Category Archives: World
Far-right group, asylum seekers fight in German town
BERLIN - Dozens of police officers intervened as groups of far-right Germans and young asylum seekers clashed in an eastern German town that has previously seen racist incidents, officials said Thursd...
Sep 15, 2016

Obama: Oceans key to protecting planet from climate change
WASHINGTON - Creating the Atlantic Ocean’s first marine national monument is a needed response to dangerous climate change, oceanic dead zones and unsustainable fishing practices, President Bara...
Sep 15, 2016
Witness says Philippine president ordered killings
MANILA, Philippines - A former Filipino militiaman testified before the country’s Senate on Thursday that President Rodrigo Duterte, when he was still a city mayor, ordered him and other members...
Sep 15, 2016

Trump supports birth control without a prescription
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump says he believes women should be able to obtain birth control without a prescription. Speaking on an episode of “The Dr. Oz Show” airing Thursday, the Republican ...
Sep 15, 2016

Iowa GOP congressman says QB's protest 'sympathetic to ISIS'
WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Steve King says Colin Kaepernick’s protest of the national anthem is “activism that is sympathetic to ISIS.” The 49ers quarterback has sat or has taken a knee ...
Sep 15, 2016
Lawyer: $1.9 million settlement in Sandra Bland lawsuit
CHICAGO - The mother of Sandra Bland, a black woman who died last summer in a Texas jail after a contentious traffic stop, has reached a $1.9 million settlement in her wrongful-death lawsuit, her atto...
Sep 15, 2016

US average 30-year mortgage rate jumps to 3.50 per cent
WASHINGTON - Long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose this week, with the benchmark 30-year loan reaching its highest level since June. Rates remain at historically low levels, however. Mortgage giant Fredd...
Sep 15, 2016
US business stockpiles unchanged in July while sales decline
WASHINGTON - U.S. businesses left their stockpiles unchanged in July while sales declined slightly. The Commerce Department says inventories were flat in July after rising a modest 0.2 per cent in Jun...
Sep 15, 2016

Aid convoys for Syria's Aleppo delayed amid rising violence
BEIRUT - Trucks carrying humanitarian aid to Syria’s besieged rebel-held part of the city of Aleppo were held up for yet another day as heavy fighting broke out Friday on the edges of Damascus b...
Sep 15, 2016
US manufacturing output stumbled in August
WASHINGTON - U.S. factory production fell last month amid cutbacks in appliances, home electronics and machinery. The Federal Reserve said Thursday factory production dropped 0.4 per cent in August, f...
Sep 15, 2016