Category Archives: World
Government shutdown may upend State of the Union speech
WASHINGTON - A grand Washington ritual became a potential casualty of the partial government shutdown Wednesday as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked President Donald Trump to postpone his Jan. 29 State...
Jan 16, 2019
May wins no-confidence vote, but still is beset by Brexit
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament on Wednesday to remain in office - but saw more of her power ebb away as she battled to keep Brexit on track aft...
Jan 16, 2019
Jason Reitman to direct Ghostbusters sequel for summer 2020
LOS ANGELES - Ivan Reitman is passing the Ghostbusters torch to his son. Four-time Oscar nominee Jason Reitman is set to direct a new installment in the Ghostbusters series for Sony Pictures set to co...
Jan 16, 2019
Sears survives a near-death experience, but for how long?
NEW YORK - Sears will live on - at least for now. Its chairman and biggest shareholder, Eddie Lampert, won tentative approval for a $5 billion plan to keep the ailing, 132-year-old department-store ch...
Jan 16, 2019
EU leaders plead with UK to get its act together on Brexit
STRASBOURG, France - European Union leaders were pleading Wednesday with the U.K. to finally get its act together on Brexit, end internal strife and come up with a realistic plan to leave the bloc - w...
Jan 16, 2019
Spain: DNA sample confirms 2-year-old fell into borehole
MADRID - Spanish rescuers working against the clock to find a 2-year-old boy who’s been missing for three days say they have found DNA samples of the boy confirming his parents’ account th...
Jan 16, 2019
US weighs new ways to detect and track enemy missiles
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is considering ways to expand U.S. homeland and overseas defences against a potential missile attack, possibly adding a layer of satellites in space to detect and...
Jan 16, 2019
Huawei founder says company would not share user secrets
SHENZHEN, China - The founder of China’s Huawei, the world’s biggest supplier of network gear to phone and internet companies, says his company would not share secrets about its customers ...
Jan 16, 2019
Philippines arrests, hands over to China corruption fugitive
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine officials have turned over to China a former government official wanted for alleged economic crime and corruption. Xie Haojie (SHEE’-ye hao-JEE’-ye) was ar...
Jan 16, 2019
US assessment raises concerns over China attacking Taiwan
WASHINGTON - Amid increasing tensions with Beijing, the Pentagon has released a new report that lays out U.S. concerns about China’s growing military might, underscoring worries about a possible...
Jan 16, 2019