Category Archives: World
Jewish groups cancel meetings with Netanyahu in protest
JERUSALEM - Two high-profile groups of Jewish leaders on Monday cancelled meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to protest his government’s decision to scrap plans for a mixed-gender p...
Jun 26, 2017
Philando Castile's family reaches $3M settlement in death
MINNEAPOLIS - The mother of Philando Castile, a black motorist killed by a Minnesota police officer last July, has reached a nearly $3 million settlement with the city that employed the officer, avoid...
Jun 26, 2017
9 still missing after tourist boat sinks in Colombia
GUATAPE, Colombia - Scuba divers on Monday continued their search for bodies from a submerged boat in Colombia as authorities turned their attention to what led the tourist ferry to sink with more tha...
Jun 26, 2017
US durable goods orders fell in May by the most in 18 months
WASHINGTON - Demand for long-lasting U.S. factory goods fell by the most in 18 months, and a key category that tracks business investment also slipped, evidence that manufacturing output is barely gro...
Jun 26, 2017
PROMISES, PROMISES: What Trump has pledged on health care
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is not known for plunging into the details of complex policy issues, and health care is no exception. Since his campaign days, Trump has addressed health care in br...
Jun 26, 2017
IS fighters launch counterattacks in west Mosul neighbourhood
IRBIL, Iraq - Islamic State fighters launched a string of counterattacks in a western Mosul neighbourhood that had recently been declared free of the militant group, setting off clashes that continued...
Jun 26, 2017
Greece: Garbage piles mount in capital as heatwave looms
ATHENS, Greece - With a heat wave expected later this week, Greece’s government on Monday failed to persuade striking garbage collectors to return to work after a 10-day protest left huge piles ...
Jun 26, 2017
Garbage crisis hits Greek capital over job freeze
ATHENS, Greece - With a heat wave expected later this week, Greece’s government Monday urging striking garbage collectors to return to work after a 10-day protest has left huge piles of trash ar...
Jun 26, 2017
Rhino breeder in South Africa plans online auction of horn
JOHANNESBURG - A rhino breeder in South Africa is planning an online auction of rhino horn, capitalizing on a court ruling that opened the way to domestic trade despite an international ban that was i...
Jun 26, 2017
UK's May makes deal she needs to govern, but critics abound
LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May forged a deal with a Northern Ireland party Monday that should give her struggling minority government enough votes to get her agenda endorsed, but at a high cost: ...
Jun 26, 2017
