Category Archives: World

President Trump goes after a favourite target, Amazon
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump took another shot at Amazon.com Thursday, tweeting that the online retailer pays “little or no taxes” and that it uses the U.S. Postal Service as “t...
Mar 29, 2018

The Brexit economic ledger with 1 year to go
LONDON - Britain is a year away from leaving the European Union, potentially with no post-Brexit agreement with its biggest trading partner. And Thursday marks the half-way point since Prime Minister ...
Mar 29, 2018

More armed security officers in US schools, study finds
WASHINGTON - Armed security officers are becoming more prevalent at America’s schools, according to a federal study released Thursday amid a heated debate over whether teachers and other school ...
Mar 29, 2018
50 days to royal wedding: Time for the personal touches
LONDON - The big decisions have been made: Windsor Castle is the venue, May is the month, the guests have been invited and the wedding dress has likely been chosen. Friday marks 50 days to go until th...
Mar 29, 2018
1 year to Brexit: So much to do, so little time
LONDON - Britain’s exit from the European Union has been likened to putting toothpaste back in the tube. But it’s more like trying to separate the fluoride from the paste: complicated and ...
Mar 29, 2018

Area around Jesus' baptism site being cleared of land mines
Pilgrims seeking serenity during a visit to Jesus’ traditional baptism site may be rattled to discover they are surrounded by thousands of land mines left over from dormant Mideast conflicts. Bu...
Mar 29, 2018
US tech worker helps fellow Venezuelans flee economic mayhem
SAN MATEO, Calif. - At his stand-up desk in a Silicon Valley office complex, Guido Nunez-Mujica’s phone buzzes nonstop as he tries in vain to concentrate on his work. The text messages are from ...
Mar 29, 2018

Q&A: Why Bolton's pick adds to obstacles for US Mideast plan
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territory - The list of obstacles to a long-awaited U.S. plan for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal has grown longer in recent days. Contentious relations between the Trump admin...
Mar 29, 2018
Stormy Daniels' media-savvy lawyer is Trump's newest nemesis
WASHINGTON - Michael Avenatti wants to be clear: He does not bluff. A year ago, the attorney was in the closing days of a jury trial, facing off against a company he had accused of making faulty surgi...
Mar 29, 2018

AP FACT CHECK: Trump officials strain truth on census change
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration isn’t telling the full story on its politically charged decision to ask people about their citizenship in the 2020 census. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huc...
Mar 29, 2018