Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - U.S. employers advertised fewer jobs and hired fewer people in May - a bad month for the U.S. labour market before a surge in hiring in June. The Labor Department said Tuesday that job op...

LONDON - Home Secretary Theresa May is set to become Britain’s new prime minister Wednesday when David Cameron steps down after six years at 10 Downing Street because of his defeat in the countr...

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Officials are responding to fears in southwest Florida about a massive algae bloom fouling waters on the state’s Atlantic coast. The News-Press reports (http://newspr.es/29FD9...

WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale businesses increased their stockpiles by a modest amount in May while growth in their sales slowed slightly. The Commerce Department says inventories at the wholesale level...

TROON, Scotland - Jordan Spieth said pulling out of the Olympics was the hardest decision he’s ever made, and that it likely will haunt him as he’s watching golfers compete for a gold meda...

BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomb ripped through an outdoor market in a Shiite-dominated northeastern district of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people, officials said, as government forces deploy...

KABUL - A new report by the Afghan Journalists’ Safety Committee named 2016 as the most dangerous so far for journalists in Afghanistan, with 10 news professionals killed in the first six months...

SYDNEY, Australia - The first person charged in Australia with recruiting and sending fighters to Syria was convicted Tuesday of recruiting seven foreign fighters. Hamdi Alqudsi, 42, had pleaded not g...

LONDON - A U.S. report is accusing British officials of hampering a probe into HSBC, one of the world’s largest banks. The U.S. House Financial Services Committee said Monday it released the rep...

WAVERLY, Tenn. - The 19-year-old son of country music singer Craig Morgan has been found dead after what authorities described as a weekend boating accident along the Tennessee River basin, MorganR...