World

Normalcy returns to Guatemala-Mexico border after caravan

CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico - From the roadside stand where his family sells mole, barbecue and chicken stew, Miguel ngel Vzquez has seen all the caravans of Central American migrants and asylum seekers st...

Jan 25, 2020

China expands lockdown against virus, fast-tracks hospital

BEIJING - China expanded its lockdown against the deadly new virus to an unprecedented 36 million people and rushed to build a prefabricated, 1,000-bed hospital for victims Friday as the outbreak cast...

Jan 25, 2020

Virus death toll in China rises to 56 with about 2,000 cases

BEIJING - The death toll from the new virus in China has risen to 56 with 1,975 total cases reported. The figures reported Sunday morning cover the previous 24 hours and mark an increase of 15 deaths ...

Jan 25, 2020

Campaigning heats up in Iowa as caucus voting approaches

DES MOINES, Iowa - With President Donald Trump's impeachment trial keeping them on Capitol Hill for part of Saturday, several Democratic candidates trying to oust him in November will challenge the re...

Jan 25, 2020

Next stop, Brexit: Britain's EU divorce bill becomes law

LONDON - Britain's delayed and disputed Brexit bill became law on Thursday, removing the last U.K. obstacle to the country leaving the European Union in just over a week. The U.K. is finally leaving t...

Jan 25, 2020

Mayor, police pledge action after deadly Seattle shooting

SEATTLE - A shootout in downtown Seattle that left a woman dead and a 9-year-old boy injured was the third violent incident this week in a part of the city long known for rampant drug use and street u...

Jan 25, 2020

European Central Bank holds rates, launches policy review

FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank has decided to launch a top-to-bottom review of how it steers the economy in the 19 countries that use the euro currency. The review, the first since the global f...

Jan 25, 2020

Germany bans neo-Nazi organization Combat 18 Deutschland

BERLIN - Germany is banning the neo-Nazi group Combat 18 Deutschland in what the country's top security official said Thursday was a "clear message" against far-right extremism and anti-Semitism. More...

Jan 25, 2020

9 parents separated from families return to children in US

LOS ANGELES - As his long-lost son walked toward him in an airport terminal, a sobbing David Xol stretched out his arms, fell to one knee and embraced the boy for about three minutes, crying into his ...

Jan 25, 2020

Iran uses violence, politics to try to push US out of Iraq

BEIRUT - Iran has long sought the withdrawal of American forces from neighbouring Iraq, but the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and an Iraqi militia commander in Baghdad has added new impetus to th...

Jan 24, 2020