Author Archives: The Canadian Press

NEW YORK - Cicely Tyson was active to the end, in the middle of promoting her memoir "Just As I Am" when she died at age 96. Published earlier this week, "Just As I Am" was No. 1 on Amazon.com within ...

OTTAWA - Winter-weary Canadians eyeing a vacation were told to spike travel plans Friday as Ottawa cancelled flights to popular sun destinations, and ordered all arrivals to test for COVID-19 and swal...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a bill extending the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and the United States a week before the pact was due to expire. Both ho...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced all Canadian travellers returning from overseas will have to take a COVID-19 PCR test at the airport, and quarantine in a designated hotel for three days at...

BEIJING - The former head of a Chinese state-owned asset management company was executed Friday on charges of taking bribes in an unusually severe penalty for a recent corruption case. Lai Xiaomin of ...

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's pandemic-hit economy shrank 8.5% in 2020, the largest single-year drop since 1932 and the second consecutive year of economic contraction. Mexico's gross domestic product grew 3...

BERLIN - The head of Germany's financial supervisory authority will leave the job as the agency is reorganized in the aftermath of the accounting scandal at payment systems provider Wirecard, the fina...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 6:40 p.m. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says some COVID-19 public health measures will be eased on indoor fitness centres, school...

LOS ANGELES - Cicely Tyson was a Black actor who knocked down doors so other women of colour could walk through them. With dignified grace, Tyson strategically selected powerful roles with an intent t...

OTTAWA - Health Canada is on track to give the green light to a third COVID-19 vaccine within the next two weeks and a fourth may not be far behind, offering a glimmer of hope at the end of a week of ...