Category Archives: World
Monroe dress for Kennedy birthday song sold - $4.8 million
LOS ANGELES - Officials say a dress worn by Marilyn Monroe as she famously sang “Happy Birthday” to President John. F. Kennedy has sold for nearly $5 million at a Los Angeles auction. Juli...
Nov 18, 2016
Volkswagen to shed 30,000 jobs to cut costs after scandal
FRANKFURT - Automaker Volkswagen said Friday it will shed 30,000 jobs to cut costs as it tries to recover from its diesel emissions scandal and invests more in electric-powered vehicles and digital se...
Nov 18, 2016
Thailand's queen in hospital with high fever, lung infection
BANGKOK - Thailand’s royal palace says Queen Sirikit is being treated at a hospital for a high fever and lung infection a month after the death of her husband, King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Sirikit, ...
Nov 18, 2016
China demands Mongolia scrap visit by Dalai Lama
BEIJING - China on Friday demanded its northern neighbour, Mongolia, scrap a visit by the Dalai Lama, labeling the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader a separatist who seeks to alienate Chinese-controlled...
Nov 18, 2016
Volkswagen to shed 30,000 jobs to cut costs after scandal
WOLFSBURG, Germany - Automaker Volkswagen says it will shed 30,000 jobs to cut costs as it tries to recover from its diesel emissions scandal and invests more in electric-powered vehicles and digital ...
Nov 18, 2016
Shifting US policy to right, Trump taps Sessions, Flynn
NEW YORK - President-elect Donald Trump signalled a sharp rightward shift in U.S. national security policy Friday with his announcement that he will nominate Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney gen...
Nov 18, 2016
Iraqi forces advance into Mosul under fire, 1 soldier killed
MOSUL, Iraq - Iraqi troops advanced cautiously into eastern districts of Mosul on Friday, facing stiff resistance from Islamic State militants a day after they paused their assault due to poor visibil...
Nov 18, 2016
Unlikely apprentice: Obama coaches Trump to be world leader
BERLIN - It’s the last thing President Barack Obama ever expected he’d be doing in his final months in office: Coaching Donald Trump on how to be a world leader. As the president-elect hol...
Nov 18, 2016
The effects of India's currency reform? "Chaos" say analysts
NEW DELHI - The sudden withdrawal of 86 per cent of India’s currency has left cash in short supply, retail sales stumbling and wholesale markets in turmoil. That’s just the immediate fallo...
Nov 18, 2016
Amid protests, Philippine dictator buried at heroes cemetery
MANILA, Philippines - Long-dead former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos was buried Friday at the country’s Heroes’ Cemetery in a secrecy-shrouded ceremony, a move approved by President...
Nov 18, 2016