World

As virus spreads, anxiety rises in China and overseas

WUHAN, China - Face masks sold out and officials at airports and train stations checked passengers for fevers as China on Tuesday sought to control the outbreak of a new virus that has reached four ot...

Jan 23, 2020

Trump says he's open to witnesses as trial rules are set

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate plunged into President Donald Trump's impeachment trial with Republicans abruptly abandoning plans to cram opening arguments into two days but solidly rejecting for now De...

Jan 23, 2020

As European Central Bank meets, eyes turn to policy review

FRANKFURT - Thursday's European Central Bank meeting offers investors the chance to hear more about President Christine Lagarde's plans for a full review of the bank's policies that could include twea...

Jan 23, 2020

Migrant boat sinks in Indonesia; 10 rescued, 9 missing

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A boat carrying 20 Indonesian migrant workers sank on its way to Malaysia, and rescuers have found 10 survivors and were searching Thursday for nine missing. One body was recovere...

Jan 23, 2020

Switzerland mints world's smallest gold coin

BERLIN - No joke: Switzerland has minted a gold coin so small you'd need to look very closely to see Albert Einstein sticking out his tongue at you. State-owned Swissmint said Thursday that the 2.96-m...

Jan 23, 2020

Experts defuse World War II bomb in German city of Cologne

BERLIN - Explosives experts on Tuesday successfully defused an unexploded American bomb from World War II in the western German city of Cologne, authorities said. The 500-kilogram (1,100-pound) bomb w...

Jan 23, 2020

Germany bans neo-Nazi organization Combat 18 Deutschland

BERLIN - Germany is banning the neo-Nazi group Combat 18 Deutschland in what the country's top security official said Thursday was a "clear message" against far-right extremism and anti-Semitism. More...

Jan 23, 2020

China sentences ex-boss of Interpol to 13 years for bribes

BEIJING - China has sentenced the former president of Interpol, Meng Hongwei, to 13 years and six months in prison on charges of accepting more than $2 million in bribes. Meng was elected president of...

Jan 23, 2020

Migrant parents separated from kids since 2018 return to US

LOS ANGELES - Nine parents who were deported as the Trump administration separated thousands of migrant families landed back into the U.S. late Wednesday to reunite with children they had not seen in ...

Jan 23, 2020

Iran uses violence, politics to try to push US out of Iraq

BEIRUT - Iran has long sought the withdrawal of American forces from neighbouring Iraq, but the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and an Iraqi militia commander in Baghdad has added new impetus to th...

Jan 22, 2020