Category Archives: World
UK's May replaces defence chief as harassment scandal widens
LONDON - The resignation of Britain’s defence secretary amid a growing sexual harassment scandal is a sign the U.K.’s corridors of power are not always a comfortable place for women. As al...
Nov 02, 2017
Sons, architects, tourists: A shared fate on the bike path
Three decades had passed since their 1987 graduation from a technology high school in Argentina, but they had kept close through marriages, trips, jobs - mostly as architects - and children. Some had ...
Nov 02, 2017
Protocol in Asia? Trump to use 'whatever language he wants'
WASHINGTON - When in Asia, make sure handshakes aren’t too long - or short. Don’t bobble names or titles. Stifle the critical tweets. Don’t question the food. These points of etiquet...
Nov 02, 2017
Trump's tweets seen as unlikely to slow New York terror case
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump’s tweets calling for the death penalty for the man charged in the New York truck rampage could give defence attorneys grounds to argue that Trump has poisoned t...
Nov 02, 2017
Suspect walked off job hours before Colorado Walmart attack
THORNTON, Colo. - A man accused of opening fire inside a suburban Denver Walmart, killing three people, abruptly walked away from his roofing company job hours before the attack, his former boss said ...
Nov 02, 2017
The AP: Trump to announce Jerome Powell as next Fed chairman
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has selected Federal Reserve board member Jerome Powell as the next chairman of the nation’s central bank, succeeding Janet Yellen, two senior administration ...
Nov 02, 2017
Russia hackers had targets worldwide, beyond US election
WASHINGTON - The hackers didn’t just go after Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. They tried to break into the private email of the sitting U.S. secretary of state, attempted to steal...
Nov 01, 2017
Russia hackers had targets worldwide, beyond US election
WASHINGTON - The hackers who disrupted the U.S. presidential election had ambitions well beyond Hillary Clinton’s campaign, targeting the emails of Ukrainian officers, Russian opposition figures...
Nov 01, 2017
Suu Kyi visits Myanmar region torn by Rohingya conflict
YANGON, Myanmar - Aung San Suu Kyi made her first visit as Myanmar’s leader Thursday to the conflict-torn region where more than half a million Rohingya Muslims have fled state-led violence that...
Nov 01, 2017
Lawmakers release Russia-linked Facebook ads
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers on Wednesday released a trove of Facebook ads linked to a Russian effort to disrupt the American political process and whip up tensions around divisive social issues. The ads, d...
Nov 01, 2017