Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s new health secretary took office Friday after becoming the latest Cabinet nominee to eke out a confirmation victory in the bitterly divided Senate. Vice-Pre...

WASHINGTON - With her move to Washington, Ivanka Trump isn’t just taking on a new city; she’s navigating a different world. A few weeks into her father’s administration, the first da...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump, fresh off patching up ties with China, reassured Japan’s leader Friday that the U.S. will defend its close ally. Together, the pronouncements illustrated a s...

COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah - U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz was met by frequent, deafening boos at a Thursday town hall as constituents grilled him on everything from investigating President Donald Trump̵...

HONOLULU - They work without most basic labour protections just a few miles from Waikiki’s white sand beaches, catching premium tuna and swordfish sold at some of America’s most upscale gr...

Rio de Janeiro pulled off last year’s Olympics, keeping crime at bay and fending off dire forecasts of corruption, environmental degradation, and cost overruns. Six months after South America...

NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4:05 p.m. Stock indexes closed at record highs for a second day running, in a broad-based rally led by miners and other ra...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - Martin Sheen has briefly reprised his “West Wing” role as president in a new ad backing his friend seeking election as a Pennsylvania judge. Sheen played the fictional ...

VILNIUS, Lithuania - The head of Lithuania’s state tourism agency has resigned after admitting her agency promoted the Baltic country in an international social media campaign by using landscape...

MIAMI - The Kushner family, which already has close ties to the White House, may soon move into Major League Baseball. Joshua Kushner, whose older brother is an adviser to President Trump, has a preli...