Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s first address to Congress gives him a welcome opportunity to refocus his young administration on the core economic issues that helped him get elected - and,...

WASHINGTON - Defence Secretary Jim Mattis on Monday gave the White House a plan to “rapidly defeat” the Islamic State group, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday. The strategy includes signifi...

LOS ANGELES - It was one of the most awkward moments in the history of the Oscars, of television, in entertainment, heck maybe in American history. And somehow Warren Beatty, Hollywood’s ultimat...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea executed five senior security officials with anti-aircraft guns because they made false reports that “enraged” leader Kim Jong Un, South Korea’...

WASHINGTON - The Senate on Monday confirmed billionaire investor Wilbur Ross as commerce secretary as President Donald Trump adds to his economic team. The vote was 72-27. Breaking with Republican ort...

NEW ORLEANS - It’s too soon to discuss whether new safety rules will be established after a man accused of driving drunk plowed into a Mardi Gras parade crowd, a New Orleans police spokesman sai...

If it were in the screenplay of a Hollywood drama - or maybe farce - directors would surely reject it. But let’s set the scene anyway for the Academy Awards drama over what film did, and didn...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. - A sequestered jury from an outside county will decide the sexual assault case against Bill Cosby, a suburban Philadelphia judge ruled Monday, rejecting a defence request to move the ...

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump was never far from mind on Oscar night, but with one exception Sunday, the political speeches were left at home. Midway through the evening, host Jimmy Kimmel tried t...

LOS ANGELES - A political context larger than that of films themselves swept Iran’s “The Salesman” into the limelight and effectively solidified its win in the best foreign language ...