Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - Manufacturing in New York state expanded at the fastest pace in more than two years as factories received more new orders and stepped up hiring. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said ...

ATHENS, Greece - Greeks “need to see a light at the end of the austerity tunnel,” the European Union’s financial affairs chief said Wednesday during a visit to discuss the bailout-de...

WASHINGTON - Retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 0.4 per cent last month, slowing down from a solid 1 per cent gain in December, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. Overall sales likely pulled...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A tight and possibly ugly contest is expected in a second round election for governor of the Indonesian capital that will pit the minority Christian incumbent against a former cab...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The killing of the North Korean leader’s outcast half brother could be the latest addition to a long list of high-profile assassinations or attempts in which the coun...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Intelligence officials believe North Korean agents assassinated leader Kim Jong Un’s exiled half brother, but if the whodunit seems settled, a very big question still...

WASHINGTON - Hundreds of parents across the country have called on President Donald Trump to embrace Obama-era protections for transgender students that call for letting them use school bathrooms in a...

NEW YORK - She’s once, twice, three times a Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover lady. Kate Upton is once again gracing the cover of the annual issue, becoming only the fourth woman to do so three ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. - Actor Harrison Ford had a potentially serious run-in with an airliner at a Southern California airport, NBC-TV reported. Ford, 74, was told to land his single-engine plane on a run...

ROCK TAVERN, N.Y. - Every Oscar fist-pumped or tearfully cradled by Academy Award winners is first cast, buffed and fussed over at a foundry far from Hollywood. Workers at the Polich Tallix fine art f...