World

Not guilty: Senate acquits Trump of impeachment charges

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump won impeachment acquittal in the U.S. Senate, bringing to a close only the third presidential trial in American history with votes that split the country, tested ci...

Feb 07, 2020

Avalanche in Turkey wipes out rescue team; 38 dead overall

ANKARA, Turkey - An avalanche slammed into a mountain road in eastern Turkey on Wednesday, wiping out a huge team of rescue workers sent to find people missing in an earlier avalanche. Officials said ...

Feb 07, 2020

Former congressman Walsh ends 2020 GOP bid against Trump

WASHINGTON - Former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh ended his Republican primary challenge to President Donald Trump on Friday, abandoning an effort that faced long odds and financial struggles from th...

Feb 07, 2020

US employers add a strong 225K jobs; unemployment up to 3.6%

WASHINGTON - Hiring jumped at the beginning of the year as U.S. employers added 225,000 jobs, bolstering an economy that faces threats from China's viral outbreak, an ongoing trade war and struggles a...

Feb 07, 2020

Trump's acquittal confronts Dems with election year choices

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's impeachment ended with a reminder of why House Speaker Nancy Pelosi resisted the idea for so long - an acquittal everyone saw coming, followed by a bombastic presidential v...

Feb 07, 2020

Broadcasters stick with Trump during acquittal victory talk

NEW YORK - After President Donald Trump spoke live for more than an hour Thursday about his impeachment acquittal, one television network anchor apologized to viewers for a presidential obscenity, whi...

Feb 07, 2020

Doctor's death unleashes mourning, fury at Chinese officials

BEIJING - The death of a young doctor who was reprimanded for warning about China's new virus triggered an outpouring Friday of praise for him and fury that communist authorities put politics above pu...

Feb 07, 2020

Prosecutors to drop rape charges for doctor from reality TV

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - Prosecutors are planning to drop rape and kidnapping charges against a California doctor who appeared in a reality TV dating show and his girlfriend after saying that key video...

Feb 06, 2020

Japan quarantines cruise ship as toll of new virus grows

TOKYO - Large white sheets covering them head-to-knee, people infected with a new virus were led by gloved and masked officials Wednesday off a Japanese cruise ship, while the rest of the 3,700 people...

Feb 06, 2020

Japan finds 41 more cases on ship as virus alarm doctor dies

BEIJING - Japan on Friday reported 41 new cases of a virus on a cruise ship that's been quarantined in Yokohama harbour while the death toll in mainland China rose to 636, including a doctor who got i...

Feb 06, 2020