Category Archives: Canadian Press
Stampede on Indian river bank kills 3 during Hindu ritual
PATNA, India - Police in India say at least three people have been killed and another six injured when a stampede broke out during a Hindu religious ritual on a crowded bank of the Ganges River. Polic...
Nov 04, 2017
No prison for Bergdahl in sentencing for walking off post
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - For the first time in eight years, Bowe Bergdahl doesn’t face confinement, or the threat of it, after a judge spared the soldier from a prison sentence for endangering his com...
Nov 04, 2017
On eve of Asia trip, Trump pays visit to Pearl Harbor
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - President Donald Trump paid a solemn visit to the memorial at Pearl Harbor, a sacred journey for a commander-in-chief about to depart on an Asia trip that will...
Nov 04, 2017
Cop charged with stealing from victim in death investigation
WINTER PARK, Fla. - A Florida police sergeant has been arrested for allegedly stealing from a dead person. Winter Park Police spokeswoman Pam Marcum said Sgt. Frank Cowart was accused of taking person...
Nov 04, 2017
Monsoon rains kill 12 in southern India, displace thousands
NEW DELHI - Thousands of people took refuge in relief camps as torrential monsoon rains flooded parts of southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, killing at least 12 people this week, the government said ...
Nov 04, 2017
US official: Rohingya should be returned safely to Myanmar
DHAKA, Bangladesh - A U.S. official visiting Bangladesh said Saturday that Rohingya Muslims should be returned safely to their homes in Myanmar after they were forced to flee the country amid a brutal...
Nov 04, 2017
South Sudan's capital tense as troops surround Malong's home
JUBA, South Sudan - Tensions were high in South Sudan’s capital on Saturday after President Salva Kiir sent troops to surround the home of former military chief of staff Paul Malong, disarm his ...
Nov 04, 2017
Typhoon kills 27, leaves 22 missing along Vietnam coast
HANOI, Vietnam - A powerful typhoon battering Vietnam has killed at least 27 people and left 22 others missing amid extensive damage along the south-central coast, officials said Sunday. The missing i...
Nov 04, 2017
"Mission Impossible" to shoot at famed Norway tourist site
COPENHAGEN - Technical equipment to shoot “Mission: Impossible 6” is being helicoptered in to southern Norway’s most famous tourist attraction - which means the site is being tempora...
Nov 04, 2017
Belgium hopes to act on warrant for hiding Catalan leader
BRUSSELS - The ousted leader of Catalonia remained the subject of a European arrest warrant Saturday as questions mounted over how long he would elude the Spanish justice system by staying undercover ...
Nov 04, 2017