Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - Eight tumultuous years at the helm of American power have come and gone, and for President Barack Obama, this is finally the end. The president spent his last full day Thursday at the Whi...

DAVOS, Switzerland - British Prime Minister Theresa May sought to convince business leaders Thursday that the country remains committed to free trade and globalization despite last year’s vote t...

DAVOS, Switzerland - Few people are more eager for Donald Trump’s arrival in the White House than those who do business in Russia. Hacking scandals? They expect that to blow over. Conflict in Uk...

DAVOS, Switzerland - OPEC countries could cut oil production again this year, Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said Thursday. Speaking at the World Economic Forum at the Swiss ski resort of Davos,...

BERLIN - Germany’s parliament has paid tribute to the 12 people killed in the truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin a month ago. Speaker Norbert Lammert told lawmakers Thursday that ̶...

ATLANTA - Not only is President Barack Obama the nation’s first black president, but it’s safe to say he has been America’s first hip-hop commander-in-chief. Obama embraced hip-hop m...

FRANKFURT - The head of the European Central Bank has warned there is still little sign of an enduring pick-up in shop prices and workers’ wages in the eurozone - a symptom of economic weakness ...

COPENHAGEN - Facebook will build a 56,500 square meter (608,161 square foot) data centre in central Denmark, its third such centre outside the United States. Facebook executive Niall McEntegart says t...

BANJUL, Gambia - Gambia’s defeated leader Yahya Jammeh announced early Saturday he has decided to relinquish power, after hours of last-ditch talks with regional leaders and the threat by a regi...

WASHINGTON - Steven Mnuchin, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick as Treasury secretary, clashed with Democrats during a lengthy confirmation hearing Thursday over his handling of thousands of mo...