Category Archives: Canadian Press
Bangladesh leader visits Rohingya refugees, assures help
UKHIYA, Bangladesh - Bangladesh’s leader demanded that Myanmar allow the return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled recent violence in the Buddhist-majority nation - a crisis s...
Sep 12, 2017
Protests over French labour overhaul grip Paris, other cities
PARIS - The Eiffel Tower saw service cutbacks, angry carnival workers snarled traffic around the Arc de Triomphe and police used water cannon and tear gas as unions held protests in Paris and elsewher...
Sep 12, 2017

Senate GOP struggles with deficit in work on budget, taxes
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans are struggling with how many billions of dollars President Donald Trump’s tax code overhaul will add to the deficit as they work on a GOP budget plan that’s...
Sep 12, 2017

Fear and loathing on the tax change trail: Premier warns of unintended impacts
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball had a message Tuesday for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet: plans to end what the federal government calls unfair ta...
Sep 12, 2017
Unhappy moderate House Republicans complicate 2018 for GOP
WASHINGTON - Veteran Republicans are bailing on Congress in growing numbers, as GOP control of Washington fails to produce the unity or legislative successes party leaders wish for. With President Don...
Sep 12, 2017
Greece: Crews cleaning up pollution from sunken tanker ship
ATHENS, Greece - Greece’s merchant marine minister says clean-up crews are working to contain pollution caused by a small tanker that sank over the weekend off a Greek island. The Agia Zoni II s...
Sep 12, 2017

Zimbabwe's first lady denies assault, says she was attacked
JOHANNESBURG - Representatives of Zimbabwe’s first lady say a young woman who accused her of assault was the actual aggressor, allegedly attacking Grace Mugabe with a knife while drunk, accordin...
Sep 12, 2017

German court ends Auschwitz trial, cites defendant's health
BERLIN - A German court has ended the trial of former SS medic who served at the Auschwitz death camp after experts determined the 96-year-old is unfit for trial. Prosecutors said last month they were...
Sep 12, 2017

Investigators cite Tesla Autopilot limits in fatal crash
WASHINGTON - Design limitations of the Tesla Model S’s Autopilot played a major role in the first known fatal crash of a highway vehicle operating under automated control systems, the National T...
Sep 12, 2017
Two deaths from West Nile in southwestern Ontario: health officials
WINDSOR, Ont. - Health officials in southwestern Ontario say two people have died from West Nile virus in the last week, the first deaths linked to the infection in the area since 2012. The public hea...
Sep 12, 2017