Category Archives: World
SoftBank mobile subsidiary has bitter debut on Tokyo market
TOKYO - SoftBank Group Corp.’s Japanese mobile subsidiary suffered a bitter debut Wednesday on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, slumping 15 per cent, hurt by a recent service outage and concerns about ...
Dec 18, 2018
Uber approved to resume autonomous car tests in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH - The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has approved Uber’s request to resume testing of autonomous vehicles on public roads in the Pittsburgh area. The approval, effective Mo...
Dec 18, 2018
CBS gives no indication it will release Moonves findings
NEW YORK - CBS offered no indication Tuesday that it would publicly release the findings of the report that led the network to deny a $120 million exit package to Leslie Moonves, the chief executive w...
Dec 18, 2018
Miss America may be leaving Atlantic City ... again
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Miss America may be leaving Atlantic City again. The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News and the Press of Atlantic City report the Miss America Organization is looking for citie...
Dec 18, 2018
Some advertisers leave Carlson show after immigrant comments
ATLANTA - Some advertisers say they are leaving conservative host Tucker Carlson’s show following his remarks that immigrants could make the U.S. “poorer and dirtier.” It’s the...
Dec 18, 2018
Belgian premier nixes early polls, then submits resignation
BRUSSELS - Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel submitted his resignation Tuesday amid pressure on his government after the biggest party in his coalition quit over his support for a United Nations c...
Dec 18, 2018
US pledges $10.6B aid for Central America, southern Mexico
MEXICO CITY - The United States pledged $5.8 billion in aid and investment Tuesday for strengthening government and economic development in Central America, and another $4.8 billion in development aid...
Dec 18, 2018
Removal of disputed Los Angeles school mural put on hold
LOS ANGELES - Amid growing objections, the Los Angeles Unified School District has paused plans to paint over a campus mural of actress Ava Gardner that Koreatown activists contend resembles the Japan...
Dec 18, 2018
Sandra Bullock's Oscars host solution: Call on random actors
NEW YORK - Sandra Bullock has an impromptu idea for how to solve the Oscars host problem, and it involves a lot of improvisation. The Oscar-winning actress told The Associated Press Monday at a screen...
Dec 18, 2018
Olivia Newton-John memoir coming out in US in 2019
NEW YORK - Olivia Newton-John’s autobiography, released last fall in her longtime home Australia, comes out in the U.S. in 2019. Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, announced Tues...
Dec 18, 2018