Category Archives: World

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...