Category Archives: World

LOS ANGELES - Robin Thede's face lights up when she hears that the deliciously clever humour of her "A Black Lady Sketch Show" provokes a laugh-out-loud response. "That means the most. That's the whol...

WASHINGTON - Vice-President Mike Pence's chief of staff said Thursday that NBA protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, are "absurd and silly." "If they want to protest,...

LOS ANGELES - Sean Penn has expanded his fight against the coronavirus beyond his own expectations. The Oscar winner's disaster relief organization CORE has gone from providing 6,500 tests in a couple...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - NBA players didn't come to Disney solely for a restart. They also wanted social reform. The Milwaukee Bucks showed how far they're willing to go to get it by opting not to pla...

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve announced a significant change Thursday in how it manages interest rates by saying it plans to keep rates near zero even after inflation has exceeded the Fed's 2% targ...

SILVER SPRING, Md. - More Americans signed contracts to buy homes in July, suggesting the current hot housing market could continue in the fall. The National Association of Realtors said Thursday that...

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Francesca Moody is spending August the way she always does: in darkened rooms in Edinburgh, watching some of the best new theatre and comedy the world has to offer. All that's mi...

KENOSHA, Wis. - Protests in Kenosha over the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, were mostly peaceful following the arrest of a 17-year-old police admirer accused of killing two people and wo...

WASHINGTON - Just over 1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that the coronavirus outbreak continues to threaten jobs even as the housing market, auto sales and other...

LAKE ARTHUR, La. - Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast for hours with ferocious wind, torrential rains and rising seawater as it roared ashore over southwestern Louisiana near the Texas border earl...