Category Archives: World
Not today: Dow still short of 20,000 as health stocks skid
NEW YORK - Stocks finished slightly lower Wednesday as health care companies continued to struggle. Energy companies rose as the price of natural gas surged on the first day of winter. Some traders ar...
Dec 21, 2016
Existing US home sales reach highest since February 2007
WASHINGTON - Americans bought homes in November in the fastest pace in nearly a decade. But rising mortgage rates, a deepening shortage of houses and higher prices are likely to weigh on the market ne...
Dec 21, 2016
Mark Zuckerberg unveils Morgan Freeman-voiced AI assistant
PALO ALTO, Calif. - Mark Zuckerberg has enlisted the help of Morgan Freeman and taken a shot at Nickelback while unveiling his new artificial intelligence assistant. The Facebook founder and CEO showe...
Dec 21, 2016
Markets Right Now: Health care stocks lead US indexes lower
NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4:00 p.m. Stocks are closing slightly lower on Wall Street, led by declines in health care companies. The modest declines ...
Dec 21, 2016
Ex-Israeli president exits prison after 5-year rape sentence
JERUSALEM - Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav walked free from prison on Wednesday, winning early release five years after he was put behind bars for rape in a landmark case that disgraced the cou...
Dec 21, 2016
Israeli military official says low chances of war in 2017
TEL AVIV, Israel - The Middle East regional chaos has weakened Israel’s enemies and created a low probability of war involving the country in 2017, a senior Israeli military officer said on Wedn...
Dec 21, 2016
Ethiopia releasing 9,800 detained under state of emergency
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Ethiopia said Wednesday it is releasing nearly 10,000 people detained under its ongoing state of emergency but plans to charge almost 2,500 others accused of destabilizing the ...
Dec 21, 2016
Clashes erupt in Bahrain town home to Shiite cleric
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Police in Bahrain clashed with residents of a besieged town that is home to a Shiite cleric on Wednesday, arresting at least two youths and fueling protests throughout th...
Dec 21, 2016
Aid groups warn of crisis as Mongolia hit by harsh winter
BEIJING - Another unusually harsh winter in Mongolia that’s decimating livestock and sending temperatures to minus 56 degrees Celsius (minus 70 Fahrenheit) may create a humanitarian crisis, with...
Dec 21, 2016
The Latest: Berlin attack suspect reported videoed at mosque
BERLIN - The latest on the deadly truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market (all times local): 12:05 a.m. German public broadcaster RBB reports that the fugitive suspect in the deadly truck rampage at...
Dec 21, 2016