Category Archives: World

Understanding Weinstein’s charges and potential punishment
NEW YORK - A look at the charges against Harvey Weinstein and the punishment the former Hollywood producer could face if convicted at his New York City rape trial. A jury of seven men and five women s...
Feb 19, 2020

First lady Melania Trump honoured by Christian college
PALM BEACH, Fla. - First lady Melania Trump touted her "Be Best" program and the Trump administration's battle against the opioid crisis as she accept an award Wednesday from a Florida Christian colle...
Feb 19, 2020

Trump ousts top defence official who certified Ukraine aid
WASHINGTON - John Rood, the Pentagon's top policy official who had certified last year that the Defence Department had seen enough anti-corruption progress in Ukraine to justify releasing congressiona...
Feb 19, 2020

University of Michigan investigates doctor sex abuse claims
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Several former patients have alleged that a late University of Michigan physician sexually abused them during exams going back decades, prompting the Ann Arbor school to ask others ...
Feb 19, 2020

In the spirit of Whitney: Houston Hologram tour set to begin
BURBANK, Calif. - Whitney Houston is about to appear on the concert stage again. Eight years after her death, a holographic Houston will embark on a European tour that starts in England on Feb. 25 and...
Feb 19, 2020

Devices found in missiles, Yemen drones link Iran to attacks
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A small instrument inside the drones that targeted the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil industry and those in the arsenal of Yemen's Houthi rebels match components recovered i...
Feb 19, 2020

Syria's Aleppo airport resumes flights amid fighting nearby
ALEPPO, Syria - A Syrian passenger jet landed in Aleppo on Wednesday from Damascus, marking the resumption of domestic flights between Syria's two largest cities for the first time since 2012, while t...
Feb 19, 2020

Virologist: Tokyo Olympics probably couldn't be held now
TOKYO - A respected Japanese virologist on Wednesday said if the Tokyo Olympics were tomorrow, the games probably couldn't be held because of the fast-spreading virus from Wuhan, China. "We need to fi...
Feb 19, 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 19, 2020

US home construction dips 3.6% in January
WASHINGTON - Construction of new homes edged back slightly in January after a December surge that had pushed home construction to the highest level in 13 years. The Commerce Department reported Wednes...
Feb 19, 2020