Category Archives: World

DETROIT - U.S. auto sales fell slightly in September as demand for new cars and trucks sputtered. Sales dropped 0.5 per cent to 1.4 million in September, according to Autodata Corp. It was the fourth ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Ten men, including a South Carolina police chief, have been arrested in an undercover prostitution sting in Columbia. The Columbia Police Department says in a statement that the men w...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Police in Indonesia’s capital are investigating the operator of a public video screen that briefly displayed a pornographic movie instead of advertising to passing traffic. ...

ATHENS, Greece - Greek police fired tear gas and pepper spray at protesting pensioners who challenged a cordon near the office of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, whose left-wing government faces mounti...

TOLEDO, Ohio - Hillary Clinton tore into Donald Trump’s tax manoeuvring, business skills and trustworthiness Monday as she sought to capitalize on news that the New York real estate mogul may ha...

PETIT-GOAVE, Haiti - Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti’s southwestern tip with howling 145 mph winds Tuesday, knocking down trees and tearing off roofs in the poor and largely rural area, whi...

ALIQUIPPA, Pa. - Here’s what a Christmas story sounds like in a rust-belt town with a broken economy, fed-up voters and a political climate ripe for the nostalgic slogans of a candidate like Don...

NEW YORK - Like a busy city, a cell works better if it can dispose of and recycle its garbage. Now a Japanese scientist has won the Nobel Prize in medicine for showing how that happens. The research m...

PARIS - Armed robbers forced their way into a private Paris residence where Kim Kardashian West was staying, tied her up and locked her in a bathroom before making off with more than $10 million worth...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The leading edge of dangerous Hurricane Matthew drenched Haiti on Monday night, flooding streets and sending people scrambling to emergency shelters as the Category 4 storm thr...