Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump is tweeting that he will be interviewed Wednesday morning on NBC amid speculation that he’ll be named Time magazine’s person of the year. He tweet...

ROME - Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci is clarifying details about the infamous butter rape scene in the “Last Tango in Paris.” Bertolucci says the only novelty sprung on actress Mari...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - A “mannequin challenge” video of people staging a shootout has led to the arrests of two men in Alabama and the seizure of several guns and marijuana. Madison County She...

BRUSSELS - European Union regulators on Wednesday fined banks JPMorgan Chase, HSBC and Credit Agricole a combined $520 million for colluding to manipulate the price of financial products linked to int...

BERLIN - Scientists have developed a mind-controlled robotic hand that allows people with certain types of spinal injuries to perform everyday tasks such as using a fork or drinking from a cup. The lo...

DHAKA, Bangladesh - Thousands of Bangladeshi children who live in the capital’s slums are working illegally for an average of 64 hours a week, with many employed by the garment industry making c...

LONDON - British regulators fined U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and distributor Flynn Pharma a record 89.4 million pounds ($112.7 million) Wednesday for increasing the cost of an epilepsy drug by as much as 2...

MOSUL, Iraq - Significant Islamic State group counterattacks in southeastern Mosul inflicted heavy losses on Iraqi forces overnight after a new push deeper into the city this week, according to an Ira...

BEIRUT - Syria’s government ignored a rebel cease-fire proposal for Aleppo on Wednesday as its forces captured new neighbourhoods around the city centre and squeezed some 200,000 tired and frigh...

TOKYO - Asian markets were mostly higher Wednesday, cheered by gains on Wall Street and optimism about the telecommunications industry. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.7 per c...