Category Archives: World
Sessions hopes anti-gang effort will mend fences with Trump
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Attorney General Jeff Sessions is eager to use his aggressive work against the MS-13 street gang to help mend his tattered relationship with President Donald Trump. “...
Jul 28, 2017
Scaramucci tirades ignite smouldering White House tensions
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s new communications director exploded the smouldering tensions at the White House into a full-fledged conflagration Thursday, angrily daring Trump’s ch...
Jul 28, 2017
Priebus takes his turn on the Trump administration hot seat
WASHINGTON - White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus may have little left of his job but his title. In the swirl of Shakespearean intrigue that surrounds Donald Trump’s White House, Priebus...
Jul 28, 2017
Pentagon, border wall covered in $788B House spending bill
WASHINGTON - The House has passed a $788 billion spending bill that combines a $1.6 billion down payment for President Donald Trump’s controversial border wall with Mexico with a whopping budget...
Jul 28, 2017
Japan defence minister quits over peacekeepers' coverup
TOKYO - Japan’s defence minister resigned Friday, saying she accepted the responsibility for a coverup in which her ministry concealed records of Japanese U.N. peacekeepers’ activities and...
Jul 28, 2017
Official says government recaptures western district
KABUL - A government official says Afghan security forces have driven Taliban fighters from Taywara District in western Ghor province. Abdul Hai Khateby, provincial governor spokesman, says fighting r...
Jul 28, 2017
Migrant boat sinks off Turkey, at least 7 dead
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey’s state-run news agency says a boat carrying migrants to a Greek island has sunk, killing five children and two adults on board. Anadolu Agency says the boat sank off the...
Jul 28, 2017
Marine dog with cancer gets tear-filled farewell
MUSKEGON, Mich. - Hundreds of people in Michigan came together to say a tear-filled final goodbye to a cancer-stricken dog who served three tours in Afghanistan with the U.S. Marines. Cena the 10-year...
Jul 28, 2017
In cold blow to US, Japan ups tariffs on frozen beef imports
TOKYO - In unwelcome news for American farmers, Japan said Friday that it was imposing emergency tariffs of 50 per cent on imports of frozen beef, mainly from the U.S. Finance Minister Taro Aso announ...
Jul 28, 2017
Man charged in deadly warehouse fire denied minimal bail
OAKLAND, Calif. - A judge on Friday refused to free from jail on minimal bail one of two men charged with involuntary manslaughter for an Oakland warehouse fire that killed 36 people. Alameda County J...
Jul 28, 2017
