Category Archives: Canadian Press
China supports UN action on North Korea while urging talks
BEIJING - China supports further United Nations action in response to North Korea’s latest nuclear test but also wants to see renewed efforts to begin dialogue involving all sides, Foreign Minis...
Sep 08, 2017
Indian court sentences 2 men to death in 1993 Mumbai blasts
NEW DELHI - An Indian court on Thursday sentenced two men to death and two others to life in prison for a series of bombings that killed 257 people in Mumbai in 1993. A fifth man was given 10 years in...
Sep 08, 2017
Trump wants Democratic support for tax pitch
MANDAN, N.D. - President Donald Trump made an overt pitch for Democrats to support his tax overhaul plan, singling out a North Dakota Democratic senator whose vote would be prized by the White House. ...
Sep 08, 2017

Trump's catchphrase for any circumstance: "We'll see"
WASHINGTON - When in doubt, President Donald Trump has a ready-made response to any questions: “We’ll see.” On Wednesday, Trump delivered his go-to line repeatedly. Asked if he would...
Sep 08, 2017

No collusion with Russians, Trump Jr. insists to Congress
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s eldest son cast his meeting with a Russian lawyer last year as simply an opportunity to learn about Hillary Clinton’s “fitness, character or qua...
Sep 08, 2017

Nestle freshens up its image with vegetarian meals takeover
GENEVA - The maker of Hot Pockets wants to go vegetarian, California-style. Nestle, the world’s biggest food and drinks company, is buying husband-and-wife startup Sweet Earth, which sells froze...
Sep 08, 2017

Late-season wildfires choke US cities, towns with smoke
BOISE, Idaho - Heavy winter snow and a very wet spring in the Western U.S. generated predictions the 2017 wildfire season would be tame. But it’s shaping up to be one of the worst in U.S. histor...
Sep 08, 2017

Irma bears down on Florida; more than 5M told to flee coast
MIAMI - Irma trained its sights on Florida and officials warned more than 5 million people that time was running out Friday and ordered them to evacuate ahead of the deadly hurricane as it followed a ...
Sep 08, 2017
Pregnant Kate misses Prince George's 1st day at school
LONDON - Prince George went to school for the first time Thursday, but it was a rite of passage missed by his mother, who is struggling with acute morning sickness in the early stages of her third pre...
Sep 08, 2017
Israel strikes deep in Syria, said to hit military facility
BEIRUT - Israeli warplanes struck a military position near the Mediterranean coast in western Syria Thursday, killing two soldiers, the Syrian army said, in a stronghold of President Bashar Assad that...
Sep 08, 2017