send more spies into the field during her swearing-in Monday as President Donald Trump offered up praise for the rank-and-file, who felt snubbed ...

PAHOA, Hawaii - Lava from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano is pouring into the sea and setting off a chemical reaction that creates giant clouds of acid and fine glass. The lava haze, or “laze,...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - For a few months, everything seemed to be clicking for South Korean President Moon Jae-in as he pieced together crucial nuclear negotiations between the U.S. and North Kore...

CANBERRA, Australia - An Australian state government has decided to legally protect rather than kill thousands of wild horses, infuriating scientists who argue the feral species is doing severe enviro...

JERUSALEM - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is alert and making a swift recovery after being hospitalized with a fever over the weekend and should be released within days, an aide and a hospital d...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - International stars of acting, music and sports have urged Indonesia’s president to ban what they say is a brutal trade in dog and cat meat for human consumption. The appeal...

BEIRUT - Syria’s military on Monday captured an enclave in southern Damascus from Islamic State militants following a ruinous monthlong battle, bringing the entire capital and its far-flung subu...

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Two foreign climbers attempting to scale Mount Everest have died on the world’s highest peak, a Nepal mountaineering official said Monday. Members of their expedition teams re...

HONOLULU - The Coast Guard assisted a distressed Canadian mariner after his vessel began taking on water about 80 miles from the Big Island. Coast Guard watchstanders received an emergency position in...