Category Archives: Canadian Press
Rights group blasts Israeli banks for settlement expansion
JERUSALEM - Israeli banks are contributing to the proliferation of West Bank settlements by providing loans and mortgages for construction there, violating their human rights obligations, Human Rights...
Sep 13, 2017
Tunisian women's rights plan rattles Muslim traditionalists
TUNIS, Tunisia - Some denounce it as a violation of Islamic law, others embrace it as revolutionary: An initiative by Tunisia’s president to make inheritance and marriage rules fairer to women i...
Sep 13, 2017
From India to Malaysia, Rohingya face hardship, uncertainty
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Recent violence in Myanmar has driven hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to seek refuge across the border in Bangladesh. But Rohingya have been fleeing persecution in B...
Sep 13, 2017
History of Syria's war at risk as YouTube reins in content
BEIRUT - Syria’s civil war has been one of the modern world’s most brutal conflicts and one of its most heavily filmed. Hundreds of thousands of amateur videos uploaded to YouTube document...
Sep 13, 2017
Deauville listed as 5-2 early favourite for Woodbine Mile turf race
TORONTO - Mark Casse will attempt to achieve a rare double Saturday. Casse, Canada’s top trainer the last six years, chases a second straight win in the $800,000 Woodbine Mile at Woodbine Racetr...
Sep 13, 2017
Trudeau presses Myanmar's Suu Kyi on violence against Muslim minority
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday to express “deep concerns” over treatment of Muslims and other ethnic minorities in h...
Sep 13, 2017
Defence chief says US must keep all 3 parts of nuclear force
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. - Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday he has become convinced that the United States must keep all three parts of its nuclear force, rather than eliminate one, as he...
Sep 13, 2017
Ohio executes man convicted of back-to-back 1992 killings
LUCASVILLE, Ohio - A man convicted of killing two people in back-to-back robberies in suburban Cleveland in 1992 was executed Wednesday as family members of his victims looked on. The prison system an...
Sep 13, 2017
Irma spawns unusual storm surges on both Florida coasts
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Hurricane Irma’s devastating storm surge came with weird twists that scientists attribute to the storm’s girth, path and some geographic quirks. A combination of storm...
Sep 13, 2017
Trudeau peppered on issues likely to plague him when Parliament resumes
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - It was supposed to be a look-ahead session as Justin Trudeau and his inner circle enter the second half of the Liberal government’s mandate this fall. Instead, the prime...
Sep 13, 2017