Category Archives: World
Ivanka Trump defends paid leave plan in Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON - First daughter Ivanka Trump is defending a White House proposal to mandate paid leave for new parents in a letter to the editor published Wednesday in The Wall Street Journal. The paper h...
Jul 05, 2017
MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' sets viewership mark after tweets
NEW YORK - Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski reached their biggest audience ever when they talked Friday about President Donald Trump’s tweets about their show. The Nielsen company said Wednes...
Jul 05, 2017
US factory orders fell in May for second straight month
WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories fell for the second straight month in May. The Commerce Departments reports that factory orders declined 0.8 per cent in May, the biggest drop since last November...
Jul 05, 2017
Colombia: Holdout rebels have freed hostage UN contractor
BOGOTA - Colombia’s government says a dissident faction of leftist rebels has released a United Nations contractor who was taken captive two months ago. The Defence Ministry said Wednesday on so...
Jul 05, 2017
EU, Japan have 'agreement in principle' on free trade deal
BRUSSELS - The European Union and Japan have agreed “in principle” on a free trade deal that will affect an overwhelming majority of commerce between the two economic giants and will be of...
Jul 05, 2017
Russian author Daniil Granin dies at 98
MOSCOW - Daniil Granin, a Russian author who wrote a chronicle of the Nazi siege of Leningrad and several widely popular novels, has died. He was 98. Granin, a World War II veteran whose writings made...
Jul 05, 2017
Kim vows North Korea's nukes are not on negotiation table
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed Wednesday his nation will “demonstrate its mettle to the U.S.” and never put its weapons programs up for negotiations, a d...
Jul 05, 2017
China invites foreign experts to treat Nobel laureate Liu
BEIJING - China has agreed to allow liver cancer experts from the U.S., Germany and other countries to join a medical team treating imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, amid international...
Jul 05, 2017
Dubai's Emirates, Turkish Airlines off US laptop ban list
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Emirates and Turkish Airways said on Wednesday they have also been exempted from a U.S. ban on laptops in airplane cabins, joining Etihad in satisfying American security ...
Jul 05, 2017
Israel slams UNESCO vote that calls it 'occupying power'
WARSAW, Poland - Israel has protested a UNESCO vote that called it the “occupying power” in Jerusalem’s Old City which includes sites sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims. Particip...
Jul 05, 2017
