Category Archives: World
Arnold Schwarzenegger: 'I'm good' but 'not great yet'
LOS ANGELES - Arnold Schwarzenegger says he’s good, but not great, following heart surgery. The 70-year-old “Terminator” actor and former California governor on Thursday released a s...
Apr 13, 2018
AP sources: US, Emirates near deal to solve air subsidy spat
WASHINGTON - The United States and the United Arab Emirates are nearing a deal to resolve a years-old spat over alleged government subsidies to Emirati airlines that the major U.S. airlines claim have...
Apr 12, 2018
China's March trade weakens, surplus with US at $15.4B
BEIJING - China’s global trade balance swung to a rare deficit in March as exports shrank but its surplus with the United States, the centre of a worsening dispute with Washington, stood at $15....
Apr 12, 2018
Women in the World Summit: Weinstein accusers speak out
NEW YORK - An Italian actress who was one of the first women to speak out against disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein said Thursday that the #MeToo movement is “the most important thing...
Apr 12, 2018
Muslim activist from Australia denied entry into US
MINNEAPOLIS - A Muslim activist from Australia has been denied entry into the U.S., where she was scheduled to speak at a literary festival. Yassmin Abdel-Magied tweeted that she was turned away at th...
Apr 12, 2018
Backpage.com, CEO plead guilty to state, US charges
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The chief executive of a website that authorities have dubbed a lucrative nationwide “online brothel” pleaded guilty Thursday to state and federal charges including co...
Apr 12, 2018
Indiana GOP locked candidate out of database
INDIANAPOLIS - Senate candidate Todd Rokita likely violated ethics laws as Indiana’s secretary of state by repeatedly accessing a Republican donor database from his government office, prompting ...
Apr 12, 2018
Comey compares Trump to mob boss, Trump cries "slime ball"
WASHINGTON - Firing back at a sharply critical book by former FBI director James Comey, President Donald Trump blasted him Friday as an “untruthful slime ball,” saying, “It was my gr...
Apr 12, 2018
Showtime's 'Circus' returns with new co-host Alex Wagner
NEW YORK - A lot has changed since the three hosts of Showtime’s “The Circus” shared duck at Washington’s Momofuku restaurant at the end of the show’s last season. Seemin...
Apr 12, 2018
Heather Locklear pleads not guilty to battery of deputies
VENTURA, Calif. - Heather Locklear has pleaded not guilty to charges she attacked deputies who answered a domestic violence call at her Southern California home. Locklear’s attorney entered the ...
Apr 12, 2018