Category Archives: World
Brazil future unclear amid opposing ideologies of ministers
RIO DE JANEIRO - With his inauguration just weeks away, Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro is assembling a Cabinet of ministers with starkly different views on key issues like climate change, th...
Dec 07, 2018
Japan OKs divisive bill allowing more foreign workers
TOKYO - Japanese lawmakers early Saturday approved government-proposed legislation allowing hundreds of thousands of foreign labourers to live and work in a country that has long resisted accepting ou...
Dec 07, 2018
China prepares mission to land spacecraft on moon's far side
BEIJING - China was preparing to launch a ground-breaking mission early Saturday to soft-land a spacecraft on the largely unexplored far side of the moon, demonstrating its growing ambitions as a spac...
Dec 07, 2018
61st annual Grammy Awards nominations to be announced Friday
NEW YORK - Nominations for the 61st annual Grammy Awards will be announced Friday morning. The Recording Academy delayed unveiling the nominees by two days because former President George H.W. Bush...
Dec 07, 2018
Dow's recovery helps shore up markets around the world
LONDON - Shares rebounded in Europe and Asia on Friday as worries over U.S.-China trade friction were calmed by conciliatory comments from Beijing. Attention was turning toward upcoming U.S. jobs data...
Dec 06, 2018
Afghan official: Taliban kill 14 troops in western province
KABUL - The Taliban staged a co-ordinated attack overnight on two Afghan army outposts in western Herat province, killing 14 Afghan soldiers and taking 21 captive, a provincial official said Friday, t...
Dec 06, 2018
Kevin Hart quits as Oscars host over his anti-gay tweets
NEW YORK - Just two days after being named host of the Academy Awards, Kevin Hart stepped down following an outcry over past homophobic tweets by the comedian. Capping a swift and dramatic fallout, Ha...
Dec 06, 2018
After a year full of tears, Ariana Grande comes out on top
NEW YORK - Ariana Grande capped off a successful year as a pop star - but a trying one as a maturing young woman - at the 13th annual Billboard Women in Music event, where she was named Woman of the Y...
Dec 06, 2018
All clear after bomb threat forces evacuation of CNN offices
NEW YORK - Police have given the all-clear after a phoned in bomb threat forced the evacuation of CNN’s offices in New York. Police said a man with a southern accent called CNN just after 10 p.m...
Dec 06, 2018
Feds won't pursue third trial against Border Patrol agent
PHOENIX - Federal prosecutors on Thursday said they will not seek a third trial for a Border Patrol agent who has been acquitted twice after fatally shooting a Mexican teenager across a border fence. ...
Dec 06, 2018