Category Archives: World
Bankers ask for help saving seniors from financial scammers
ALBANY, N.Y. - Advocates for the elderly say each year con artists and greedy family members cheat New York seniors out of $1.5 billion in assets but they worry the number of reported cases is only th...
Feb 28, 2017
WikiLeaks spokesman quietly steps out of the spotlight
PARIS - As WikiLeaks thrust itself into the heart of America’s electoral contest last year, the group’s chief spokesman tiptoed out of spotlight, stepping down from his job in a little-not...
Feb 28, 2017
Top intelligence nominee pledges to blunt political pressure
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the nation’s top spy chief says he is strong enough to stand up to any political interference from those seeking intelligence to back na...
Feb 28, 2017
UK: EU citizens won't lose rights without Parliament's OK
LONDON - The British government promised Tuesday that it won’t strip European Union nationals of any rights without lawmakers’ approval, as it tries to persuade Parliament to authorize the...
Feb 28, 2017
Russian investigators search leading journalist's apartment
MOSCOW - Russia’s top investigative agency searched the apartment of a prominent opposition journalist Tuesday in what Amnesty International said was a “deeply alarming” development....
Feb 28, 2017
Azevedo reappointed head of World Trade Organization
BERLIN - Roberto Azevedo has been reappointed director-general of the 164-nation World Trade Organization, ensuring continuity in the face of challenges to the multilateral trading system from Britain...
Feb 28, 2017
Presidential Trump says 'join forces' for new greatness
WASHINGTON - Heralding a “new chapter of American greatness,” President Donald Trump issued a broad call for overhauling the nation’s health care system and significantly boosting mi...
Feb 28, 2017
NKorea official in Beijing after China's ban on coal imports
BEIJING - A senior North Korean diplomat arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for talks following China’s ban on coal imports from its neighbour and the killing of the exiled half brother of North Kore...
Feb 28, 2017
Trump's budget plan has billions for border, cuts elsewhere
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump wants billions of dollars to start building a wall at the Mexican border and fund efforts to find, jail and deport immigrants in the country illegally, according to...
Feb 28, 2017
Los Angeles marks 20 years since bloody bank robbery
LOS ANGELES - Dozens of Los Angeles police officers gathered at an emotional ceremony Tuesday to mark the 20th anniversary of an infamous gunbattle between police and two heavily armed bank robbers th...
Feb 28, 2017
