Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - The latest on Senate consideration of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks: 6:05 p.m. Betsy DeVos has been sworn in as the U.S. education secretary, hours after her nomination was...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Two mortar rounds fired by suspected extremists hit near Mogadishu’s international airport Tuesday night, close to the heavily guarded venue where Somalia’s presidenti...

NEW YORK - Irwin Corey, the wild-haired comedian and actor known for his improvisational riffs and nonsensical style who billed himself as “The World’s Foremost Authority,” died Mond...

NECKER ISLAND, British Virgin Islands - Former President Barack Obama, and his wife, Michelle, have spent some time vacationing with Richard Branson since leaving the White House. The Virgin Group fou...

NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4:00 p.m. U.S. stock indexes are notching tiny gains as the market struggles higher after a day of up-and-down trading. Th...

Kanye West’s friendly relationship with President Donald Trump may have been short-lived. A Twitter defence of West’s meeting with Trump has been deleted from the rapper’s account. A...

LONDON - Prince William is speaking out about ending the stigma surrounding mental health treatment. William told a gathering of health writers in London on Monday that treating mental health with the...

LONDON - A raft of political risks kept a lid on global stock markets on Wednesday, a day after the Dow Jones industrial average struck a new milestone. KEEPING SCORE: In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of...

WASHINGTON - The number of open jobs was mostly unchanged in December from the previous month, leaving openings at a healthy level. The Labor Department said Tuesday job openings were flat at 5.5 mill...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Jovenel Moise was sworn in Tuesday as Haiti’s president for the next five years after a bruising two-year election cycle, inheriting a chronically struggling economy and ...