Category Archives: World
Attorney: Rapper 6ix9ine innocent of racketeering charges
NEW YORK - The defence attorney for Brooklyn rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine says his client is “completely innocent” of federal racketeering and firearms charges. The rapper, whose legal name is D...
Nov 21, 2018
Children end effort to contest Glen Campbell's wills
NASHVILLE - Three of country singer Glen Campbell’s children have dropped their fight to contest the validity of two wills that exclude them from any inheritance. The Tennessean reported the sib...
Nov 21, 2018
European privacy search engines aim to challenge Google
LONDON - In the battle for online privacy, U.S. search giant Google is a Goliath facing a handful of European Davids. The backlash over Big Tech’s collection of personal data offers new hope to ...
Nov 21, 2018
EU calls for sanctions against Italy over budget
BRUSSELS - The European Commission warned Italy on Wednesday that its budget plans are in serious breach of the rules underpinning the euro single currency and said that the country should face sancti...
Nov 21, 2018
Trump grants poultry pardons to turkeys Peas and Carrots
WASHINGTON - In an annual Thanksgiving tradition, President Donald Trump used the power of his office Tuesday to save a pair of meaty turkeys from the holiday table. But Trump jokingly warned a 39-pou...
Nov 21, 2018
US durable goods orders fall 4.4 per cent in October
WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods fell by the largest amount in 15 months with a key category that tracks business investment showing weakness for the third conse...
Nov 21, 2018
British PM hails Brexit progress, but still no breakthrough
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May said Wednesday that she has made fresh progress in Brexit talks at a meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, as negotiators try to p...
Nov 21, 2018
China's model village of ethnic unity shows cracks in facade
HOTAN UNITY NEW VILLAGE, China - In this corner of China’s far west, rows of identical white concrete houses with red metal roofs rise abruptly above the sand dunes of the harsh Taklamakan Deser...
Nov 21, 2018
Trump team turns over written answers to Mueller's questions
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has provided the special counsel with written answers to questions about his knowledge of Russian interference in the 2016 election, his lawyers said Tuesday, avoid...
Nov 21, 2018
Bill could shield utilities from California wildfire costs
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California’s Legislature will be asked to protect utilities from possible bankruptcy by shielding them from billions of dollars in liability linked to this year’s dead...
Nov 21, 2018