Category Archives: Canadian Press
Giuliani's media blitz defending Trump is off to rough start
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s new attorney, Rudy Giuliani, is off to a rough start in his media blitz defending Trump’s stance toward the special counsel’s Russian investigat...
May 07, 2018
Hezbollah, allies score major gains in Lebanon election
BEIRUT - The leader of Lebanon’s Iranian-backed Hezbollah group declared “mission accomplished” Monday after scoring major gains in parliamentary elections, as the main Western-backe...
May 07, 2018
Feral dog packs kill 6 Indian children, terrifying villagers
LUCKNOW, India - Roaming packs of feral dogs have killed six children in the last week in north India, terrifying villagers who have begun keeping their children home from school and killing any dogs ...
May 07, 2018
China slams US criticism of its 'Orwellian' Taiwan demand
BEIJING - China has dismissed White House criticism of its “Orwellian” demand that foreign airlines not refer to self-ruled Taiwan as a country, saying companies operating in China must re...
May 07, 2018
Saudi airstrikes hit presidency building in Yemen, killing 6
SANAA, Yemen - Airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Shiite rebels targeted the presidency building in the heart of the Yemeni capital on Monday, leaving at least six people dea...
May 07, 2018
Putin vows to boost Russian economy as he begins 4th term
MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin on Monday launched his fourth term as president with an ambitious call to vault Russia into the top five global economies by developing its technological products and agricultu...
May 07, 2018
Georgia Southern honours NFL player killed by drunken driver
STATESBORO, Ga. - Georgia Southern University has honoured Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson, an alumnus killed by a drunken driver in February. News outlets report Jackson’s parents, ...
May 07, 2018
New RCMP chief's philosophy: 'Be kind and take care of others, have fun'
OTTAWA - When she ran the RCMP’s training academy in Regina, Brenda Lucki told graduating cadets to make the communities they serve better, to be kind and take care of others...
May 07, 2018
In the news today, May 7
Six stories in the news for Monday, May 7 --- NEW BRUNSWICK FLOODING RAISING HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS Water levels are expected to continue rising in southern New Brunswick over the next few da...
May 07, 2018
'Serious glitches' mean a fail in Quebec, Ontario for emergency warning system
The company operating Canada’s new national public alert system for mobile devices said it would investigate after a test of the system misfired in Quebec on Monday and was hit and miss in&...
May 07, 2018