Category Archives: World

DETROIT - Volkswagen took a big step toward recovering from its emissions-cheating scandal by introducing a new seven-passenger SUV. The Atlas SUV gives VW a family hauler entry into the fastest-growi...

DETROIT - The largest auto dealership chain in the U.S. is expanding into stand-alone used car sales centres and will even sell its own automotive replacement parts. Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based Aut...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy grew at a 2.9 per cent rate in the July-September quarter, the strongest pace in two years, as the battered export sector rebounded and businesses finally began restockin...

PARIS - The Bataclan concert hall has unveiled its new facade almost a year after being one of the targets of the deadly attacks that killed 130 people in Paris. After months of renovation work, the n...

TOKYO - The Japanese comedian behind the viral hit “PPAP” is astonished by the global success of his “pen-pinapple-apple-pen” song. Dressed in his trademark yellow outfit with ...

BEIRUT - Syrian rebels launched a broad offensive for Aleppo Friday as the Russian, Syrian, and Iranian foreign ministers vowed to intensify their fight against terrorism in the country. The battlefie...

DES MOINES, Iowa - A new shock hit Hillary Clinton’s campaign Friday in the unpredictable and often unbelievable presidential race: The FBI is looking into whether there was classified informati...

CANNON BALL, N.D. - A standoff between Dakota Access pipeline opponents and law enforcement over a highway roadblock diminished Friday without incident, a marked contrast to the forced removal a day e...

LOS ANGELES - Rosa Ruiz returned from a gambling jaunt to San Diego before dawn Saturday and was back on another bus that evening, headed for a desert casino. Like others who routinely board buses bou...

ST. LOUIS - A St. Louis jury on Thursday awarded a California woman more than $70 million in her lawsuit alleging that years of using Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder caused her cancer, the l...