Category Archives: World

Former Ukraine diplomat Marie Yovanovitch has book deal
NEW YORK - Former Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, the career diplomat who during the impeachment hearings of President Donald Trump offered a chilling account of alleged threats from Trump and h...
Feb 21, 2020

Fed seems inclined to keep rates low as virus poses risks
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve officials were mostly optimistic about the U.S. and global economies last month, though they noted the risk posed by China's viral outbreak and said they were ready to kee...
Feb 21, 2020

Florida homeless group helps top chefs prep food festival
MIAMI - From Rachael Ray to Bobby Flay, celebrity chefs are in town this weekend for the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, where fine-palated foodies might not know that some of their dishes have ...
Feb 21, 2020

Roman Forum find could be shrine to Rome's founder, Romulus
ROME - Italian archaeologists unveiled to the press Friday an exciting new find from the Roman Forum, which they say could be the lost shrine dedicated some 2,600 years ago to Romulus, Rome's legendar...
Feb 21, 2020

Iran reports 2 more deaths, 13 new cases of new coronavirus
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian health authorities Friday reported two more deaths from the new virus that emerged in China and said the fatalities were from among 13 new confirmed cases of the virus in Iran. ...
Feb 21, 2020

Trump ousts top defence official who certified Ukraine aid
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has ousted the Pentagon's top policy official who had certified last year that Ukraine had made enough anti-corruption progress to justify the Trump administration'...
Feb 21, 2020

University of Michigan investigates doctor sex abuse claims
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Five former patients have alleged that a late University of Michigan physician sexually abused them during exams, the university says, with one accuser saying Dr. Robert E. Anderson...
Feb 21, 2020

School bus draped with message targets UK's Prince Andrew
LONDON - A yellow school bus with a banner depicting the face of Britain's Prince Andrew drove past Buckingham Palace on Friday, urging him to testify in the investigation of the late sex offender Jef...
Feb 21, 2020

US home sales sales fell 1.3% in January
WASHINGTON - U.S. home sales retreated 1.3% in January from the prior month, but low mortgage rates helped enable an increase in purchases from a year ago. The National Association of Realtors said Fr...
Feb 21, 2020

China’s top diplomat assures Southeast Asia on epidemic
VIENTIANE, Laos - China's top diplomat assured his Southeast Asian counterparts on Wednesday that the situation in a central Chinese province where the outbreak of a new virus began has "been brought ...
Feb 21, 2020