Category Archives: Canadian Press
Alleged victims sue man awarded millions after acquittal in sex-assault case
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man who spent 27 years wrongfully imprisoned for sexual assault is being sued by five alleged victims who say he doesn’t deserve the millions of dollars he was awa...
Oct 17, 2017
Philippines: Last leaders of IS-tied siege killed in Marawi
MANILA, Philippines - The last two surviving leaders of a deadly siege in the southern Philippines, including a top Asian terror suspect, were killed Monday in a push by thousands of troops to retake ...
Oct 16, 2017
Pope adds 35 saints to church, nearly all martyrs
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, who often laments current persecutions of Christians, has given the Catholic Church 35 new saints, nearly all of them martyrs, from past centuries. The latest saints were ...
Oct 16, 2017
London police receive new assault claims against Weinstein
LONDON - British police are investigating three new allegations of sexual assault against film producer Harvey Weinstein, all made by the same woman. London’s Metropolitan Police force said Sund...
Oct 16, 2017
Centre-left party projected to win north German state vote
BERLIN - The centre-left Social Democrats were projected to win a state election Sunday in Germany’s Lower Saxony, ending a losing streak in three other states and at the national level this yea...
Oct 16, 2017
Trump leaves Republicans with heavy lift on Iran deal
WASHINGTON - Republicans demanded a major say on the Iran nuclear agreement two years ago and never got it from Democrat Barack Obama. Now that President Donald Trump has directed Congress to make the...
Oct 16, 2017
Greek clerics ring church bells to protest gender rights law
ATHENS, Greece - Church bells have rung “in mourning” across a western Greek diocese to protest the passing of a law making it easier for people to officially change their gender. Under th...
Oct 16, 2017
Venezuela opposition looks for answers after election loss
CARACAS, Venezuela - Voting sites were shifted to distant neighbourhoods with rampant crime. Ballots featured the faces of opposition candidates who lost in primaries. The government-stacked National ...
Oct 16, 2017
US-allied forces begin final assault on IS in Syria's Raqqa
BEIRUT - U.S.-backed Syrian fighters launched an operation to retake the last Islamic State-held pocket of the northern city of Raqqa on Sunday after some 275 militants and their family members surren...
Oct 16, 2017
Macedonia: Early results say voters back left-wing coalition
SKOPJE, Macedonia - Early returns from municipal elections being watched as a test of Macedonia’s new left-wing administration indicated Sunday night that voters are backing the government. Resu...
Oct 16, 2017