January 17, 2020

CHIQUIMULA, Guatemala — United States officials are crediting tough measures taken over the past year and co-operation from regional governments for sharply reducing the ...

January 16, 2020

DHAKA, Bangladesh — A Bangladeshi island regularly submerged by monsoon rains is ready to house 100,000 Rohingya refugees, but no date has been announced to relocate people ...

January 16, 2020

LAS TUNAS, Cuba — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said he does not believe the Trump administration would drop sanctions on the island in exchange for concessions from his ...

January 16, 2020

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Mara listens to her trainer say "up, down, blow," obediently raising her trunk so a saline solution can be introduced, then lowering it and ...

January 16, 2020

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate opened the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump with quiet ceremony Thursday — senators standing at their desks to swear an oath of "...

January 16, 2020

WASHINGTON — As long as they are rivals, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders couldn't stay friends forever.The White House hopefuls and longtime allies have spent the past ...

January 16, 2020

LAS VEGAS — Driving on any freeway in Las Vegas, you’re likely to see Tom Steyer’s face. Turn on the radio, you might hear his voice. Turn on the television, you’ll probably ...

January 16, 2020

WASHINGTON — The wife of Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang says she was sexually assaulted by an obstetrician while she was pregnant with the couple's first ...

January 16, 2020

NEW YORK — The Recording Academy has placed Deborah Dugan, its president and CEO of just six months, on administrative leave following an allegation of misconduct by a senior...

January 16, 2020

CHICAGO — Two gunmen fired through the window of a Chicago barbershop Thursday evening, injuring three juveniles and two adults who were getting their hair cut, police ...

January 16, 2020

WASHINGTON — The Labor Department will begin restricting news organizations' use of economic data by barring computers from the rooms where reporters receive such data before...

January 16, 2020

NEW YORK — Paying subscribers of NBCUniversal's upcoming Peacock streaming service will get Premier League soccer matches unavailable on TV and late-night shows from Jimmy ...

January 16, 2020

SEATTLE — The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday reinstated a severely limited version of Gov. Jay Inslee's plan to cap carbon pollution in the state, a decision the ...

January 16, 2020

DETROIT — Starbucks has a point to prove: There's more to the company than selling $4 lattes to rich people.The Seattle-based coffee giant that has cultivated a reputation ...

January 16, 2020

Text messages, social media posts and video are playing an increasingly central role in the investigation and prosecution of sexual crimes, but experts say digital evidence ...

January 16, 2020

PARIS — A French filmmaker has been charged over the alleged sexual assault of an actress when she was 15.Director Christophe Ruggia received the preliminary charge Thursday ...

January 16, 2020

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has shut down British Columbia's attempt to regulate what can flow through an expanded Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta.The B.C. ...

January 16, 2020

RENO, Nev. — A pigeon wearing a tiny sombrero in Reno, Nevada, was discovered following sightings of its cowboy hat-wearing cousins in Las Vegas, a city manager said.Reno ...

January 16, 2020

Parks Canada has brought in new rules for climbers on the country's highest peak after having to rescue eight people in seven years.The rules, which are posted on the ...

January 16, 2020

A giant beanstalk that penetrated a cloud-patterned sky-blue ceiling at Louis Vuitton's exhibition caused VIPs — including model Bella Hadid and actors Daniel Kaluuya and ...

January 16, 2020

FREDERICTON — A British couple is hoping to break through a glass ceiling with a balloon flight from Canada to Europe this summer.If the trip is successful, Deborah Day would...

January 16, 2020

OTTAWA — The Canadian military is looking for help taking out the trash in space.Over the last two years, the military's Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security ...

January 16, 2020

WASHINGTON — The FBI, in a change of policy, is committing to inform state officials if local election systems have been breached, federal officials said Thursday.In the past...

January 16, 2020

OTTAWA — The number of people intercepted by the RCMP as they crossed into Canada between official border points fell in 2019, newly released federal figures show, but ...

January 16, 2020

NEW YORK — NBCUniversal is launching a new streaming service that will have a large part available for free, an approach it hopes will resonate with people who aren't ...

January 16, 2020

OTTAWA — A former Canadian Forces engineer who disappeared after he was accused of being a neo-Nazi has been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on firearms ...

January 16, 2020

WASHINGTON — The Republican-led U.S. Senate finally passed North America's long-delayed new free trade pact Thursday, its final piece of legislative business before it ...

January 16, 2020

OTTAWA — As the federal Conservative leadership race begins drawing party grandees into potential candidates' camps, former prime minister Stephen Harper appears to be taking...

January 16, 2020

TORONTO — The Senate forfeited any claim to immunity from lawsuits over its suspension of Mike Duffy, because its actions were politically motivated and unlawful, the ...

January 16, 2020

WASHINGTON — The White House violated federal law in withholding security assistance to Ukraine, an action at the centre of President Donald Trump's impeachment, a federal ...

January 16, 2020

MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say a young mother was the victim of a homicide in a suburban home Thursday north of Montreal.The victim was identified by police as Jael ...

January 16, 2020

MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin on Thursday fast-tracked work on constitutional changes that could keep him in power well past the end of his term in 2024 while lawmakers ...

January 16, 2020

WASHINGTON — One by one, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi picked up pens lined up beside her and used them to sign a bit of her name on the impeachment articles against President ...

January 16, 2020

Canada's national police force is taking part in the massive effort to identify dozens of Canadians killed in last week's plane crash in Iran.While no RCMP officers are ...

January 16, 2020

CANTON, N.C. — The Avengers may have gained a canine sidekick after a North Carolina family's dog gave birth to a bright green puppy named "Hulk."Gypsy, a white shepherd ...

