Category Archives: World
US wholesale prices up 0.3 per cent in March
WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale prices increased 0.3 per cent in March, driven higher by the largest increase in food costs in nearly four years. The Labor Department said Tuesday that the March gain in t...
Apr 10, 2018
TV host resigns after threatening school shooting survivor
ST. LOUIS - A conservative commentator who sent a tweet saying he would use “a hot poker” to sexually assault an outspoken 17-year-old survivor of the Florida high school shooting has resi...
Apr 10, 2018
Trump and allies mull possible joint response in Syria
WASHINGTON - Trump administration officials consulted with global allies Tuesday on a possible joint military response to Syria’s alleged poison gas attack, as President Donald Trump cancelled a...
Apr 10, 2018
Syria braces for possible US attack, calls it 'reckless'
BEIRUT - With a mix of fear and defiance, Syrians braced on Wednesday for a possible U.S. attack in retaliation to an alleged chemical assault that killed dozens over the weekend. Some stocked up on f...
Apr 10, 2018
Hardly 'friends': Zuckerberg fends off senators on privacy
WASHINGTON - Under fire for the worst privacy debacle in his company’s history, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg batted away often-aggressive questioning Tuesday from lawmakers who accused him of fa...
Apr 10, 2018
Trump's company asked Panama president to help in hotel spat
PANAMA CITY - President Donald Trump’s company appealed directly to Panama’s president to intervene in its fight over control of a luxury hotel, even invoking a treaty between the two coun...
Apr 10, 2018
Duckworth has baby; 1st US senator to give birth in office
CHICAGO - Sen. Tammy Duckworth has given birth to a baby girl, making her the first U.S. senator to give birth while in office. The Illinois Democrat announced she delivered her second daughter, Maile...
Apr 10, 2018
No big deal: Melania Trump comforts student at event
WASHINGTON - Melania Trump says spilled water - even on-camera in a famous house - is no big deal. It happened Monday in the Blue Room of the White House, which had been set up like a classroom. Mrs. ...
Apr 10, 2018
At the EEOC, harassment cases can languish for years
WASHINGTON - The federal agency handling workplace harassment complaints has become a crowded waystation in an overwhelmed bureaucracy, with wait times often stretching years. And as the Equal Employm...
Apr 10, 2018
Hungary's Viktor Orban to make 'significant changes' in govt
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Newly re-elected Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Tuesday that “significant changes” will be made in his next government. “We will not continue governin...
Apr 10, 2018