Author Archives: The Canadian Press

WASHINGTON - The insurrectionist mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol at the president's behest last week was overwhelmingly made up of longtime Trump supporters, including Republican Party officials, GO...

BEIJING - A Chinese official on Monday denied Beijing has imposed coercive birth control measures among Muslim minority women, following an outcry over a tweet by the Chinese Embassy in Washington cla...

TOKYO - More than 80% of people in Japan who were surveyed in two polls in the last few days say the Tokyo Olympics should be cancelled or postponed, or say they believe the Olympics will not take pla...

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that he will designate Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels as a "foreign terrorist organization" as time runs down on the Trump administration. ...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was given the title of general secretary of the ruling Workers' Party formerly held by his late father and grandfather, state media reported...

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden appeared on television last week as a bipartisan group of lawmakers huddled in an undisclosed location to protect them from a violent mob that was ransacking the...

WASHINGTON - Under battle flags bearing Donald Trump's name, the Capitol's attackers pinned a bloodied police officer in a doorway, his twisted face and screams captured on video. They mortally wounde...

The conservative-friendly social network Parler was booted off the internet Monday over ties to last week's siege on the U.S. Capitol, but not before digital activists made off with an archive of its ...

ISLAMABAD - Despite a steady rise in coronavirus cases, Pakistan on Monday launched a five-day vaccination campaign against polio amid tight security, hoping to eradicate the crippling children's dise...

CAIRO - The Trump administration's out-the-door decision to designate Yemen's Iranian-backed rebels as a terror organization sparked confusion in aid agencies and warnings from the United Nations and ...