Category Archives: World

NEW YORK - Christian Cowan was finding it hard to stand still backstage after his high-energy show on Tuesday, practically jumping up and down in place. The British designer, at 23 already a favourite...

MARACAY, Venezuela - It was show time for the most-watched program on Venezuela’s normally sleep-inducing state TV: Episode No. 240 of “Hitting it With a Sledgehammer,” the talk show...

CANBERRA, Australia - The Australian government said Wednesday it would reopen a mothballed island detention camp in anticipation of a new wave of asylum seekers arriving by boat after Parliament pass...

ITTA BENA, Miss. - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell travelled Tuesday to a historically black university in the Mississippi Delta to deliver a message that the nation’s prosperity has not ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - FedEx Logistics is establishing a new headquarters in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, and bringing nearly 700 jobs along with it. FedEx Logistics President and CEO Richard W. Smith and G...

GENEVA - Forty countries led by Japan and the European Union - but not the U.S. or China - have agreed to require new cars and light commercial vehicles to be equipped with automated braking systems s...

The U.S. military wants to expand its use of artificial intelligence in warfare, but says it will take care to deploy the technology in accordance with the nation’s values. The Pentagon outlined...

WASHINGTON - The Senate on Tuesday approved a major public lands bill that revives a popular conservation program, adds 1.3 million acres of new wilderness, expands several national parks and creates ...

MADISON, Wis. - Republican concerns that former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick is too controversial to honour as a black leader doomed a resolution recognizing Black History Month in the state Assem...

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Feb. 4-10. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership. 1. “The Grammy Awards,” CBS, 19.88 million. 2. “The Big Ban...