Category Archives: World

Steven Tyler sends cease-and-desist to Trump for use of song
BOSTON - Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler is again demanding that President Donald Trump stop using the band’s songs at rallies. Tyler’s attorney sent a cease-and-desist letter to the presi...
Aug 23, 2018
Leaker of secret report on Russian hacking gets 5 years
AUGUSTA, Ga. - A former government contractor who pleaded guilty to mailing a classified U.S. report to a news organization was sentenced to more than five years in prison Thursday as part of a deal w...
Aug 23, 2018
VW to launch all-electric car sharing in Berlin
FRANKFURT - Volkswagen says it’s launching an all-electric car sharing service in Berlin using its battery powered Golf and Up! models as it seeks to build a business serving people in big citie...
Aug 23, 2018
Stunt co-ordinator injured on set of "MacGyver"
ATLANTA - A stunt co-ordinator has been injured on the set of the CBS TV series “MacGyver” in Atlanta. CBS Television Studios said in a statement Wednesday that Justin Sundquist was injure...
Aug 23, 2018
Relationship between Trump, Enquirer goes beyond headlines
NEW YORK - The plea deal reached by Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen has laid bare a relationship between the president and the publisher of the National Enquirer that goes well beyo...
Aug 23, 2018

Nicki Minaj cancels North American tour with Future
ATLANTA - Hip-hop star Nicki Minaj has cancelled her North American tour with rapper Future. Minaj said on her Twitter account Tuesday night that she didn’t have enough time to rehearse for the ...
Aug 23, 2018
US new-home sales fell 1.7 per cent in July
WASHINGTON - Sales of new U.S. homes slumped 1.7 per cent in July, the second straight monthly decline as the broader housing market appears to have lost some of its momentum despite an otherwise soli...
Aug 23, 2018

Husband: British woman freed temporarily from Iranian prison
LONDON - British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe left an Iranian prison for a three-day furlough Thursday - a breakthrough in the case that her family hopes will lead to permanent fre...
Aug 23, 2018
AP Interview: Japan official says Trump misunderstands trade
TOKYO - President Donald Trump’s tariff policies reflect a serious misunderstanding of the importance of free trade and Japanese companies’ contributions to the U.S. economy, Japan’s...
Aug 23, 2018

Report: Trump administration needs to step up on 'Obamacare'
WASHINGTON - A congressional watchdog said Thursday the Trump administration needs to step up its management of sign-up seasons under former President Barack Obama’s health care law after mixed ...
Aug 23, 2018