Category Archives: World
Congressional hearings have a high-stakes history
WASHINGTON - This city knows how to do big hearings - even Titanic ones. Dramatic congressional hearings are something of a Washington art form, a rite of democracy carefully crafted for the cameras. ...
Jun 08, 2017
Trump punches back, accuses Comey of lying to Congress
WASHINGTON - Punching back a day after his fired FBI director’s damaging testimony, President Donald Trump on Friday accused James Comey of lying to Congress and said he was “100 per cent&...
Jun 08, 2017
Comey and Trump: 2 alpha males face off over dinner
WASHINGTON - The setting: the Green Room, dinner for two. No witnesses but the Navy stewards shuttling in and out with food and drinks. The president demands loyalty. The FBI director offers honesty. ...
Jun 08, 2017
The Latest: ECB president sees inflation still subdued
FRANKFURT - The Latest on the European Central Bank’s monetary policy meeting (all times local): 2:45 p.m. European Central Bank head Mario Draghi says inflation indicators “have yet to sh...
Jun 08, 2017
European Central Bank keeps stimulus program, interest rates unchanged despite higher economic growth
FRANKFURT - European Central Bank keeps stimulus program, interest rates unchanged despite higher economic growth. The Associated Press
Jun 08, 2017
45 killed as bus in Zimbabwe loses control, crashes: police
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Police in Zimbabwe say a bus travelling to Zambia has crashed, killing 45 people. Police spokeswoman Charity Charamba said Thursday that the bus crashed on Wednesday night about 156...
Jun 08, 2017
US war veteran now fighting to save Africa's elephants
NAIROBI, Kenya - A decorated U.S. war veteran with two decades’ experience in military intelligence, Lt. Col. Faye Cuevas spent half her career providing intelligence support to U.S. counter-ins...
Jun 08, 2017
Supermarket massacre shooter left chilling online trail
A man who police say trapped and killed three co-workers inside a closed northeast Pennsylvania grocery store overnight Thursday left an online trail behind that includes praise for the 1999 Columbine...
Jun 08, 2017
No bond for woman accused of leaking top-secret documents
AUGUSTA, Ga. - A federal judge ordered a young woman charged with leaking classified U.S. documents to remain jailed until her trial after prosecutors argued she might possess more stolen government s...
Jun 08, 2017
Trump suggests Iran shares some blame for extremist attacks
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is suggesting that Iran shares some blame for twin attacks by extremists on its parliament and a shrine, and insisting that sponsors of terrorism “risk fallin...
Jun 08, 2017