Category Archives: World
Alicia Keys to host Grammy Awards next month
NEW YORK - Alicia Keys usually attends the Grammys, but this year she’ll be there as a host. The Recording Academy announced Tuesday that the R&B star will host the Feb. 10 show for the firs...
Jan 15, 2019
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand jumps into 2020 presidential race
NEW YORK - Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand entered the growing field of 2020 Democratic presidential contenders Tuesday, telling television host Stephen Colbert that she’s launching an exploratory commi...
Jan 15, 2019
Judge bars citizenship question from 2020 census
NEW YORK - A federal judge blocked the Trump administration Tuesday from asking about citizenship status on the 2020 census, the first major ruling in cases contending officials ramrodded the question...
Jan 15, 2019
Broadway legend Carol Channing has died at age 97
NEW YORK - Carol Channing, the lanky, ebullient musical comedy star who delighted American audiences over almost 5,000 performances as the scheming Dolly Levi in “Hello, Dolly!” on Broadwa...
Jan 15, 2019
Netflix raising prices for 58M US subscribers as costs rise
SAN FRANCISCO - Netflix is raising its U.S. prices by 13 to 18 per cent, its biggest increase since the company launched its video streaming service 12 years ago. Its most popular plan will see the la...
Jan 15, 2019
'Miracle' flight survivors mark decade of thankfulness
NEW YORK - It’s been 10 years, but there isn’t anything Tripp Harris doesn’t remember about the cold January day he cheated death on US Airways flight 1549. The jolt when the plane c...
Jan 15, 2019
UK's May faces no-confidence vote after Brexit plan crushed
LONDON - British lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s divorce deal with the European Union on Tuesday, plunging the Brexit process into chaos and triggering a no-confid...
Jan 15, 2019
Analysis: China pulling out all stops in Canada tensions
BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping’s government is sparing no expense to its international reputation in its determination to force Canada to back down over the case of a Chinese telecommuni...
Jan 15, 2019
VW, Ford team up on pickups, explore deal on electrics
FRANKFURT - Volkswagen and Ford say they’re forming a global alliance in which they will develop commercial vans and medium-sized pickups together while exploring broader co-operation on future ...
Jan 15, 2019
Death toll in Nairobi attack climbs to 21, plus 5 attackers
NAIROBI, Kenya - The death toll from an extremist attack on a luxury hotel and shopping complex in Nairobi climbed to 21, plus the five militants killed, police said Wednesday in the aftermath of the ...
Jan 15, 2019