KENYANAIROBI, (AP):Kenyan opposition leaders have been tear-gassed as they led hundreds of supporters to the electoral commission offices to demand that it is disbanded for being biased.Nairobi police chief Japheth Koome disclosed yesterday that the...
UNITED STATESKENTUCKY (AP):A new report has concluded that Kentucky has the highest percentage of children in the nation who have had a parent in jail.Citing a report released yesterday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, The Courier-Journal reports...
UNITED STATESWISCONSIN (AP):Governor Scott Walker has signed a bill creating tougher drunken driving penalties.The proposal makes a fourth drunken driving offence a felony regardless of when it occurred. Currently, a fourth offence is a felony only...
UNITED KINGDOMLONDON, (AP):UK politicians who want Britain to leave the European Union are fighting back after President Barack Obama sided with those who want the country to stay in the 28-nation bloc.Justice Secretary Michael Gove led the charge...
JERUSALEM, (AP):Israel's attorney general has banned a Jewish women's prayer group from holding a special service at a key Jerusalem holy site.The group, Women of the Wall, calls for gender equality at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews...
UNITED STATESWASHINGTON, (AP):Earth's record heat streak has hit a record 11 months.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said March's average global temperature of 54.9 degrees was not only the hottest March, but continues a record...
The Walt Disney Company's The Jungle Book, opened with $103.6 million in North America, making it one of the biggest April debuts ever at the box office and continuing the studio's streak of unearthing live-action riches buried in its animated...
VENEZUELACARACAS, (AP):Venezuela's two main cellphone service providers are suspending long distance calling as the South American country struggles to pay its bills.Movistar and Spain-based Telefonica both announced on Friday that they would be...
The biggest United States-based drugmaker, Pfizer Inc, will stay put thanks to aggressive new US Treasury Department rules that succeeded in blocking Pfizer from acquiring rival Allergan and moving to Ireland — on paper — to reduce its...
The Panamanian lawyers at the centre of a scandal on the financial dealings of the world's rich and famous are an odd pairing of a German-born immigrant and a prize-winning novelist whose books sometimes mirror the seedy world of politics he...
MOHALI, India (AP):New Zealand stormed into the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 with a 22-run win over former champions Pakistan yesterday, their third successive victory in Group Two.Martin Guptill scored 80 off 48 balls with 10 fours and three...
Apple unveiled a small new iPhone, a new iPad tablet for business use and price cuts for its Apple Watch at a product event Monday. The announcements, which were largely expected, aim to keep up the company's commercial momentum. The company...
MIAMI, (AP):As Washington normalises relations with Havana, nearly 30,000 Cuban nationals convicted of crimes in the US may face deportation.The Miami Herald reports that 28,400 Cuban nationals have served their prison terms and face automatic...
United States airlines are looking to serve Cuba primarily from their large hub cities, with Havana being the most popular destination.At least eight carriers submitted applications to the US...
Federal regulators and the auto industry are taking a more lenient approach than safety advocates like when it comes to phasing in automatic braking systems for passenger cars, according to records of their private negotiations.The technology...
MANCHESTER, England (AP):The player who is all the talk at Manchester United right now isn't listed on the 31-man squad on the back of the team's match-day program.There's even a section currently up on United's website, posing the question many are...
Published:Wednesday | February 24, 2016 | 10:32 AMAP
UNITED KINGDOMLONDON, (AP):Respect for human rights regressed across Europe in 2015, as countries moved to restrict the massive inflow of migrants and adopted sweeping anti-terrorism measures, Amnesty International said in its annual report...
Published:Wednesday | February 24, 2016 | 7:39 PMAP
ZURICH (AP):Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini had their bans from soccer reduced from eight years to six by FIFA's appeal body yesterday, two days before the sport's ruling body tries to turn the page on years of scandals by electing a new president....
Published:Wednesday | February 24, 2016 | 11:13 AMAP
Apple Inc will tell a federal judge this week in legal papers that its fight with the FBI over accessing a locked and encrypted iPhone should be kicked to Congress, rather than decided by courts, The Associated Press has learned. Apple will also...
The Obama administration has approved the first US factory in Cuba in more than half a century, allowing a two-man company from Alabama to build a plant assembling as many as 1,000 small tractors a year for sale to private farmers in Cuba. The...
Crude oil prices fell sharply for the second day in a row Tuesday. Benchmark US crude oil dropped US$1.75, or 5.6 per cent, to close at US$27.94 a barrel in New York. Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils, fell US$2.56, or 7.8 per...
