Category Archives: World

Kremlin: Trump invited Putin to White House, but no date set
MOSCOW - An aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump invited the Russian leader to the White House when they spoke by telephone last month, but the two cou...
Apr 02, 2018

Asian stocks fall on US-China trade tensions, yen rises
BEIJING - Asian stocks fell for a second day Tuesday amid jitters about U.S.-Chinese trade tensions and mounting public scrutiny of technology companies. Markets in China, Japan, Australia and South K...
Apr 02, 2018
Trump lawyers launch appeal in 'Apprentice' contestant suit
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump’s lawyers are asking a New York state appeals court to throw out or freeze a defamation lawsuit by a former contestant on “The Apprentice” who has a...
Apr 02, 2018

S Africa to give state burial to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
JOHANNESBURG - Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, an anti-apartheid activist in her own right whose reputation was sullied by scandal, has died. She was 81. Madikizela-Mandela w...
Apr 02, 2018

Deadspin video illustrates Sinclair stations' messaging
NEW YORK - A video with dozens of news anchors reading a script about “fake stories” put in stark visual terms what for weeks had largely been an academic debate about media consolidation ...
Apr 02, 2018
NewsAlert: South African state broadcaster says Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has died
Anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has died, South African state broadcaster says. More coming. !i?? The Canadian Press
Apr 02, 2018

Texas man who invoked 'affluenza' defence released from jail
FORT WORTH, Texas - Ethan Couch, who as a 16-year-old driver drunkenly struck and killed four pedestrians but dodged prison after suggesting at trial that his irresponsibility was a result of his enti...
Apr 02, 2018
Gunmen kill 9 in separate attacks in Pakistan's Quetta
QUETTA, Pakistan - Gunmen riding on motorcycles carried out two separate attacks in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Monday, killing five Muslims in one shooting and four members of a Christian family ...
Apr 02, 2018

Egypt's president wins re-election with 97 per cent of vote
CAIRO - Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has won a second, four-year term in office, with more than 97 per cent of the vote in last week’s election, according to official results announc...
Apr 02, 2018
China raises tariffs on US pork, fruit in trade dispute
BEIJING - China raised import duties on a $3 billion list of U.S. pork, apples and other products Monday in an escalating dispute with Washington over trade and industrial policy. The government of Pr...
Apr 02, 2018