Author Archives: The Canadian Press

MINNEAPOLIS - Prosecutors are asking a judge to give Derek Chauvin a more severe penalty than state guidelines call for when he is sentenced in June for George Floyd's death, arguing in court document...

NEW YORK - Newsmax apologized on Friday for airing false allegations that an employee for Dominion Voting Systems manipulated machines or tallies on Election Day to the detriment of former President D...

NEW YORK - The Grammy Awards have changed its tune and voted to remove its nomination review committees - groups that determined the contenders for key awards at the coveted music show. The Recording ...

Days of debate over whether revisions to the Broadcasting Act could undermine Canadian rights and freedoms continued Friday. Liberal and opposition members of Parliament split along party lines while ...

VANCOUVER - The body of a man that was supposed to be flown home to India from British Columbia just before the federal government stopped flights is now in limbo as his family scrambles to get the re...

WARSAW, Poland - Relatives of former Auschwitz prisoners from Poland are protesting the appointment of a top member of the country's right-wing ruling party to an advisory council at the state-run Aus...

ROME - Pope Francis has sent another message to Vatican-based cardinals and bishops that he intends to hold them accountable for criminal misconduct: He removed the procedural obstacles that had spare...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Friday decried a move by the European Parliament, which a day earlier adopted a resolution demanding Islamabad allow freedom for religious minorities and asked the EU to recons...

LONDON - AstraZeneca said Friday that it intends to seek U.S. authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine in the "coming weeks," acknowledging a delay in the much-anticipated filing that had been expected ...

OTTAWA - The Liberal Party of Canada says it fundraised around $3.5 million during the first three months of the second year dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. A party spokesperson says the Liberal g...