Category Archives: World
Consumers boost borrowing $16 billion in October
WASHINGTON - Consumers increased their borrowing in October at the slowest pace in four months as growth in credit card debt and the category that covers auto loans and student loans slowed. Total bor...
Dec 07, 2016
Pakistani court indicts brother of model over honour killing
MULTAN, Pakistan - A government prosecutor says a court in central Pakistan has indicted the brother of slain model Qandeel Baloch for killing her in the name of honour. Jam Salahuddin said Wednesday ...
Dec 07, 2016
Reputed mobster pleads guilty in plot to kill crime rival
NEWARK, N.J. - A Nevada man who authorities say is a member of the New Jersey crime family believed to be the model for HBO’s “The Sopranos” has admitted plotting the death of an org...
Dec 07, 2016
Glencore, Qatari fund buy 19.5 per cent in Russia's Rosneft
MOSCOW - Commodities giant Glencore and Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund have together acquired a 19.5 per cent stake in Russia’s top state-controlled oil company, Rosneft, in a deal worth 10...
Dec 07, 2016
Judge refuses Brad Pitt's request to seal custody filings
LOS ANGELES - A judge on Wednesday rejected Brad Pitt’s request to seal details about custody arrangements in his divorce from Angelina Jolie Pitt. Los Angeles Superior Court Richard J. Burdge J...
Dec 07, 2016
Authorities: 1 officer killed, 1 wounded; shooter at large
AMERICUS, Ga. - A man fatally shot one Georgia police officer and wounded a second before fleeing an apartment complex near a college campus that went on lockdown as a precaution, authorities said. Th...
Dec 07, 2016
Trumps taps retired Marine general for homeland security
WASHINGTON - Retired Marine Gen. John Kelly carved out a reputation as a highly respected, but often outspoken commander who could roil debate with blunt assessments or unpopular directives on issues ...
Dec 07, 2016
AP reporter deported from South Sudan
JOHANNESBURG - Government agents ordered a journalist working for The Associated Press out of South Sudan on Tuesday, taking him to the airport in Juba and putting him aboard a flight to Uganda. Justi...
Dec 07, 2016
A show, a trial and now the rerun in 'Cops' murder-for-hire
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Dalia Dippolito either wanted a hit man to kill her newlywed husband, or she’s the victim of police trying to become famous on the “Cops” television show. Pro...
Dec 07, 2016
UK steel jobs safe after multinational commits to plants
LONDON - Over 4,000 jobs that were at risk at a steel plant in Port Talbot, Wales, have been secured after unions got a commitment from multinational Tata Steel to keep production there. The announcem...
Dec 07, 2016