Category Archives: World
US officials: China poses serious national security threat
WASHINGTON - Cyber threats from China and its theft of intellectual property from American companies pose large economic and national security challenges for the United States, national security offic...
Dec 12, 2018
Congress approves $400 billion for farmers, forests, poor
WASHINGTON - After months of debate and negotiation, Congress voted final approval Wednesday to a massive farm bill that will provide more than $400 billion for agriculture subsidies, conservation pro...
Dec 12, 2018
Canada says entrepreneur feared detained in China
TORONTO - A second Canadian man is feared detained in China in what appears to be retaliation for Canada’s arrest of a top executive of telecommunications giant Huawei. The possible arrest raise...
Dec 12, 2018
Governor: Norfolk Southern moving headquarters to Atlanta
ATLANTA - Railroad company Norfolk Southern Corp. is moving its headquarters from Norfolk, Virginia, to Atlanta, bringing with it 850 jobs and more than $500 million in economic investment, Georgia Go...
Dec 12, 2018
Actor, director Ron Howard visits Oklahoma birthplace
DUNCAN, Okla. - Oscar-winning director and actor Ron Howard returned to his home state of Oklahoma and the now-closed hospital where he was born. Howard’s Instagram site this week featured a pho...
Dec 12, 2018
Argentine actor in anti-sex abuse video accused of rape
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - An Argentine television actor who participated in a video asking women to denounce sexual assaults is himself being accused of rape. Actress Thelma Fardin accused Juan Darthe...
Dec 12, 2018
UK Prime Minister Theresa May wins party no-confidence vote, but troubles remain
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May survived a brush with political mortality Wednesday, winning a no-confidence vote by Conservative lawmakers that would have ended her leadership of party an...
Dec 12, 2018
Schilling criticizes Ocasio-Cortez, provoking Cicilline
BOSTON - Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has gone after Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter, drawing the ire of U.S. Rep. David Cicilline. The Boston Globe reports 29-year-old Ocasio-...
Dec 12, 2018
Toyota recalls 70,000 vehicles to replace air bag inflators
DETROIT - Toyota is recalling about 70,000 Toyota and Lexus brand vehicles in North America to replace air bag inflators that could explode and hurl shrapnel at drivers and passengers. The recall cove...
Dec 12, 2018
AP Interview: Jones says farmers scared by Trump's tariffs
WASHINGTON - Sen. Doug Jones said Alabama’s soybean farmers and automobile manufacturers are “scared to death” over President Donald Trump’s tariff wars, but he cautioned Democ...
Dec 12, 2018