January 16, 2020

KYIV, Ukraine — Police in Ukraine are investigating whether the U.S. ambassador came under illegal surveillance by an unknown party before the Trump administration recalled ...

January 16, 2020

OTTAWA — Canadian special forces and other military personnel in Iraq have resumed some of their activities following a temporary suspension last week, though many others ...

January 16, 2020

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 16 ... What...

January 16, 2020

BERLIN — Germany will pay utility companies billions of euros to speed up the shutdown of their coal-fired power plants as part of the country's efforts to fight climate ...

January 16, 2020

LONDON — Canada and other countries are demanding compensation from Iran for the families of people killed when Iranian forces shot down an airliner leaving Tehran last ...

January 16, 2020

ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani man has been arrested in the 2005 killing of a British woman police officer who was gunned down as she responded to a robbery in the city of Bradford ...

January 16, 2020

WASHINGTON — Officials from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan say they have reached a preliminary agreement aimed at clearing the way for the filling and operation of a $5 billion ...

January 16, 2020

BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed assurances Thursday from Libyan Gen. Khalifa Hifter that he would stick to a cease-fire as world powers prepare to gather in...

January 16, 2020

JERUSALEM — Religious-nationalist parties in Israel joined forces late Wednesday ahead of the country's unprecedented third straight election in one year.The parties came ...

January 16, 2020

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United States said its participation at this year's World's Fair in Dubai is being made possible by "the generosity of the Emirati ...

January 16, 2020

TOKYO — One of the Japanese lawyers for former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn has stepped down from that job after his client fled the country.Junichiro Hironaka had been ...

January 16, 2020

OTTAWA — A national organization representing Inuit women in Canada is calling for a radical shift in the way police work is done in the North in light of findings in a new ...

January 16, 2020

CANBERRA, Australia — Specialist firefighters have saved the world’s last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from wildfires that razed forests west of Sydney, ...

January 16, 2020

TEL AVIV, Israel — As Egypt marks the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Suez Canal, marine biologists are bemoaning one of the famed waterway’s lesser known legacies — ...

January 16, 2020

LEMERY, Philippines — A Philippine volcano belched smaller plumes of ash but shuddered continuously with earthquakes and opened cracks in roads Thursday as police blockaded ...

January 16, 2020

TOMALI, Malawi — A pinch in the leg, a squeal and a trickle of tears. One baby after another in Malawi is getting the first and only vaccine against malaria, one of history's...

January 15, 2020

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Karen DePaepe had been waiting all day for a call back from Pete Buttigieg.It was March 2012, and the 30-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, had just ...

January 15, 2020

WASHINGTON — A close associate of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani is claiming Trump was directly involved in the effort to pressure Ukraine to ...

January 15, 2020

WASHINGTON — Millions watching on television, 100 senators seated silently in the Capitol, one man in the Oval Office with a twitchy Twitter finger. President Donald Trump’s ...

January 15, 2020

EL CINCHADO, Guatemala — Guatemalan police accompanied by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents swept up the majority of a group of some 300 migrants Thursday, ...

January 15, 2020

TOKYO — Japan's government said Thursday a man treated for pneumonia after returning from China has tested positive for the new coronavirus identified as a possible cause of ...

January 15, 2020

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate opened the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump with quiet ceremony Thursday — senators standing at their desks to swear an oath of "...

January 15, 2020

WASHINGTON — The Senate overwhelmingly approved a new North American trade agreement Thursday that rewrites the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico and gives President ...

January 15, 2020

Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam said Thursday that the ''one country, two systems'' framework under which the city enjoys freedoms unknown in China could continue after a 2047 ...

January 15, 2020

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas inmate with a history of violence against women was executed Wednesday evening for fatally shooting his wife, who had feared she would never get ...

January 15, 2020

WASHINGTON — The United States and China reached a trade deal Wednesday that eases tensions between the world’s two biggest economies, offers massive export opportunities for...

January 15, 2020

OTTAWA — The Conservative leadership race has begun and the deadline to register as a candidate and meet the first round of requirements is Feb. 27.The party has three ...

January 15, 2020

OTTAWA — "I'm in. Stay tuned."Four words Peter MacKay posted to his social-media accounts Wednesday ended months, if not years, of speculation about whether and when he'd run...

January 15, 2020

Dozens of people with ties to Canada were among the 176 who were killed when Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 crashed after takeoff near Tehran, Iran.Here is a ...

January 15, 2020

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An actress charged with fatally stabbing her mother last month in suburban Kansas City told 911 operators and police that her mom was trying to kill her ...

January 15, 2020

NEW YORK — Sixty years after her death, the story of Zora Neale Hurston is still not fully told.The fiction writer-anthropologist-folklorist died in a segregated Florida ...

January 15, 2020

HALIFAX — As Canadian firefighters boarded flights today to battle blazes in Australia, they noted they will likely have to employ some different tactics than they do to ...

January 15, 2020

PHOENIX — U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick of Arizona said Wednesday that she's taking time off from her congressional duties to seek treatment for alcohol dependence after a "...

January 15, 2020

OTTAWA — The B.C. government will ask Canada's high court Thursday to give it authority over what can flow through the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta.The case ...

January 15, 2020

The man at the heart of the Maple Leaf Gardens sexual abuse scandal has been released on day parole after officials found he presents a low risk of reoffending.A document ...

January 15, 2020

LONDON — A dispute over a 2015 deal aimed at preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons is casting a shadow over an international meeting that Canada hopes will lead to ...