Category Archives: World
Lawsuit by AP, others seeks emails from Washington lawmakers
OLYMPIA, Wash. - A coalition of news organizations led by The Associated Press sued the Washington Legislature on Tuesday, challenging lawmakers’ claim that a tweak made more than two decades ag...
Sep 12, 2017
Postings of US job openings hit a record high in July
WASHINGTON - Job openings posted by U.S. employers reached an all-time high in July, suggesting that the steady hiring of the past year will endure. Openings edged up 0.9 per cent from June to 6.2 mil...
Sep 12, 2017
J.J. Abrams to write and direct 'Star Wars: Episode IX'
LOS ANGELES - J.J. Abrams is returning to “Star Wars,” and will replace Colin Trevorrow as writer and director of “Episode IX,” pushing the film’s release date back seven...
Sep 12, 2017
Election panel vice-chair: Group may not recommend changes
MANCHESTER, N.H. - The vice chairman of President Donald Trump’s commission on election fraud on Tuesday dismissed criticism that the panel is bent on voter suppression, saying there is a “...
Sep 12, 2017
Mexico diplomat talks immigration in California trip
LOS ANGELES - After a day huddling in California’s capital on immigration, trade and climate, Mexico’s top diplomat is hitting Los Angeles to close out a two-day visit to the immigrant-fri...
Sep 12, 2017
Media ownership, courts on agenda for Poland's lawmakers
WARSAW, Poland - Poland’s parliament gets back to work on Tuesday following its summer break, launching what is widely expected to be a raucous autumn of political change under the ruling nation...
Sep 12, 2017
Sao Paulo mayor tests presidential waters amid voter anger
SAO PAULO - Just eight months into his job as Sao Paulo mayor, Joao Doria appears to be positioning himself as a presidential hopeful who can save Brazil from a seemingly bottomless pit of graft scand...
Sep 12, 2017
'Worst ever seen': European leaders view devastated islands
POINTE-A-PITRE, Guadeloupe - France’s president and the Dutch king visited Caribbean territories on Tuesday that have been hammered by Hurricane Irma, trying to quell accusations by residents th...
Sep 12, 2017
Left out of health debate, Appalachian poor seek free care
WISE, Va. - They arrived at a fairground in a deep corner of Appalachia before daybreak, hundreds of people with throbbing teeth, failing eyes, wheezing lungs. They took a number, sat in the bleachers...
Sep 12, 2017
Oil will keep flowing, but UN sanctions hit North Korea hard
TOKYO - North Korea will be feeling the pain of new United Nations sanctions targeting some of its biggest remaining foreign revenue streams. But the Security Council eased off the biggest target of a...
Sep 12, 2017