Category Archives: Canadian Press

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the landmark nuclear accord with Iran on Tuesday, abruptly restoring harsh sanctions in the most consequential foreign policy action of his p...

The Middle East is bracing for milestone events packed into one week that could reverberate in unforeseen ways and change the trajectory of a region shaped by growing conflict between Iran and Saudi A...

LOS ANGELES - A court ruling that gave coffee drinkers a jolt earlier this year was finalized Monday when a Los Angeles judge said coffee sold in California must carry cancer warnings. Superior Court ...

SAN DIEGO - Police searched Tuesday for two gunmen suspected of shooting five people in downtown San Diego and then running off. Two young men who were wearing hoodies walked up to three men and a wom...

KAMPALA, Uganda - A wildlife official says a leopard has attacked and killed a toddler in a protected area popular with tourists. Bashir Hangi, a spokesman for the Uganda Wildlife Authority, said Tues...

BAGHDAD - Iraqis head to the polls this weekend for the first time since the government declared victory against the Islamic State group, in national elections that could tilt the balance of power bet...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Voters have a stark choice in Malaysia’s election on Wednesday: resurrect the country’s 92-year-old former authoritarian leader or give a third term to Prime Minis...

MYITKYINA, Myanmar - As the Myanmar army’s bombs started falling near her home in Kachin state, Nlam Numrang Doi and her neighbours decided they had no choice but to grab what they could and sca...

YEREVAN, Armenia - The man who spearheaded weeks of protests in Armenia was chosen Tuesday to be the country’s new prime minister, and carries the weight of high hopes for a turnaround in the im...

SAO PAULO - Marta Maria Maia da Fonseca and her husband shared the conundrum of tens of thousands of working class families in Sao Paulo: They couldn’t afford to rent an apartment in the city...