Category Archives: World

NEW YORK - An intimate, heart-wrenching musical about loneliness, teen angst and suicide in the age of hyperconnectivity capped its unlikely journey to Broadway smash by winning top honours at the Ton...

BRUSSELS - The weapons are increasingly ordinary - rented vehicles, nails and canisters, store-bought knives. A series of small-scale attacks has left Europeans trying to balance their desire not to g...

PHILIPPI, W.Va. - Another person has been killed in an explosion at a West Virginia industrial plant where two people were killed last month, authorities said Tuesday. Officials said the explosion Tue...

BRUSSELS - Belgian media report that explosion-like noises have been heard at a Brussels train station; main square evacuated. More to come. The Associated Press

COPENHAGEN - In the sun-soaked setting of Copenhagen’s Nyhavn harbour, there is a striking reminder of the ongoing migrant crisis taking place on Europe’s shores. Chinese dissident artist ...

BOSTON - A Massachusetts Shakespeare company has found itself on the receiving end of some vicious emails from people angry about a production of “Julius Caesar” in which a Donald Trump-li...

SEATTLE - Two Seattle police officers who shot and killed a pregnant woman inside her apartment had been trained to deal with people showing signs of mental illness or other behaviour crises. Official...

WASHINGTON - If Republicans can’t pass a budget, forget about a major overhaul of the nation’s tax code - at least if they want a GOP-only approach with President Donald Trump that would a...

HONG KONG - With its marble-clad lobby, sweeping balcony views and sleek, modern decor, Donny Chan’s apartment building would seem the kind of upscale tower most young Hong Kong professionals as...

PARIS - France’s new president Emmanuel Macron has vowed to quickly implement security, anti-corruption and labour measures he considers as priorities. They are expected to easily pass parliamen...