Category Archives: World

SEATTLE - A U.S. judge on Friday ordered Seattle police to temporarily stop using tear gas, pepper spray and flash-bang devices to break up peaceful protests, a victory for groups who say authorities ...

ALBANY, N.Y. - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law on Friday a sweeping package of police accountability measures that received new backing following protests of George Floyd's killing, includi...

LONDON - The Sun newspaper said Friday it did not intend to "glorify'' domestic violence by giving a platform to Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's ex-husband just days after she revealed she had been...

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve has promised to use its "full range of tools" to pull the country out of a deep recession caused by a global pandemic, signalling that it would keep interest rates low...

LONDON - One of the most memorable episodes of one of the most popular British sitcoms of all-time has been withdrawn from a U.K. streaming service because of numerous racial slurs. UKTV, a streaming ...

KABUL - A bomb exploded Friday inside a mosque in west Kabul killing at least four people, including the prayer leader, and wounding eight others, an Afghan government official said. Interior Ministry...

JOHANNESBURG - More than two dozen international aid organizations have told the U.S. government they are "increasingly alarmed" that "little to no U.S. humanitarian assistance has reached those on th...

LONDON - The British economy has seen nearly two decades worth of growth wiped out in a single month as a result of the lockdown measures put in place during the coronavirus pandemic. The Office for N...

Asian shares were moderately lower Friday after an overnight rout on Wall Street as investors were spooked by reports of rising coronavirus cases in the U.S. Fear that a so-called "second wave," is al...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that legislators did not violate the state constitution by allowing construction of an oil pipeline tunnel beneath a channel linking...