Category Archives: World
Hilary Duff and boyfriend announce birth of their daughter
LOS ANGELES - Hilary Duff is celebrating the birth of her daughter. The 31-year-old actress and singer and her boyfriend, Matthew Koma, announced the news Monday on Instagram . Banks Violet Bair was b...
Oct 30, 2018
Recording Academy to honour Willie Nelson
NEW YORK - The Recording Academy’s Producers & Engineers Wing will honour Willie Nelson days before the 2019 Grammy Awards. The academy announced Tuesday that Nelson’s career and achie...
Oct 30, 2018
World shares mixed on worries over more US tariffs
SINGAPORE - World markets are mixed after U.S. President Donald Trump said he might impose more tariffs on Chinese goods, though he said he was ready to strike a “great deal” with Beijing ...
Oct 30, 2018
US home price gains weaken for 5th straight month
WASHINGTON - U.S. home price gains slowed for the fifth straight month in August as higher mortgage rates have lowered home sales. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index increased...
Oct 30, 2018
Honda reports rise in profit on cost cuts, healthy sales
TOKYO - Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co. reported a 21 per cent jump in its profit in the last quarter on cost cuts and healthy motorcycle sales. Tokyo-based Honda, which makes the Fit subcompact, O...
Oct 30, 2018
Trump targets citizenship, stokes pre-election migrant fears
WASHINGTON - Thousands of U.S. troops to stop an “invasion” of migrants. Tent cities for asylum seekers. An end for the Constitution’s guarantee of birthright citizenship. With his e...
Oct 30, 2018
Actress accuses Geoffrey Rush of touching her breast
SYDNEY, Australia - The actress at the centre of Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush’s defamation trial told a Sydney court on Tuesday that he deliberately touched the side of her breast in a Shak...
Oct 30, 2018
Actor John Jarratt appears in Sydney court on rape charge
SYDNEY, Australia - Australian actor and director John Jarratt appeared in a Sydney court on Tuesday charged with raping a woman 42 years ago. The 66-year-old actor told the Downing Center Local Court...
Oct 30, 2018
South Sudan rebel leader Machar to return
BARCELONA, Spain - South Sudan armed opposition leader Riek Machar is coming home under the country’s latest peace deal, more than two years after he fled on foot into exile, a spokesman said Tu...
Oct 30, 2018
NYC allocates $1.9 million to Louis Armstrong museum
New York City will allocate $1.9 million to a Queens museum dedicated to jazz legend Louis Armstrong in order to renovate the neighbouring property. Selma Heraldo was a neighbour of Louis and Lucille ...
Oct 29, 2018