Category Archives: World
What does North Korea really want? Its playbook offers clues
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Threatening to fire a volley of missiles toward a major U.S. military hub - and the home to 160,000 American civilians - may seem like a pretty bad move for a country that ...
Aug 11, 2017
Investigator in Trump tax return case is taken into custody
BATON ROUGE, La. - A Louisiana private investigator accused of trying to illegally obtain Donald Trump’s tax returns before last year’s U.S. presidential election has been arrested for vio...
Aug 11, 2017
Cleveland Clinic won't move Mar-a-Lago event despite protest
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A leading U.S. hospital has decided it won’t move its annual fundraiser away from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort despite pressure from health professionals and others ov...
Aug 11, 2017
US consumer prices up slight 0.1 per cent in July
WASHINGTON - Consumer prices posted a slight gain in July, with higher costs for medical care and clothing offsetting declines for hotel stays and consumer cellphone plans. The Labor Department said F...
Aug 11, 2017
Senate GOP rallies behind McConnell in feud with Trump
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans on Friday rallied in support of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, pushing back against the onslaught of criticism from President Donald Trump. Republicans took to Twitte...
Aug 11, 2017
German court convicts 3 smugglers over deaths of 13 migrants
BERLIN - A court in southern Germany has convicted three Syrian men over the drowning deaths of 13 migrants off the coast of Greece in September 2015. Prosecutors accused the men of “professiona...
Aug 11, 2017
Official says 3 dead in bomb in northwest Pakistan
KARACHI, Pakistan - Gunmen riding on a motorcycle opened fire on a vehicle carrying a senior police officer in southern Pakistan on Friday, killing him and his guard before fleeing, while just hours l...
Aug 11, 2017
China protests US ship sailing by island in South China Sea
BEIJING - China expressed its “strong dissatisfaction” with the U.S. over the Navy’s latest freedom of navigation operation in which a warship sailed past one of China’s man-ma...
Aug 11, 2017
Spain: Barcelona airport security staff resume strikes
MADRID - Security workers checking carry-on luggage at Barcelona’s airport have resumed partial strikes that threaten more queuing chaos for passengers at one of Europe’s busiest airports....
Aug 11, 2017
EU: 17 nations get tainted eggs, products in growing scandal
BRUSSELS - EU officials say 15 European Union members plus China and Switzerland have reported receiving contaminated eggs or egg products in a growing food scandal. Several producers in the Netherlan...
Aug 11, 2017
