Category Archives: World

DENVER - A Colorado clash between gay rights and religion started as an angry Facebook posting about a wedding cake but now has big implications for anti-discrimination laws in 22 states. Baker Jack P...

JERUSALEM - Two high-profile groups of Jewish leaders on Monday cancelled meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to protest his government’s decision to scrap plans for a mixed-gender p...

MINNEAPOLIS - The mother of Philando Castile, a black motorist killed by a Minnesota police officer last July, has reached a nearly $3 million settlement with the city that employed the officer, avoid...

GUATAPE, Colombia - Scuba divers on Monday continued their search for bodies from a submerged boat in Colombia as authorities turned their attention to what led the tourist ferry to sink with more tha...

WASHINGTON - Demand for long-lasting U.S. factory goods fell by the most in 18 months, and a key category that tracks business investment also slipped, evidence that manufacturing output is barely gro...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is not known for plunging into the details of complex policy issues, and health care is no exception. Since his campaign days, Trump has addressed health care in br...

IRBIL, Iraq - Islamic State fighters launched a string of counterattacks in a western Mosul neighbourhood that had recently been declared free of the militant group, setting off clashes that continued...

ATHENS, Greece - With a heat wave expected later this week, Greece’s government on Monday failed to persuade striking garbage collectors to return to work after a 10-day protest left huge piles ...

ATHENS, Greece - With a heat wave expected later this week, Greece’s government Monday urging striking garbage collectors to return to work after a 10-day protest has left huge piles of trash ar...

JOHANNESBURG - A rhino breeder in South Africa is planning an online auction of rhino horn, capitalizing on a court ruling that opened the way to domestic trade despite an international ban that was i...