Category Archives: World
Taxes? Trade? How Trump could affect key areas of economy
Donald Trump won the presidency by pledging to restore a vanished and golden economic era, when growth roared, factory jobs flourished and America sat unchallenged atop the global economy. Yet he neve...
Nov 10, 2016
For many supporters, Trump is a thing called hope
MENOMONIE, Wis. - On election night, when Donald Trump claimed victory in her home state of Wisconsin, Shay Chamberlain was so excited she screamed and fell over. Chamberlain believes Trump is her sav...
Nov 10, 2016
Average US 30-year mortgage rate rises to 3.57 per cent
WASHINGTON - Long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose this week for a second straight week. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac said Thursday the average for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage increased to 3.57 per cent ...
Nov 10, 2016
Applications for US unemployment aid fall from 3-month high
WASHINGTON - Fewer Americans sought unemployment aid last week, the latest sign that companies are holding onto their workers. THE NUMBERS: The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications ...
Nov 10, 2016
Prosecutor seeks life term for jailed Turkish author
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey’s state-run news agency says a prosecutor is seeking a life term in prison for author and columnist Asli Erdogan, whom he accuses of membership in an armed terror organiz...
Nov 10, 2016
Election night narrowly misses a TV ratings record
NEW YORK - An estimated 71.4 million Americans watched returns electing Republican Donald Trump the next president on prime-time television Tuesday, narrowly missing a record set eight years ago on th...
Nov 10, 2016
Russia eyes better ties with Trump; says contacts underway
MOSCOW - A top Russian diplomat and Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said Thursday that Russian experts were in contact with some members of President-elect Donald Trump’s staff during the presi...
Nov 10, 2016
Couple accused of having 276 dogs get deadline to take deal
HOWELL TOWNSHIP, N.J. - A judge has told a couple accused of having 276 dogs in their bi-level New Jersey home that they have until next week to plead guilty or else face a trial on more than 550 anim...
Nov 10, 2016
British royal trip comes as Bahrain unrest far from over
DIRAZ, Bahrain - In the small town of Diraz, just a few miles from where Prince Charles met with Bahrain’s royals, there is graffiti demanding the death of the Gulf island’s monarch, armou...
Nov 10, 2016
Mr Trump comes to Washington: Triumphant tour for the victor
WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump took a triumphant tour of the nation’s capital Thursday, holding a cordial White House meeting with President Barack Obama, sketching out priorities wit...
Nov 10, 2016