Category Archives: World
Starbucks teams with Lady Gaga for 'Cups of Kindness'
SEATTLE - Starbucks has teamed up with Lady Gaga for a set of brightly coloured summer drinks that will raise money for the singer’s foundation. The “Cups of Kindness” campaign begin...
Jun 12, 2017
US budget deficit jumps in May as spending outpaces revenue
WASHINGTON - The U.S. budget deficit rose to $88.4 billion in May from $53 billion a year earlier, as government spending in areas such as Medicaid and defence rose at a faster pace than revenue. Rece...
Jun 12, 2017
Anger management but no jail in Gianforte body-slam saga
HELENA, Mont. - Congressman-elect Greg Gianforte avoided jail time after pleading guilty Monday to an election-eve assault on a reporter that turned the race for Montana’s lone U.S. House seat i...
Jun 12, 2017
Trump travel ban dealt another blow, faces high court next
SEATTLE - Another U.S. appeals court stomped on President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban Monday, saying the administration violated federal immigration law and failed to provide a valid reaso...
Jun 12, 2017
Hawaii urges court to keep hold on Trump travel ban
WASHINGTON - Lawyers for Hawaii told the Supreme Court Monday that letting the Trump administration enforce a ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries would “thrust the country back into t...
Jun 12, 2017
AP FACT CHECK: James who? Trump paints Comey as a stranger
WASHINGTON - James who? President Donald Trump contended in recent days that he didn’t know his FBI chief, James Comey, well enough to lean on him for his loyalty. That was one of a number of cl...
Jun 12, 2017
Fired Fox executive calls lawsuit against her a 'money grab'
NEW YORK - A former financial executive at Fox News Channel says a racial discrimination lawsuit against her is “nothing more than a meritless and reprehensible money grab.” Lawyers for Ju...
Jun 12, 2017
Philippine flag raised on Independence Day in war-torn city
MARAWI, Philippines - Filipinos marked their country’s Independence Day by raising the national flag Monday in a southern city where troops pressed assaults to quell a three-week siege by Islami...
Jun 12, 2017
Newtown families upset by interview with conspiracy theorist
HARTFORD, Conn. - The families of some Sandy Hook shooting victims are angered that NBC is airing an interview by Megyn Kelly with a conspiracy theorist who has claimed the massacre never happened. Ne...
Jun 12, 2017
Hardscrabble children sell corn in the heat by India's roads
NOIDA, India - Every 100 metres (330 feet) or so along a busy expressway on the outskirts of New Delhi, you’ll find a child selling corn - quite possibly a child too young to be working legally....
Jun 12, 2017
