Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - When Ivanka Trump introduced her father at last month’s Republican convention, she described a tough-talking deal-maker who also worries about family leave, equal pay for women and ...

BANGKOK - Thailand’s junta leader said Tuesday he will hold elections in November 2017 under a newly approved constitution that ensures the military’s control over the next government. Pri...

CHICAGO - A federal judge refused Tuesday to lighten Rod Blagojevich’s original 14-year prison sentence for corruption, rejecting pleas for lenience by the now white-haired former Illinois gover...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - At least two people who rode in the last year on the same Kansas waterslide where a 10-year-old boy was killed say nylon shoulder straps came loose during the raft ride featuring a ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. - Donald Trump ignited a fresh political firestorm Tuesday by declaring gun rights supporters might still find a way to stop Hillary Clinton, even if she should defeat him and then na...

TOKYO - Japanese Emperor Akihito’s video message this week, though subtle, suggested that he wishes to abdicate, and the attention now goes to his elder son, the first in line to Japan’s C...

DALLAS - Travellers on Delta Air Lines endured hundreds more cancelled and delayed flights on Tuesday as the carrier slogged through day two of its recovery from a global computer outage. By early aft...

JERUSALEM - Israel’s Supreme Court has stripped an Israeli family of a collection of Franz Kafka manuscripts, ruling that they be transferred to the country’s National Library. The Nationa...

LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif. - A wildfire threatening homes in Southern California’s rugged San Bernardino Mountains grew to over 12 square miles Tuesday while authorities reopened Highway 1 on the st...

KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Hillary Clinton offered a simple reply to Donald Trump’s economic address Monday: “Don’t let a friend vote Trump.” At a rally in St. Petersburg, Florida, Clin...