Category Archives: Canadian Press
Real 'Love & Hip-Hop:' Offset proposes to Cardi B onstage
PHILADELPHIA - Here’s some real life love and hip-hop: Cardi B and Offset from Migos are officially engaged. The “Bodak Yellow” rapper was onstage with Offset at a Power 99 Powerhous...
Oct 28, 2017
Texas broadcaster apologizes, says he wasn't making slur
CLEBURNE, Texas - A high school football broadcaster in Texas has apologized after using a word during a game that many listeners interpreted as a racial slur. But Mark Banton insists what he said was...
Oct 28, 2017

Indonesia says welder's torch caused fireworks factory blaze
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Police said Saturday that an inferno at a firework factory near Indonesia’s capital that killed 48 people was started by sparks from a welder’s torch. The welder, Suba...
Oct 28, 2017

Emergency plan, food, gear vital for long-distance sailing
JUNEAU, Alaska - It’s a romantic idea - sailing across the ocean, sleeping under the stars. But earlier this week, the U.S. Navy rescued two women adrift in the Pacific Ocean about 900 miles off...
Oct 28, 2017

Ousted Catalan leader vows peaceful resistance to Spain
BARCELONA, Spain - Catalonia’s ousted leader called for peaceful opposition to Spain’s decision to take direct control of the region, saying Saturday that he and other regional officials f...
Oct 28, 2017
North Korean 'masterminds' evade Kim Jong Nam murder trial
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - At a trial that could send two Southeast Asian women to the gallows, Malaysian prosecutors are shining a light on several men at large they say masterminded and played crucial...
Oct 28, 2017
Australia foreign chief stands in for PM after deputy ousted
SYDNEY, Australia - Foreign Minister Julie Bishop will stand in as Australia’s acting prime minister while Malcolm Turnbull is away on a brief overseas trip, due to the dual citizenship crisis t...
Oct 28, 2017
Mattis says threat of nuclear attack by N.Korea accelerating
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said Saturday the threat of nuclear missile attack by North Korea is accelerating. In remarks in Seoul with South Korean Defence Minister ...
Oct 28, 2017
Roadside bombing kills Bahrain police officer, wounds 8
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Authorities in Bahrain say a roadside bomb has killed a police officer and wounded eight others. Shiite militants applauded the attack and attributed it to a little-known...
Oct 28, 2017

Conservative site with GOP ties funded Trump research
NEW YORK - A conservative website with strong ties to the Republican establishment triggered the investigation into Donald Trump’s past that ultimately produced the dossier that alleged a compro...
Oct 28, 2017