Archives

Canadian World News

Sat, 20 Aug 2022 12:47:41 EDT
At least 20 killed after militants storm hotel in Somali capital
Islamist militants have stormed a hotel in Somalia's capital, engaging in an hours-long exchange of fire with security forces that left at least 20 people dead, according to police and witnesses. ...

Sat, 20 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Jared Kushner memoir chronicles frustrations of negotiating trade deal with Canada
A memoir by Jared Kushner chronicles U.S. frustrations in negotiating a trade deal with Canada. It offers a peek into historic talks and insists there was method to the madness of his father-in-law, D...

Sat, 20 Aug 2022 10:19:43 EDT
Russia claims to have repelled 'attacks by small drones' in Crimea
Russian authorities report shooting down Ukrainian drones in Crimea, while Ukrainian officials say Russian forces pressed ahead with efforts to seize one of the few cities in Eastern Ukraine not alrea...

Sat, 20 Aug 2022 14:49:52 EDT
Emergency workers among 32 killed in Turkey in separate crashes at accident sites
At least 32 people were killed in southeast Turkey on Saturday when vehicles crashed into first respondents who were attending earlier accidents, authorities said.

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 23:32:54 EDT
Mexican officials make 1st high-level arrest in notorious 2014 disappearance of 43 students
Mexican officials on Friday made the first high-level arrest in the notorious 2014 disappearance of 43 students, accusing a former top prosecutor of crimes in one of Mexico's worst human rights abuses...

Sat, 20 Aug 2022 11:50:38 EDT
Workers at U.K.'s biggest container port expected to launch 8-day strike Sunday
Almost 2,000 workers at the United Kingdom's biggest container port are expected to launch an eight-day strike Sunday over a pay dispute, as thousands of rail workers continued a summer of strikes to ...

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 16:58:01 EDT
Drones, blasts hit Russian-held parts of Ukraine showing Kyiv's battlefield reach
Russia reported fresh Ukrainian drone attacks on Friday evening, a day after explosions erupted near military bases in Russian-held areas of Ukraine and Russia itself, apparent displays of Kyiv's grow...

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 19:05:37 EDT
Kobe Bryant's widow testifies that crash photos turned grief into horror
Vanessa Bryant testified Friday that she was only beginning to grieve the loss of her husband, basketball star Kobe Bryant, and their 13-year-old daughter when she learned that sheriff's deputies and ...

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 14:22:52 EDT
Russia's Gazprom says key gas pipeline to Europe will shut down for 'routine maintenance'
A key Russian natural gas pipeline will shut down for three days of maintenance at the end of this month, the state-owned energy company Gazprom announced Friday, raising economic pressure on Germany ...

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 18:15:40 EDT
Rally for author Salman Rushdie draws hundreds of supporters in New York
Friends and fellow authors spoke out on Salman Rushdie's behalf during a rally Friday on the steps of the main branch of the New York Public Library, one week after he was attacked onstage in the west...

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 16:27:12 EDT
U.S. lawmakers seek social media data after increase in online threats against law enforcement
U.S. Democratic lawmakers on Friday asked social media platforms to turn over data regarding an increase in online threats aimed at law enforcement following a search of former president Donald Trump'...

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 06:35:49 EDT
Xiao Jianhua, Chinese-Canadian billionaire, sentenced to 13 years in prison in Shanghai
A Chinese-born Canadian tycoon who disappeared from Hong Kong in 2017 was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for a multibillion-dollar string of financial offences and his company was fined $10.5 ...

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 11:57:19 EDT
Top U.S. Republican urges Canada to scrap ArriveCAN app
A top U.S. Republican is urging Canada to scrap the ArriveCAN app. House member Elise Stefanik calls it a glitchy disincentive to travelling and doing business and says its use should no longer be man...

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 11:56:33 EDT
Dan Price leaves Gravity Payments, vows to fight 'false allegations'
A Seattle CEO who announced in 2015 that he was giving himself a drastic pay cut to help cover the cost of big raises for his employees has announced his resignation.

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 12:40:15 EDT
Michigan judge blocks attempts to prosecute abortions in the state
A Michigan judge on Friday blocked county prosecutors from enforcing the state's 1931 ban on abortion for the foreseeable future after two days of witness testimony from abortion experts, providers an...

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 09:36:54 EDT
Indian woman condemns release of her 11 convicted rapists
A Muslim woman who was gang-raped while pregnant during India's devastating 2002 religious riots has appealed to the government to rescind its decision to free the 11 men who had been jailed for life ...

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 06:49:06 EDT
In Ukraine, UN chief voices concerns about Russian-held nuclear plant
The United Nations chief and the presidents of Turkey and Ukraine discussed ways on Thursday to end Kyiv's conflict with Russia and secure Europe's largest nuclear power station, which has come under...

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 04:37:14 EDT
3 charged with killing Boston gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger in 2018
Three men, including a Mafia hitman, have been charged in the 2018 prison killing of notorious Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday.

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 14:59:54 EDT
U.S. judge says he leans toward releasing some evidence for Trump search
A U.S. judge on Thursday said he is leaning toward releasing some of the evidence presented by the U.S. Justice Department to justify its search of Donald Trump's Florida home last week, in a caseÂ...

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 16:36:33 EDT
Powerful thunderstorms, heavy winds leave at least 8 dead in France, Italy
Violent thunderstorms and hurricane-force winds left at least eight people dead in France and Italy on Thursday, uprooting trees in Tuscany and on the French island of Corsica and ripping away brick s...



home