Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - U.S. factory output edged up a slight 0.1 per cent in March, as strong production gains in motor vehicles and electronics were partially offset by declines in food and textiles. The Feder...

LONDON - Cambridge Analytica’s ex-CEO, Alexander Nix, has refused to testify before the U.K. Parliament’s media committee, citing British authorities’ investigation into his former c...

WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday that rising trade tensions between the United States and China risk undermining a global economy that the IMF believes should otherwise grow...

WASHINGTON - Former FBI Director James Comey says it’s “not OK” or “not normal” for the president to call for private citizens to be jailed. President Donald Trump sugges...

CAIRO - Egypt’s top mufti has issued a fatwa, or a religious decree, saying that buying Facebook “likes” is prohibited under Islam because it’s a form of fraud and deception. G...

WARSAW, Poland - The European Union’s top court ruled on Tuesday that Poland violated environmental laws with its massive felling of trees in one of Europe’s last pristine forests. The rul...

BERLIN - An apparent headless body that prompted a major police operation in southern Germany has turned out to be a doll. Police in Baden-Wuerttemberg state say a passer-by spotted what appeared to b...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Bill Cosby’s lawyers have changed the way they talk about his chief accuser and her relationship with him. At Cosby’s first sexual-assault trial, the defence argued that ...

TOMS RIVER, N.J. - The case against a New Jersey man found with comedian Rosie O’Donnell’s missing daughter three years ago has been dismissed. The Asbury Park Press reports that court rec...

WASHINGTON - Fatal drug overdoses are increasing organ donations, and researchers reported Monday that people who receive those transplants generally fare as well as patients given organs from more tr...