Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit in November rose to the highest level in nine months as imports of oil and other foreign goods increased, while American exports fell for a second month. The trade ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. employers added 156,000 jobs in December, capping a year of slower but solid hiring and providing the last major snapshot of the economy President-elect Donald Trump will inherit fro...

CLEVELAND - Authorities in Cleveland say a 3-year-old boy died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning after riding for hours in a van that had no catalytic converter to properly remove the odourles...

NEW DELHI - Noted Indian character actor Om Puri has died in the western city of Mumbai. He was 66. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a host of leading movie stars tweeted condolence messages sh...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Thirty-three inmates were slain Friday in northern Brazil, some with their hearts and intestines ripped out, during a prison killing spree led by the country’s largest gang, aut...

BRUSSELS - Police in the part of Brussels that has been at the centre of anti-terror actions over the past year are staying away from duty, concerned about the strain of excessive working hours. The B...

WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump says Mexico will reimburse taxpayers for a new border wall and that U.S. money spent will be for the “sake of speed.” Trump’s aides are cons...

FRANKFURT - A passenger bus has collided with a vehicle towing luggage at Frankfurt’s international airport, injuring 11 people, three of them seriously. The dpa news agency, citing police, repo...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Spacewalking astronauts hooked up fancy new batteries Friday on the International Space Station’s sprawling power grid. NASA reported that all three lithium-ion batteries ...

ATHENS, Greece - The United Nations refugee agency urged Greek authorities Friday to quickly move asylum-seekers to the mainland from overcrowded facilities on Greek islands, saying conditions remain ...