Author Archives: The Canadian Press

PARIS - French society is at a "turning point" for women's rights within the male-dominated sports world, the country's sports minister said this week amid a wave of protests from female journalists d...

A new tool that measures the environmental quality of any urban street in Canada - and maps it out in colour - illustrates vividly the many neighbourhoods in the country that have poor environment sco...

SUEZ, Egypt - A giant container ship remained stuck sideways in Egypt's Suez Canal for a fifth day Saturday, as authorities made new attempts to free the vessel and reopen a crucial waterway whose blo...

PALMDALE, Calif. - The mother of a Black 12-year-old boy is seeking damages against a Southern California school district after her son's teacher went on a half-hour tirade laced with racism and profa...

NEW DELHI - Two Indian states with sizeable Muslim populations began voting in local elections Saturday in a test of strength for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose Hindu nationalist agenda is being ...

Democrats have seized on new voting restrictions in Georgia to focus attention on the fight to overhaul federal election laws, setting up a slow-building standoff that carries echoes of the civil righ...

CAMEROON, Cameroon - The U.N.'s premiere global body fighting for gender equality called for a sharp increase of women in global decision-making in a hotly debated final document adopted Friday night ...

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada. The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 27, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 217,025 new vacc...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 27, 2021. There are 956,655 confirmed cases in Canada. <b>_ Canada: 956,655 confirmed cases (40,360...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador Liberals under leader Andrew Furey have been re-elected with a slim majority after a campaign that was upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. Results releas...