Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - New guidance released Friday by the Pentagon makes it clear that any transgender troops currently in the military can re-enlist in the next several months, even as the department debates ...

LOS ANGELES - Harry Dean Stanton, the shambling, craggy-face character actor with the deadpan voice who became a cult favourite through his memorable turns in “Paris, Texas,” ”Repo M...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country is nearing its goal of “equilibrium” in military force with the United States, as the United Nations Security C...

BROOKLINE, Mass. - A Massachusetts town says it will consider changing the name of its governing body from the Board of Selectmen to the Board of Selectwomen. Brookline Town Meeting member Michael Bur...

WASHINGTON - The NFL players’ union has honoured Colin Kaepernick for his charitable contributions. Kaepernick has been outspoken on issues of racial and social justice. The free-agent quarterba...

CHICAGO - Attorney General Jeff Sessions can’t follow through - at least for now - with his threat to withhold public safety grant money to Chicago and other so-called sanctuary cities for refus...

LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court reinstated California’s ban on foie gras Friday, finding that a state law preventing sales of the luxury liver pate made by force-feeding ducks and geese wa...

LONDON - The Latest on an incident at a subway station in London (all times local): 10 p.m. The president of Amtrak’s police labour committee says the attack in London highlights the need to mak...

SAN FRANCISCO - Federal immigration agents were tracking a teenager who was facing deportation when he fatally shot a popular community volunteer during a robbery in San Francisco, authorities said Fr...

GENEVA - Talk about flush with cash. A Geneva official has confirmed a newspaper report that said wads of cut-up 500-euro notes (about $600 each) mysteriously turned up jammed into the toilets of thre...