Category Archives: World

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton’s doctors said Thursday that his recently revealed prostate cancer was caught early and hasn’t spread, making the cancer “treatable and c...

BOGOTA - Colombia’s second-largest rebel group on Thursday freed a captive former congressman whose release was a key condition for the start of peace talks with the government. The National Lib...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump can’t seem to bring himself to say “Hasta la vista, baby” to “Celebrity Apprentice.” Twice in the past month, Trump, who once hosted t...

BEIJING - Global stocks rose Friday after the U.S. employment report showed a strong increase of 227,000 jobs in January, above forecast, and a rise in the number of people joining the labour force. K...

BUDAPEST, Hungary - Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Hungary on Thursday to discuss prospective energy projects with its leader, who has cozied up to Moscow despite Russia-West tensions. It wa...

HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii - Well before dawn each morning, throngs of tourists from around the world make their way to Maui’s tallest peak, a dormant volcano, to see what Mark Twain called...

WASHINGTON - Like his predecessors, President Donald Trump plans to commemorate Black History Month with an official proclamation, a gala and receptions at the White House to celebrate the contributio...

NEW YORK - Hundreds of ethnic Yemeni business owners who operate New York City corner bodegas and neighbourhood delis closed shop Thursday in protest of President Donald Trump’s travel ban on pe...

SYDNEY, Australia - For decades, Australia and the U.S. have enjoyed the coziest of relationships, collaborating on everything from military and intelligence to diplomacy and trade. Yet an irritable t...

NEW YORK - America’s self-image is forever intertwined with the melting pot. It’s a nation that welcomes the world’s wretched refuse, a nation built by immigrants, a nation whose ver...