Category Archives: World

BEIRUT - Trucks carrying humanitarian aid to Syria’s besieged rebel-held part of the city of Aleppo were held up for yet another day as heavy fighting broke out Friday on the edges of Damascus b...

WASHINGTON - U.S. factory production fell last month amid cutbacks in appliances, home electronics and machinery. The Federal Reserve said Thursday factory production dropped 0.4 per cent in August, f...

WASHINGTON - More than seven years after an airline captain saved 155 lives by ditching his crippled airliner in the Hudson River, now the basis of a new movie, most of the safety recommendations stem...

MADISON, Wis. - Attorneys for the man convicted of helping his uncle kill a woman in a case profiled in the popular Netflix series “Making a Murderer” are asking for his release while his ...

DETROIT - Hyundai is recalling about 41,000 small SUVs in the U.S. because a software glitch can stop the vehicles from accelerating. The recall came after pressure from the National Highway Traffic S...

WASHINGTON - More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, but jobless claims remained at levels consistent with a healthy labour market. THE NUMBERS: The Labor Department said Thursday ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. shoppers retreated in August, cutting back their spending at auto dealers, furnishers and building material stores to depress overall retail sales after four straight monthly gains. ...

HEPHZIBAH, Ga. - In a real life version of the children’s reader “Snakes Alive!”, state wildlife officers are searching for 14 pythons in an east Georgia subdivision after a woman re...

SYDNEY, Australia - A wing flap that washed ashore on an island off Tanzania has been identified as belonging to missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Australian officials said Thursday. The flap was ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Julia maintained tropical storm strength Thursday night after earlier weakening to a tropical depression, but forecasters said it would gradually lose steam again while meandering o...