Category Archives: World
Facebook extends ban on hate speech to 'white nationalists'
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook is extending its ban on hate speech to prohibit the promotion and support of white nationalism and white separatism. The company previously allowed such material even though i...
Mar 27, 2019
Wisconsin appeals court restores laws from lame-duck session
MADISON, Wis. - A Wisconsin appeals court has sided with Republicans and reinstated laws passed during a lame-duck legislative session that weaken powers of the Democratic governor and attorney genera...
Mar 27, 2019
Democrats insist Barr release full Mueller report quickly
WASHINGTON - The battle over releasing the special counsel’s report intensified Wednesday as Democrats in Congress insisted Attorney General William Barr must quickly release its full findings. ...
Mar 27, 2019
Fraud charges followed Avenatti's public financial feuds
LOS ANGELES - Even before federal prosecutors unsealed charges against Michael Avenatti, the lawyer best known for representing porn actress Stormy Daniels in legal battles against President Donald Tr...
Mar 27, 2019
Prime Minister May says she'll step down if Brexit deal OK'd
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May offered up her job in exchange for her Brexit deal Wednesday, telling colleagues she would quit within weeks if the agreement was passed and Britain left th...
Mar 27, 2019
FAA defends its reliance on aircraft makers to certify jets
WASHINGTON - Under fire from lawmakers on Capitol Hill over the two deadly Boeing crashes, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday defended the agency’s practice of relying ...
Mar 27, 2019
Trump assembling an army of operatives for re-election fight
WASHINGTON - In 2016, President Donald Trump compared Hillary Clinton’s campaign to the lumbering federal bureaucracy. Now he’s building one of his own. From an office tower across the Pot...
Mar 27, 2019
Italy's La Scala to run academy for Saudi girls and boys
MILAN - The academy of Italy’s premier opera house, Teatro alla Scala, has agreed to start a conservatory for both girls and boys in Saudi Arabia. The decision Tuesday by the academy’s boa...
Mar 27, 2019
Ukraine's ultra-right increasingly visible as election nears
KIEV, Ukraine - As Ukraine’s presidential election draws near, its ultranationalist groups are becoming increasingly visible, posing a dilemma for the West. Thousands of far-right activists marc...
Mar 27, 2019
1st cholera cases confirmed in Mozambique's cyclone-hit city
BEIRA, Mozambique - The first cases of cholera have been confirmed in the cyclone-ravaged city of Beira, Mozambican authorities announced on Wednesday, raising the stakes in an already desperate fight...
Mar 27, 2019