Category Archives: World
After US strikes, Trump's Syria plan starts coming into view
WASHINGTON - Can threatening war crimes charges persuade Syrian President Bashar Assad to leave power? What about guaranteeing his safety in exile? These long-shot proposals are at the centre of the T...
Apr 17, 2017
Doctor denies genital mutilation; judge keeps her locked up
DETROIT - A Detroit-area doctor charged with performing genital mutilation on two 7-year-old girls denied the allegations through her lawyer Monday, insisting that she conducted a benign religious rit...
Apr 17, 2017
Trump effect on French election: Anything is possible
PARIS - The impossible is now possible, French far right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said in celebration after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidency. But the Trump effect may not bring Le Pen ...
Apr 17, 2017
Lawmaker seeks study of polygamous sect's South Dakota site
PIERRE, S.D. - A South Dakota lawmaker frustrated with what he views as inaction over a secretive polygamous sect’s outpost in his district wants legislators to look into the compound, including...
Apr 17, 2017
Brazil construction firm ordered to pay $2.6B in bribe case
NEW YORK - Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht was ordered on Monday to pay $2.6 billion in fines to settle charges it bribed officials in a dozen countries. The payout order, by U.S. Distri...
Apr 17, 2017
Prosecutor: Suspect in Washington mall shooting found dead
SEATTLE - A man charged with killing five people at a mall in Washington state last year was found dead in his jail cell in an apparent suicide, authorities said Monday. Arcan Cetin, 20, was discovere...
Apr 17, 2017
Bubbles, teddy bears greet kids after school shooting
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - A performer blew bubbles, a man handed out teddy bears and parents shared hugs and prayers Monday outside a California elementary school, as students returned to classes a wee...
Apr 17, 2017
At 117, Jamaican woman likely just became world's oldest
DUANVALE, Jamaica - Violet Brown spent much of her life cutting sugarcane in the fields around her home in western Jamaica. She attended church regularly, avoids pork and chicken and celebrated her 11...
Apr 17, 2017
United's 1Q profit fell 69 per cent, before dragging incident
DALLAS - United Airlines’ profit plunged 69 per cent in the first three months of the year, and that was before the terrible publicity surrounding the dragging of a bloodied passenger off a plan...
Apr 17, 2017
Pentagon's Mattis discussing war aims in Mideast this week
WASHINGTON - Defence Secretary Jim Mattis is looking to the Middle East and North Africa for broader contributions and new ideas to fight Islamic extremism as the Trump administration fleshes out its ...
Apr 17, 2017
