Author Archives: The Canadian Press

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya says it has given the United Nations 14 days to come up with a plan to close refugee camps in the country that host hundreds of thousands from war-torn neighbouring nations. Int...

OTTAWA - Industry Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne sees a future for Canada as a leader in biomanufacturing, including vaccines - but not soon. In a speech Wednesday at the Chamber of Commerce of M...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - In the desert northeast of Las Vegas, residents living along the Nevada-Arizona border would gather on their front porches for bomb parties or ride horses into the fields to watch ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - The eruption of a long-dormant volcano in southwestern Iceland has drawn large crowds of visitors eager to get close to the lava flows. Many have trekked to the volcano on the Rey...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Wednesday named a Chilean survivor of clerical sex abuse to serve on a Vatican commission that advises the pontiff on how to protect children from pedophile priests. The...

CENTERVILLE, Ohio - Pandemic-weary Americans starved for human interaction and physical touch are taking advantage of a growing wellness option once reserved for Hollywood actors, rock stars and elite...

VATICAN CITY - Trying to save jobs as the pandemic pummels Vatican revenues, Pope Francis has ordered pay cuts for cardinals and other clerics, as well as nuns, who work at the Holy See. In a decree p...

JERUSALEM - Israel on Wednesday appeared to be barrelling toward another political stalemate after what was shaping up to be its fourth inconclusive election in the past two years. But there were smal...

WASHINGTON - The number of American bald eagles has quadrupled since 2009, with more than 300,000 birds soaring over the lower 48 states, government scientists said in a report Wednesday. The U.S. Fis...

NEW ORLEANS - Thirteen states sued the Biden administration Wednesday to end a suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water and to reschedule cancelled sales of leases in the Gulf of...