Category Archives: World

RIO DE JANEIRO - IOC President Thomas Bach will miss Wednesday’s opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in order to attend a state event in Germany. The International Olympic Committee said Tu...

VIENTIANE, Laos - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte defiantly reaffirmed his controversial campaign against drugs Tuesday and called for a redoubling of crime-fighting efforts across Southeast Asia...

DETROIT - The Canadian auto workers’ union has picked General Motors Co. as a potential strike target in contract talks with the Detroit Three automakers. GM will now be the focus of bargaining ...

WASHINGTON - What could possibly go wrong? (Or right?) It’s the Labor Day question that keeps presidential candidates up at night. Nine weeks from Election Day, the electoral math favours Democr...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Rhode Island Superior Court judge on Tuesday approved a partial $25.6 million settlement in the lawsuit over the state’s disastrous deal with 38 Studios, the video game comp...

WASHINGTON - U.S. services companies grew last month at the slowest pace in more than six years, a private survey finds. The Institute for Supply Management said Tuesday that its services index fell t...

AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine GOP Gov. Paul LePage has ruled out talking to the media - except “respectful and fair” talk radio hosts. LePage told WVOM-FM on Tuesday that although he doesn’...

NEW YORK - Former Fox News Channel anchor Gretchen Carlson has settled her sexual harassment lawsuit against Roger Ailes, the case that led to the downfall of Fox’s chief executive with stunning...

BONN, Germany - A German court has dismissed appeals by 84 Russian athletes seeking to compete at the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. The state court in Bonn, where the International Paralympic Committ...

GENEVA - FIFA President Gianni Infantino is open to a 40-team World Cup in 2026, with several countries serving as co-hosts. With key World Cup talks due next month, Infantino’s comments Tuesday...