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Nigeria's female candidates seek victory despite harassment
KANO, Nigeria - Nervous ahead of Nigeria's delayed election, a group of young women picked up their cellphones and wished each other well. "Honestly I'm so tensed and scared," one typed. "I feel like ...
Feb 18, 2019
Don Cherry blasts Hurricanes as 'jerks'; team responds with his words on T-shirt
TORONTO - Don Cherry's latest rant about the Carolina Hurricanes and their victory celebrations didn't go unnoticed by the NHL club. The Hurricanes even decided to embrace his words. Cherry ...
Feb 18, 2019
Iconic race set to begin at Elk Ridge
Sled dog racers from across the country are preparing for the running of the 22nd Annual Canadian Challenge.The race follows an iconic route. Beginning at Elk Ridge Resort, riders and dogs will follow...
Feb 18, 2019
Officials still working out how much oil leaked from derailment in Manitoba
ST-LAZARE, Man. - Canadian National Railway says it doesn't yet know how much oil leaked from a derailment in western Manitoba, but it says trains are now running on the line again. The railway&n...
Feb 18, 2019
Electoral reform: All eyes turn to tiny P.E.I. as issue put to voters
CHARLOTTETOWN - Tiny Prince Edward Island has a chance to send a big message to the rest of the country about electoral reform when voters are asked to consider proportional representation in a refere...
Feb 18, 2019
Sex abuse survivors to meet with Vatican summit organizers
VATICAN CITY - Organizers of Pope Francis' summit on preventing clergy sex abuse will meet this week with a dozen survivor-activists who have come to Rome to protest the Catholic Church's response to ...
Feb 18, 2019
Poland pulls out of Israel meeting over anti-Polish comment
WARSAW, Poland - Poland's prime minister cancelled plans for his country to send a delegation to meeting in Jerusalem on Monday after the acting Israeli foreign minister said that Poles "collaborated ...
Feb 18, 2019
China accuses Washington of trying to block development
BEIJING - China's government accused Washington on Monday of trying to block its industrial development after Vice-President Mike Pence said tech giant Huawei and other telecom equipment suppliers are...
Feb 18, 2019
Besieged IS militants refuse to surrender, ask for an exit
AL-OMAR OIL FIELD BASE, Syria - More than 300 Islamic State militants who are holed up in a tiny area in eastern Syria are refusing to surrender to U.S.-backed Syrian forces and are trying to negotiat...
Feb 18, 2019
EU states mixed on Trump demand to take back IS fighters
BRUSSELS - U.S. President Donald Trump's demand that European countries take back their citizens fighting in Syria received a mixed reaction Monday, as nations voiced concerns about how to bring home-...
Feb 18, 2019
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