Category Archives: World
US: Won't pay over 25 per cent of UN peacekeeping anymore
The United States will no longer shoulder more than a quarter of the multibillion-dollar costs of the United Nations’ peacekeeping operations, Washington’s envoy said Wednesday. “Pea...
Mar 28, 2018
Judge reopens fact-finding in St. Louis police shooting suit
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A federal judge reopened fact-finding in a wrongful-death civil lawsuit over a former St. Louis police officer’s fatal shooting of a black man. Attorney Al Watkins, who rep...
Mar 28, 2018
Emails: Conservatives slammed Pence in 2015 for changing law
INDIANAPOLIS - Then-Indiana Gov. Mike Pence faced a firestorm of criticism three years ago after signing a “religious freedom” law critics decried as anti-gay. Now emails released this wee...
Mar 28, 2018
Justice watchdog probes charges of FBI abuse in Russia case
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department’s internal watchdog said Wednesday it will examine Republican complaints of FBI misconduct in the early stages of the Russia investigation. Inspector General ...
Mar 28, 2018
Iowa reviewing judge who allowed ghost-written orders
DES MOINES, Iowa - An Iowa court official on Wednesday ordered an independent investigation into a retired state judge who admitted that he allowed attorneys on the winning side to ghost-write opinion...
Mar 28, 2018
Bill Cosby judge won't step aside as lawyers target accuser
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - The judge in Bill Cosby’s retrial rejected demands from the comedian’s defence lawyers to step aside during a Thursday hearing in which they made clear they plan to attac...
Mar 28, 2018
White House claims win in Korea trade deal, faces skepticism
WASHINGTON - The White House on Wednesday hailed a revamped trade agreement with South Korea as a vindication of President Donald Trump’s hard-nosed approach to international trade. “It...
Mar 28, 2018
Haitian journalists demand answers after colleague vanishes
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Hundreds of journalists wearing white shirts marched through Haiti’s capital Wednesday to demand an investigation into why a freelance photographer vanished two weeks ear...
Mar 28, 2018
Body found in shallow California grave ID'd as missing model
LOS ANGELES - A body found in a shallow grave in Northern California was identified Wednesday as an aspiring model and actress from Macedonia who had been missing from Los Angeles for more than a mont...
Mar 28, 2018
The doctor is in: White House physician nominated to lead VA
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump fired Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin and nominated White House doctor Ronny Jackson to replace him following a bruising ethics scandal and a mounting rebe...
Mar 28, 2018