Category Archives: World
Trump tells Baltic leaders that US is 'very tough on Russia'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump made the case to the leaders of the Baltic nations Tuesday that the U.S. was “very tough on Russia,” pointing to U.S. support for increased defence spen...
Apr 04, 2018
Mexico starts giving caravan migrants transit visas
MATIAS ROMERO, Mexico - The Mexican government began handing out transit or humanitarian visas to people in a caravan of Central American migrants, and said the procession of 1,000 or so migrants that...
Apr 04, 2018
Far-right, even racist views go mainstream in Central Europe
ZAGREB, Croatia - The Croatian president thanks Argentina for taking in notorious pro-Nazi war criminals after World War II. In Bulgaria, a top politician calls the country’s Roma minority ̶...
Apr 04, 2018
Trump expresses confidence in EPA chief as questions linger
WASHINGTON - White House officials sounded increasingly doubtful Thursday about the future of embattled Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, even as President Donald Trump appeared to t...
Apr 04, 2018
TV's 'Wonder Woman,' Lynda Carter added to Walk of Fame
LOS ANGELES - TV’s “Wonder Woman” has a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. Actress Lynda Carter received the honour Tuesday. The 65-year-old said the television series gave birt...
Apr 04, 2018
China-US tariff spat: Mostly losers, but some winners too
BEIJING - China’s threat to raise tariffs on U.S. exports could be a disaster for American soybean farmers but a boon to their Brazilian and Argentine competitors, European aerospace companies a...
Apr 04, 2018
Cosby jury filled as defence alleges discrimination
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - A jury of seven men and five women - 10 of them white, two of them black - was seated Wednesday to decide Bill Cosby’s fate in the biggest celebrity trial of the #MeToo era, af...
Apr 04, 2018
Youth baseball league raffling off AR-15, other guns
CANTON, Ohio - An Ohio youth baseball league is raffling off an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and other guns for a fundraiser to reduce registration fees. The East Canton Youth Baseball Association also ...
Apr 03, 2018
Upper Midwest buffeted by heavy spring snowstorm
MINNEAPOLIS - A storm expected to dump 10 inches of snow Tuesday in central Wisconsin and southern Minnesota was making April feel more like January. Unrelenting snowfall was expected all day, making ...
Apr 03, 2018
China vows 'same strength' measure against US tariffs
BEIJING - China on Wednesday vowed to impose measures of the “same strength” in response to a proposed U.S. tariff hike on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods in a spiraling technology disp...
Apr 03, 2018