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Uganda police detain Bobi Wine, foil meeting with supporters
KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan police on Monday detained the singer and political activist known as Bobi Wine, who was prevented from holding his first public meeting with supporters as a presidential aspi...
Jan 8, 2020
Family's fortress no match for rapacious Australian fires
BALMORAL, Australia - With flames climbing as high as a 15-story building and menacing his supposedly fireproof home on three sides, Justin Kam ran to the laundry room and opened the door. Inside was ...
Jan 8, 2020
County donates fire fighting equipment to Highway to Mexico Project
The Highway to Mexico Project is receiving it's first donation of 2020. The County of Grande Prairie has agreed to donate 25 self-contained breathing apparatuses (SCBA), 30 pairs of boots, five helmet...
Jan 8, 2020
Iran strikes back at US with missile attack at bases in Iraq
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran struck back at the United States early on Wednesday for killing its most powerful military commander, firing a barrage missiles at two Iraqi military bases that house American troo...
Jan 8, 2020
EU promises to try to save Iran nuclear deal despite setback
BRUSSELS - The European Union said Wednesday it "will spare no efforts" in its attempts to keep alive an international deal preventing Iran from developing atomic weapons. EU Commission President Ursu...
Jan 8, 2020
Canada watching Iraq and cannabis edibles; In The News for Jan. 6
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 6. What we are watching in Canada ... A&n...
Jan 8, 2020
Car bomb kills 3, wounds 6 at checkpoint in Somali capital
NAIROBI, Kenya - A Somali official says a car bomb has killed three people and wounded six others at a checkpoint in the capital. Salah Omar, a spokesman for the Mogadishu mayor, says the blast occurr...
Jan 8, 2020
Australian PM's leadership criticized during wildfire crisis
CANBERRA, Australia - As his country burned, Australia's prime minister was cursed and jeered out of a town, called an "idiot," a "moron" and worse, and skewered at home and abroad for his dismissive ...
Jan 8, 2020
Streaming companies like Netflix will have to fund Canadian content: CRTC chair
OTTAWA - Canada's broadcast and telecom regulator says it's inevitable that foreign media companies streaming content into Canada, including Netflix and Amazon, will have to make an "equitable" contri...
Jan 8, 2020
New poll suggests Tories know what they want in a new leader but not whom to pick
OTTAWA - A new poll finds Conservative voters are far more sure about what they want in a new leader for their party than they are about who should fill that job. A Leger Marketing survey suggest...
Jan 8, 2020