Category Archives: World

US employers post fewer jobs, though openings stay healthy
WASHINGTON - U.S. employers posted fewer jobs in October than the previous month, but job openings are still at a mostly healthy level that points to steady hiring ahead. Job openings slipped 1.8 per ...
Dec 07, 2016

Prosecutor drops charges in death of Detroit college officer
DETROIT - Prosecutors dropped murder charges Wednesday against a man in the killing of a Detroit college police officer who was shot in the head while on duty, but did not elaborate on why they no lon...
Dec 07, 2016

Correction: Baltimore-Fatal Bus Crash story
BALTIMORE - In a story Dec. 7 about a school bus crash in Baltimore, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the driver of the school bus involved in a fatal crash in Chattanooga, Tennessee, wa...
Dec 07, 2016

Ex-Sen. Dole facilitated Trump call with Taiwan's leader
WASHINGTON - Last week’s telephone call between President-elect Donald Trump and Taiwan’s president was the result of six months of behind-the-scenes work by former Sen. Bob Dole acting on...
Dec 07, 2016

Global stocks advance ahead of ECB decision
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Global shares rose on Thursday following upbeat trade data from China. Investors were looking ahead to a meeting of the European Central Bank later in the day. KEEPING SCOR...
Dec 07, 2016

US, Western leaders calling for immediate Aleppo cease-fire
WASHINGTON - The United States and five other Western powers called Wednesday for an immediate cease-fire in the Syrian city of Aleppo and accused Russia of blocking efforts to halt the bloodshed. In ...
Dec 07, 2016
Bangladesh court confirms death for Islamic group leader
NEW DELHI - Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld death sentences for the leader of a banned Islamic group and two of his associates found guilty in a 2004 grenade attack on a British e...
Dec 07, 2016

China warns US on Taiwan leader's planned transit
BEIJING - China on Wednesday accused Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen of seeking to use a planned transit stop in the U.S. to score diplomatic points, amid Chinese rancour over an unprecedented phone ...
Dec 07, 2016

Philippine rebels threaten to end monthslong cease-fire
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine communist rebels warned President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday that they may be forced to end their monthslong cease-fire and resume fighting if he does not suspend th...
Dec 07, 2016
Duterte defends police accused of killing drug-linked mayor
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte staunchly defended on Wednesday more than two dozen policemen who were accused by the government’s main investigation agency of killing...
Dec 07, 2016