Category Archives: World
China, US reach agreement on beef, poultry and natural gas
WASHINGTON - China will finally open its borders to U.S. beef while cooked Chinese poultry is closer to hitting the American market as part of a U.S.-China trade agreement. Trump administration offici...
May 12, 2017
Erdogan hopeful for breakthrough in dispute on arming Kurds
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed hope on Friday that his upcoming visit to Washington will constitute a new “milestone” for the troubled relations between ...
May 12, 2017
Greek court jails 2 Swedish men over IS membership
THESSALONIKI, Greece - A Greek court has convicted two Swedish nationals of belonging to the Islamic State group, and sentenced them to 15 years imprisonment. The men’s lawyer says they were als...
May 12, 2017
Malaysia deports 3 Turks believed to be in militant group
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian police said Friday they have deported three Turkish men suspected of links to U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, accused of being behind a failed coup attempt in Tur...
May 12, 2017
Egypt's Islamic State affiliate claims deadly Sinai attack
CAIRO - The Islamic State group in Egypt has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on local tribesmen this week in the restive northern part of the Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian officials had said ea...
May 12, 2017
No charges for white Nashville officer in black man's death
NASHVILLE - A white Nashville police officer won’t face charges for shooting and killing an armed black man after a traffic stop in February, a district attorney said. At a news conference Thurs...
May 12, 2017
France's new president proving a keeper of secrets
PARIS - Not yet in power, France’s new president is already showing that he has one of the necessary skills for the job: the ability to keep secrets. Even some of Emmanuel Macron’s most tr...
May 12, 2017
Dutch court rules 12-year-old boy can refuse chemotherapy
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A judge in the Netherlands has ruled that a 12-year-old boy does not have to undergo chemotherapy if he does not want it. The ruling Friday came after the boy’s father a...
May 12, 2017
Removal of Confederate statues stirs varied reactions
NEW ORLEANS - The statue of the Confederacy’s president had been hoisted from its stone pedestal in the pre-dawn hours and the blue glint of police lights was still visible two blocks away outsi...
May 12, 2017
Consumer prices rebounded 0.2 per cent in April
WASHINGTON - Consumer prices rebounded moderately in April as energy prices climbed back up after a sharp decline in March. The Labor Department says consumer prices rose 0.2 per cent after a 0.3 per ...
May 12, 2017