Category Archives: World
China defends N. Korea trade after its trucks haul missiles
BEIJING - China defended its trade practices on Tuesday after Chinese-made vehicles were seen towing ballistic missiles during a North Korea military parade despite international sanctions against sel...
Apr 18, 2017
Trump targets visas program for highly skilled workers
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump hopes to revive the economic populism that helped drive his election campaign on Tuesday, signing an order in politically important Wisconsin to tighten rules on te...
Apr 18, 2017
Trump rallies Georgia Republicans ahead of special election
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is rallying voters in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District to “get out and vote” Republican ahead of Tuesday’s special election. In a tweet ...
Apr 18, 2017
US national security adviser discusses Afghanistan in India
NEW DELHI - President Donald Trump’s national security adviser discussed the situation in Afghanistan with India’s prime minister on Tuesday, nearly a week after the U.S. military dropped ...
Apr 18, 2017
Disgruntled French steel workers turn to populist Le Pen
HAYANGE, France - Two things now grow around the rusting carcasses of the last blast furnaces in this French steel town: weeds, and votes for populist Marine Le Pen. For months, labour leader Walter B...
Apr 18, 2017
US housing starts fell in March; still stronger than in 2016
WASHINGTON - U.S. builders broke ground on fewer homes in March, but the pace of construction so far this year remains stronger than in 2016. Housing starts fell 6.8 per cent last month to a seasonall...
Apr 18, 2017
Arkansas inmates try variety of arguments to avoid death
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas’ plan to resume capital punishment after nearly 12 years seemed on its way to being blocked by rulings related to the lethal drugs it wants to use, but in the end ar...
Apr 18, 2017
Thwarted attack rattles France days before presidential vote
PARIS - Extremism concerns shook France’s presidential campaign Tuesday as authorities announced arrests in what they said was a thwarted attack and candidates urged tougher counterterrorism eff...
Apr 18, 2017
Germany, Russia, Ukraine, France discuss Ukraine peace deal
BERLIN - The German government says the leaders of Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France have renewed their commitment to implementing a faltering peace deal for eastern Ukraine. Chancellor Angela Merke...
Apr 18, 2017
All 12 aboard crashed helicopter in Turkey found dead
ANKARA, Turkey - A police helicopter carrying officers, a judge and a soldier crashed due to bad weather in a mountainous region of southeastern Turkey Tuesday, killing all 12 people on board, the cou...
Apr 18, 2017