Category Archives: Canadian Press

Iraq's top court suspends Kurdish region's independence vote
BAGHDAD - Iraq’s top court on Monday temporarily suspended the northern Kurdish region’s referendum on independence that’s due next week, a decision that put further pressure on the ...
Sep 18, 2017
3 Hawaii beaches on 2 islands under high bacteria warnings
LIHUE, Hawaii - The state Department of Health has placed at least three Hawaii beaches under bacteria warnings. On Kauai Island, Hanalei Bay and the Anahola Beach Park pavilion area are under warning...
Sep 18, 2017
Organizers end Monday protests; more set for Tuesday
ST. LOUIS - Protesters chanting “free our people” gathered outside the jail in downtown St. Louis for more than two hours Monday night to show solidarity with those who remain behind bars....
Sep 18, 2017

Activist urges walrus rafts in absence of Arctic sea ice
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An environmental activist is calling on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reconsider placing anchored rafts in the ocean as resting platforms for walruses after stampedes kille...
Sep 18, 2017
Cuba mystery: What theories US investigators are pursuing
WASHINGTON - There must be an answer. Whatever is harming U.S. diplomats in Havana, it has eluded the doctors, scientists and intelligence analysts scouring for answers. Investigators have chased many...
Sep 18, 2017
German foreign minister urges direct talks with North Korea
BERLIN - Germany’s foreign minister is calling for direct talks with North Korea in the standoff over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs. Officials in Germany, which holds an electio...
Sep 18, 2017

UK police quiz 2 ex-foster children over London subway bomb
LONDON - The two suspects detained over last week’s London subway bombing are an 18-year-old refugee from Iraq and a 21-year old from Syria, both of whom were fostered by a British couple, accor...
Sep 18, 2017
Fierce storms haven't slowed growth along US coastlines
Rising sea levels and fierce storms have failed to stop relentless population growth along U.S. coasts in recent years, a new Associated Press analysis shows. The latest punishing hurricanes scored bu...
Sep 18, 2017
Trump hypes mock video of golf ball striking Clinton
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is still taking potshots at Hillary Clinton, in the latest sign that his campaign fury hasn’t faded. On Sunday he retweeted a mock video that shows him smacki...
Sep 18, 2017
Voting peaceful in previously troubled southern Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal - Tens of thousands of people voted peacefully Monday in a previously troubled southern Nepal province where ethnic violence demanding constitution changes had led to dozens of deaths...
Sep 18, 2017