Category Archives: World
Phones and social media turn consumers into whistleblowers
NEW YORK - Look out, Corporate America. Customers armed with smartphones and video cameras are watching when you screw up. The viral video of a ticketed passenger dragged forcefully off a United fligh...
Apr 13, 2017
St Petersburg bomber was deported from Turkey in 2016
ANKARA, Turkey - A Turkish security official says the suicide bomber accused of the deadly attack on the subway in the Russian city of St. Petersburg was deported from Turkey in 2016. Akbardzhon Dzhal...
Apr 13, 2017
Oil demand growth seen slowing for a second year
PARIS - The International Energy Agency expects growth in the global demand for crude oil to slow for a second consecutive year in 2017. The Paris-based agency expects growth of 1.3 million barrels a ...
Apr 13, 2017
US wholesale inflation slid in March as energy prices fell
WASHINGTON - Inflation at the wholesale level slid last month, pulled down by plummeting energy prices. The Labor Department said Thursday that its producer price index, which measures inflation press...
Apr 13, 2017
Cosby loses bid to question accuser before trial
PHILADELPHIA - Bill Cosby has lost his bid to question his accuser in court before his sexual-assault case goes to trial near Philadelphia. The 79-year-old comedian’s lawyers lost their appeal o...
Apr 13, 2017
Photo of Ella Fitzgerald going on display at DC museum
WASHINGTON - The National Portrait Gallery is putting up a photograph of American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, often referred to as “The First Lady of Song.” The portrait is on view beginn...
Apr 13, 2017
Report: Saudi poet who criticized security to be imprisoned
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - A counterterrorism court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a poet to two months imprisonment for poetry deemed insulting to security officials. The state-linked Saudi Okaz reported ...
Apr 13, 2017
Fly the funnier skies: Mideast airlines troll United
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Mideast carriers are having fun at United Airlines’ expense. Dubai-based Emirates released an ad after video went viral of a United passenger being forcefully remov...
Apr 13, 2017
Airplane maker ATR signs $536M, 20-aircraft deal with Iran
TEHRAN, Iran - European airplane manufacturer ATR said Thursday it sealed a $536-million sale with Iran Air for at least 20 aircraft, the latest aviation firm to strike a deal following Iran’s n...
Apr 13, 2017
Buffett foundation to unveil plan to help girls of colour
NEW YORK - A foundation run by the youngest son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett is announcing its strategy for distributing $90 million to help improve the lives of young women and girls of col...
Apr 12, 2017
