Category Archives: World
Cambodian PM to expel NGO over TV program on sex workers
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodia’s prime minister on Tuesday ordered the ouster of an American-led Christian organization that seeks to rescue and rehabilitate women working in the sex trade, say...
Aug 01, 2017
House conservative calls for special counsel's resignation
WASHINGTON - A conservative House Republican is calling on special counsel Robert Mueller to resign. He is citing what he says is a conflict of interest because of Mueller’s “close friends...
Aug 01, 2017
Xi says China will never permit loss of 'any piece' of land
BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a tough line on national sovereignty Tuesday amid multiple territorial disputes with his country’s neighbours, saying China will never permit the lo...
Aug 01, 2017
Nearly 500 suspects stand trial over Turkey's failed coup
ANKARA, Turkey - Nearly 500 suspects, including generals and military pilots, went on trial Tuesday in Turkey accused of leading last year’s failed coup attempt and carrying out attacks from an ...
Aug 01, 2017
Tropical Depression Emily heads away from Southeast coast
MIAMI - Tropical Depression Emily is now moving farther away from the Southeast coast, a day after drenching parts of Florida with rain. The National Hurricane Center said Tuesday afternoon that Emily...
Aug 01, 2017
Typhoon weakens but could still threaten Japan
TOKYO - A typhoon that briefly strengthened into the Northern Hemisphere’s strongest storm of the year has lost much of its punch but could still hit Japan by this weekend. Typhoon Noru was pack...
Aug 01, 2017
Shahid Abbasi elected as Pakistan's prime minister
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s lower house of parliament on Tuesday elected veteran lawmaker Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as the country’s new prime minister, a loyalist of outgoing Nawaz Sharif, who was ...
Aug 01, 2017
US consumer spending and income growth both weak in June
WASHINGTON - Consumer spending slowed in June as income growth turned in the weakest performance in seven months. Spending edged up a tiny 0.1 per cent compared to a 0.2 per cent rise in May, the Comm...
Aug 01, 2017
Former Thai PM says she's innocent, asks for 'kindness'
BANGKOK - Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra declared her innocence and asked for “kindness” from a court Tuesday during her final statement in a criminal negligence trial that...
Aug 01, 2017
Brazil's president faces congressional vote on his future
SAO PAULO - For Brazilian leaders, August is the cruelest month - and one that now presents a potentially fatal challenge to the presidency of Michel Temer. In modern times, August has been a devastat...
Aug 01, 2017