Month: May 2010

As his would-be rescuers swam back to shore, exhausted, Adriss Cheema continued screaming for help. “Please don’t leave me. I’m going to drown,” he shouted in Punjabi. Then the 22-year-old’s head went under water. Cheema […] […]

MONTREAL—After a widely reported miscarriage and several unsuccessful in-vitro fertilization procedures, Quebec chanteuse Celine Dion is pregnant with twins. Dion’s U.S. publicist Kim Jakwerth confirmed to The Canadian Press on Sunday that the singer is […] […]

RETIRED tough cop Reneto Adams is urging the police not to rule out searching the homes of politicians affiliated with the Jamaica Labour Party and individuals who he termed “society people” in their effort to […] […]

MEXICO CITY—In a somber military ceremony, President Felipe Calderon of Mexico escorted skulls and bones believed to be the 200-year-old remains of 12 independence heroes from downtown crypts to a historic hilltop castle where they […] […]

AHOUSAT, B.C.—This entire small coastal First Nations community was grieving Saturday after a float plane carrying three young adults from the reserve crashed into the waters just off its shores, sinking beneath the surface as […] […]

ROBERT, LA.—With BP declaring failure in its latest attempt to plug the uncontrolled gusher feeding the worst oil spill in U.S. history, the company is turning to yet another mix of risky undersea robot manoeuvrs […] […]