Category Archives: The Canadian Press

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - An avalanche swept through a camp on Mount Yalung Ri in Nepal on Monday and killed five foreign climbers and two Nepali guides, officials said. Armed Police Force spokesperson ...

CAIRO (AP) - Two regions of war-torn Sudan are enduring a famine that is at risk of spreading to other areas of the sprawling northeastern African country, where paramilitary fighters have been battli...

ROME (AP) - Firefighters late Monday finally managed to extract a worker from beneath rubble inside a medieval tower that partially collapsed during renovation work in the heart of Italy's capital, bu...

ZWOLLE, Netherlands (AP) - A Dutch court opened a trial Monday of an Eritrean man accused of involvement in a brutal migrant smuggling network. Prosecutors say Tewelde Goitom, also known as Amanuel Wa...

DEIR AL-BALAH (AP) - Israel on Monday handed over the bodies of 45 Palestinians, the Red Cross said, a day after militants returned the remains of three hostages. Israeli officials identified the thre...

LONDON (AP) - U.K. police on Monday charged a 32-year-old man with attempted murder over a mass stabbing attack on train that wounded 11 people. British Transport Police said Anthony Williams is charg...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Election day in the Yukon: Vote includes non-binding electoral reform question Yukon residents go to the polls...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the province is walking back plans to run anti-tariff advertisements in the United States after a meeting with federal officials about the province'...

WHITEHORSE - Yukon Party Leader Currie Dixon says Yukon voters have opted for change by electing what he calls a "strong Yukon Party majority government." Dixon is set to become the Yukon's first prem...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Canadian-Israeli billionaire Sylvan Adams on Sunday said he is donating $100 million to rebuild an Israeli hospital that suffered heavy damage from an Iranian missile in June. Adams a...