Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Thursday’s federal appellate court ruling against reinstating his refugee and immigration order was a “political decision” that jeopardized n...

SAN FRANCISCO - US appeals court refuses to reinstate Trump’s ban on travellers from seven Muslim-majority nations. The Canadian Press

PORTLAND, Ore. - Packy, the Asian elephant who drew international attention when he was born, including an 11-page spread in Life magazine, died Thursday at the Oregon Zoo. He was 54. Packy was 3 feet...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - It was the sound of soft sighs and cries in the half-light that first struck Cheree Morrison, and then as the dawn broke she began to see the extent of the carnage - more tha...

CANNON BALL, N.D. - Construction crews have resumed work on the final segment of the Dakota Access pipeline, and the developer of the long-delayed project said Thursday that the full system could be o...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Thursday lashed out at Republican Sen. John McCain, accusing the veteran of emboldening the enemy for disputing the administration’s insistence that the de...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court refused Thursday to reinstate President Donald Trump’s ban on travellers from seven predominantly Muslim nations, unanimously rejecting the administration...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A Puerto Rican nationalist who is the last of his group still serving time for his role in a violent struggle for independence for the U.S. territory unexpectedly returned to t...

WASHINGTON - A senior military aide fired by then-Defence Secretary Ash Carter has been demoted and will retire as a one-star general as a result of a misconduct investigation. The investigation concl...

FREEPORT, Maine - L.L. Bean is moving to cut costs by freezing pensions and offering voluntary early retirements, and company officials say they are taking a hard look at its generous shipping and ret...