Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - Long-term U.S. mortgage rates jumped this week, reaching their highest levels since late June amid indications of strength in the economy. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac says the average for ...

WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories increased a modest amount in September even though a key category that tracks business investment plans fell by the largest amount since February. Factory orders ...

MILAN - Survivors say as many as 240 people have died in two shipwrecks off Libya, the U.N. refugee agency reported Thursday, bringing this year’s toll to more than 4,220 migrants dead or missin...

WASHINGTON - The National Republican Senatorial Committee said Thursday it is making a last-minute investment in the Wisconsin Senate race, which is tightening up unexpectedly in the final days of the...

WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton may not be accumulating the type of early-vote advantage her campaign wanted, but she continues to maintain an apparent edge over Donald Trump, with more than one-quarter ...

WASHINGTON - The productivity of American workers rose in the July-September quarter at the fastest pace in two years, while labour costs slowed. Productivity increased at a 3.1 per cent rate in the t...

CINCINNATI - With the nation focused on the closing days of the long, heated race for the presidency, two trials related to the country’s continued racial divisions have just begun. Juries in Ci...

WASHINGTON - Mortgage giant Fannie Mae reported net income of $3.2 billion from July through September, up from $2 billion a year earlier, as its losses declined on investments it uses to hedge agains...

LONDON - The Latest on U.K. court decision on Brexit (all times local): 6 p.m. The White House is urging Britain and the European Union to be “flexible” as they negotiate their breakup. Wh...

BEIRUT - Lebanon’s prime minister designate vowed on Thursday to work swiftly to put together a “national unity government that overcomes political divisions” that have plagued the M...