Category Archives: World

Whistleblower complaint says Trump abused power
WASHINGTON - A secret whistleblower complaint at the centre of an impeachment inquiry alleges that President Donald Trump abused the power of his office to "solicit interference from a foreign country...
Sep 26, 2019

Strong earthquake jolts Pakistan, kills 22 and injures 700
MIRPUR, Pakistan - A powerful 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck northeast Pakistan on Tuesday, badly damaging scores of homes and shops and killing at least 22 people and injuring over 700, officials sa...
Sep 26, 2019

Ex-French President Chirac, who stood up to US, dies at 86
PARIS - Jacques Chirac, a two-term French president who was the first leader to acknowledge France's role in the Holocaust and defiantly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, has died at age 86. ...
Sep 26, 2019

Google wins case over reach of EU 'right to be forgotten'
BRUSSELS - Google won a major case in the European Union on Tuesday, when the bloc's top court ruled that the U.S. internet giant doesn't have to extend the EU's "right to be forgotten" rules to its s...
Sep 26, 2019

Lawmaker urges FAA to consider pilots' skills globally
A key lawmaker is calling on U.S. regulators to take into consideration the skill level of pilots around the world and not just the United States when making improvements to Boeing's grounded airplane...
Sep 25, 2019

Kylie Jenner hospitalized, will miss Paris Fashion Week
Kylie Jenner has been hospitalized with an undisclosed illness and will have to skip a planned cosmetics rollout at Paris Fashion Week The 22-year-old social media star and makeup mogul said on Twitte...
Sep 25, 2019

Trump: US, Japan agree on 1st stage of new trade agreement
The U.S. and Japan on Wednesday signed a limited trade deal that will eliminate tariffs and expand market access on farm, industrial and digital products. But the deal does not address autos, a key st...
Sep 25, 2019

Economist who grew up in communist Bulgaria is new IMF chief
WASHINGTON - A Bulgarian economist who grew up when her country was a communist nation has been selected to be the next leader of one of capitalism's premier institutions, the 189-nation International...
Sep 25, 2019

Committees finish work in GM talks, top bargainers take over
DETROIT - Contract talks between General Motors and striking United Auto Workers took a step closer to reaching an agreement Wednesday when committees finished their work and sent it to the top bargai...
Sep 25, 2019

Juul stops e-cigarette ads as teen vaping, illnesses grow
WASHINGTON - Juul Labs Inc. will stop advertising its electronic cigarettes in the U.S. and replace its chief executive as mysterious breathing illnesses and an explosion in teen vaping have triggered...
Sep 25, 2019