Category Archives: World
Blast in Ukraine capital wounds lawmaker, kills bodyguard
MOSCOW - An explosion in Ukraine’s capital has killed two people and wounded five others including a member of parliament, the Interior Ministry said Thursday. The blast happened late Wednesday ...
Oct 26, 2017
Trump: Clinton team funding for Russia is a disgrace
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans latched onto revelations tying Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign to a dossier of allegations about his ties to Russia. The presid...
Oct 26, 2017
JFK files: Thousands released but Trump holds back others
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump blocked the release of hundreds of records on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, bending to CIA and FBI appeals, while the National Archives came out T...
Oct 26, 2017
House backs $4T budget, faces challenges on Trump tax plan
WASHINGTON - Republicans powered a $4 trillion budget through the House on Thursday by a razor-thin margin, a close vote underscoring the difficulties that lie ahead in delivering President Donald Tru...
Oct 26, 2017
Opposition, prisoners of Venezuela win EU human rights prize
BRUSSELS - The democratic opposition and political prisoners in Venezuela on Thursday won the European Union’s Sakharov Prize for human rights. The European Parliament said that it wanted to rew...
Oct 26, 2017
Spain cracks down hard after Catalonia declares independence
BARCELONA, Spain - In one of the most momentous days in recent Spanish history, Spain fired Catalonia’s regional government and dissolved its parliament Friday after a defiant Catalan declaratio...
Oct 26, 2017
Envoy: US committed to Asia, though Trump will miss meeting
MANILA, Philippines - Washington remains fully committed to Asia though President Donald Trump will miss a key East Asian summit when he visits the Philippines next month, the U.S. ambassador in Manil...
Oct 26, 2017
Thailand grieves in elaborate final goodbye to King Bhumibol
BANGKOK - With solemn faces and outright tears, Thais said farewell to their king and father figure with elaborate funeral ceremonies that cap a year of mourning and are steeped in centuries of tradit...
Oct 26, 2017
Pakistani court issues arrest warrant for ex-Premier Sharif
ISLAMABAD - A Pakistani judge issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday, after he failed to appear in court in the capital, Islamabad, to face corruption charges. The...
Oct 26, 2017
Fats Domino dies at 89; gave rock music a New Orleans flavour
NEW ORLEANS - The godfather of rock and roll. A performer who always gave all he had. A man who loved his city and his neighbourhood. Tributes to Fats Domino are accumulating, in words and in bouquets...
Oct 26, 2017