Category Archives: World
Police search for motive in killing of airport worker
Oklahoma City police investigators worked to piece together why a man waited to gun down an airline employee outside Will Rogers World Airport on Tuesday in an ambush that forced hundreds of traveller...
Nov 15, 2016
Fast-food fan Trump could remake healthy school lunches
WASHINGTON - Will President-elect Donald Trump remake school lunches into his fast-food favourites of burgers and fried chicken? Children grumbling about healthier school meal rules championed by firs...
Nov 15, 2016
US finalizes rule to limit gas 'flaring' at drilling sites
WASHINGTON - With two months left in President Barack Obama’s term, his administration issued a rule Tuesday intended to clamp down on oil companies that burn off natural gas on public lands. Th...
Nov 15, 2016
Egypt condemns Israeli bill that could approve settlements
JERUSALEM - Egypt has condemned an Israeli bill that, if adopted, would legalize settlements built without government permission in the West Bank - territory Palestinians claim as part of their future...
Nov 15, 2016
Diamond earrings star at Christie's jewels auction in Geneva
GENEVA - Christie’s is kicking off the Geneva fall season of big-ticket jewelry auctions, headlining a pair of pear-shaped diamond earrings that are estimated to fetch 20 million to 30 million S...
Nov 15, 2016
West Virginia town tries to move past Michelle Obama post
CLAY, W.Va. - As a small West Virginia community tries to move past the backlash of a racist Facebook post that targeted first lady Michelle Obama, a council member had some inviting words for outside...
Nov 15, 2016
Extensive cultural damage found in historic Iraqi city
NIMRUD, Iraq - Nearly a month into the fight to retake Mosul, government forces pushed Islamic State militants out of nearby Nimrud, home to some of Iraq’s richest archaeological treasures. And ...
Nov 15, 2016
Twitter adds new options to curb abuse, harassment
NEW YORK - Twitter, long criticized as a hotbed for online harassment, is expanding ways to curb the amount of abuse users see and making it easier to report such conduct. Twitter says it is expanding...
Nov 15, 2016
8 Germans charged with forming far-right terrorist group
BERLIN - Eight Germans have been charged with forming a far-right terrorist organization and carrying out bombing attacks on asylum-seeker facilities and left-wing political targets, federal prosecuto...
Nov 15, 2016
US business inventories up 0.1 per cent in September
WASHINGTON - U.S. businesses boosted their stockpiles by a slight amount in September while their sales increased by the most in three months. The Commerce Department says business inventories edged u...
Nov 15, 2016