Category Archives: World
Federal Reserve tells Congress further rate hikes on the way
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve said Friday it expects the U.S. economy will strengthen and warrant further gradual increases in its key interest rate. That rate forecast was included in the Fed̵...
Jul 07, 2017
Have Trump and Putin met before? It depends when you asked
WASHINGTON - Had Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin ever met before Friday’s highly anticipated encounter on the sidelines of an international summit in Germany? Both men now say the ans...
Jul 07, 2017
UK police make new arrest over Manchester concert bombing
LONDON - British police say they have arrested a 19-year-old man over the Manchester concert bombing, as the hunt continues for accomplices of attacker Salman Abedi. The Greater Manchester Police forc...
Jul 07, 2017
Newark riots recall an era echoed by Black Lives Matter
NEWARK, N.J. - The rumour spread quickly: A man had been beaten to death by police. For blacks - frustrated by high unemployment, inadequate schools, substandard housing - yet another abuse by police ...
Jul 07, 2017
Moms killing kids not rare, but certain cases get attention
ATLANTA - Psychologists and others who study cases of mothers accused of killing their children say such crimes aren’t as uncommon as people might believe. Reliable statistics are difficult to c...
Jul 07, 2017
AP FACT CHECK: US prosperity through the lens of Trump
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump described to Poles an America that does not exist - one where everyone is getting richer except himself. Despite his claims at an energy meeting with European leade...
Jul 07, 2017
Hospital suspends cancer drug use on China's Nobel laureate
BEIJING - A Chinese medical team charged with treating imprisoned Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo has stopped using cancer-fighting drugs so as not to overwhelm his severely weakened liver, raising co...
Jul 07, 2017
Over 120 nations adopt first treaty banning nuclear weapons
More than 120 countries approved the first-ever treaty to ban nuclear weapons Friday at a U.N. meeting boycotted by all nuclear-armed nations. To loud applause, Elayne Whyte Gomez, president of the U....
Jul 07, 2017
South Korea's president seeks talks with North's Kim Jong Un
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea’s president reiterated he’s willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un even as he condemned the North’s first intercontinental ballistic ...
Jul 07, 2017
Tesla to build giant battery in Australia amid energy crisis
SYDNEY, Australia - Tesla announced on Friday it will build the world’s largest lithium-ion battery in southern Australia, part of a bid to solve an energy crisis that has led to ongoing blackou...
Jul 07, 2017
