Category Archives: World
Italian fashion houses get refashioned for future growth
MILAN - To stay on trend, Italian fashion houses are refashioning themselves for future growth. Luxury label Ermenegildo Zegna, which opens fall and winter menswear previews at Milan Fashion Week on F...
Jan 11, 2019
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum's director to step down
SANTA FE, N.M. - Georgia O’Keeffe Museum’s director is stepping down. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the board of trustees of the Santa Fe museum announced this week that Robert Kret wil...
Jan 11, 2019
Motown Museum unveils artifacts to mark 60th anniversary
DETROIT - Pieces of Motown’s origin story that haven’t been seen by the public will go on display in Detroit as part of the label’s 60th anniversary celebration. The Motown Museum sa...
Jan 11, 2019
Feuding French rappers seek to take dispute to boxing ring
BRUSSELS - Two French rappers who fought a running battle inside a Paris airport with their entourages over the summer are seeking to take their dispute into a boxing ring in Belgium. Booba, one of Fr...
Jan 11, 2019
Requests to bring in child brides OK'd; legal under US laws
WASHINGTON - Thousands of requests by men to bring in child and adolescent brides to live in the United States were approved over the past decade, according to government data obtained by The Associat...
Jan 11, 2019
As workers miss paychecks, shutdown set to hit record length
WASHINGTON - The partial government shutdown was on track Friday to become the longest closure in U.S. history as President Donald Trump and nervous Republicans scrambled to find a way out of the mess...
Jan 11, 2019
Ex-Nissan chair Ghosn indicted for alleged breach of trust
TOKYO - Nissan’s ex-chairman Carlos Ghosn was charged Friday with breach of trust, according to the Tokyo District Court, making the star executive’s release unlikely for months to come. G...
Jan 11, 2019
Rare bronze penny sells for more than $200K at auction
BOSTON - A rare 1943 bronze Lincoln penny has sold for more than $200,000 at a Florida auction. Heritage Auctions says more than 30 people bid on the rare coin Thursday night. Only 10 to 15 of these p...
Jan 11, 2019
How's the US economy doing? Shutdown makes it harder to say
WASHINGTON - The partial shutdown of the U.S. government has begun to make it harder to assess the health of the economy by delaying or distorting key reports on growth, spending and hiring. Governmen...
Jan 11, 2019
EU offers UK helping hand, but no reopening of Brexit deal
BUCHAREST, Romania - European Union officials are working with Britain on ways to help Prime Minister Theresa May avoid a no-deal British departure from the bloc, although an EU leader insisted Friday...
Jan 11, 2019