Category Archives: Canadian Press
Experts: NKorea lacks ability, intent to attack US planes
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Military analysts say North Korea doesn’t have either the capability or the intent to attack U.S. bombers and fighter jets, despite the country’s top diplomat s...
Sep 26, 2017
Iraqi Kurdish vote latest in series of de facto breaks
CAIRO - The Iraqi Kurds’ independence referendum that was just held could mean further instability in the Middle East, where formal borders have remained in place for decades but recent conflict...
Sep 26, 2017
Swedish passenger train collides with armoured vehicle
COPENHAGEN - A passenger train collided with an armoured vehicle in southern Sweden Tuesday, injuring the train driver and three Swedish military staff, authorities said. The accident happened near Tr...
Sep 26, 2017

Cuba tells Tillerson: No culpability in health 'attacks'
WASHINGTON - Cuba’s top diplomat insisted Tuesday that his government had nothing to do with unexplained health “attacks” on U.S. diplomats, telling Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ...
Sep 26, 2017

NFL opts not to react to Trump's anthem kneel 'rule' tweet
WASHINGTON - No matter what other challenges his administration faces, President Donald Trump is keeping up his running commentary on the NFL - tweeting Tuesday about the football league’s TV ra...
Sep 26, 2017

4 coaches, Adidas executive charged in college bribe scheme
NEW YORK - In one of the biggest crackdowns on the corrupting role of money in college basketball, 10 men - including a top Adidas executive and four assistant coaches - were charged Tuesday with usin...
Sep 26, 2017

Ontario minor hockey makes transgender training mandatory for coaches
Education on transgender athletes is mandatory for all of Ontario’s minor hockey coaches, trainers and managers this season, the latest step in a series of changes stemming from a human rights c...
Sep 26, 2017
Canadian sailors find 'near total devastation' on hurricane-ravaged island
ROSEAU, Dominica - A storm-ravaged Caribbean island caught in the eye of hurricane Maria’s ferocious winds and torrential rains has suffered “near total devastation,” the captain of ...
Sep 26, 2017
Jennifer Lopez donates $1M to Puerto Rico relief
NEW YORK - Jennifer Lopez has pledged $1 million toward hurricane relief efforts in her family’s native Puerto Rico. Lopez announced during a news conference with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on S...
Sep 26, 2017
WhatsApp service disrupted in China as censorship tightens
BEIJING - The encrypted messaging service WhatsApp suffered intermittent disruptions in China on Tuesday as communist authorities tightened censorship ahead of a major ruling party meeting. Attempts t...
Sep 26, 2017