NEW YORK (AP):The National Rifle Association, and now the State of Florida, faced a growing backlash yesterday as companies cut ties to the gun industry following the latest school massacre, and student survivors called for tourism boycotts of their...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s government acknowledged Sunday that 110 girls remain missing nearly a week after Boko Haram militants attacked their town. Frustrated family members already had compiled a list of missing girls after...
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s main opposition party is poised for a significant policy change that could increase pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May to deliver a “soft” Brexit that maintains some formal economic ties to Europe...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Parents in Nigeria have released a list of the 105 young women they say are still missing nearly a week after Boko Haram militants attacked a northern town, demanding that residents direct them toward the school for...
NEW YORK (AP):Delta and United Airlines are cutting ties with the National Rifle Association (NRA), the latest in major companies to do so following the deadly shooting at a Florida high school earlier this month.Both Delta and United said yesterday...
CAIRO (AP):Egypt's official news agency says a bus carrying workers burst into flames after it overturned west of the coastal city of Alexandria, killing at least eight people.The state-run MENA, citing an unnamed Interior Ministry official, said...
ROME (AP):Italians demonstrated yesterday against racism, revivals of fascism, labour reforms, mandatory vaccines and other hotly debated issues, at some points clashing with police, as antagonism flared between far-left and far-right activists in a...
LONDON (AP):The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has joined the list of prominent charities that have uncovered sexual misconduct among its staff.ICRC Director General Yves Daccord says 21 staff members have resigned or been fired...
MEXICO CITY (AP):Mexican immigration agents say they have found 103 Central American migrants in a freight trailer left by a roadside near the US border.Mexico's National Immigration Institute said yesterday the trailer was found near Ciudad Camargo...
WASHINGTON (AP) :The Trump administration hit more than 50 vessels, shipping companies and trade businesses with sanctions Wednesday in its latest bid to pressure North Korea over its nuclear programme.The administration billed it as the largest...
WASHINGTON (AP):President Donald Trump says he goes to great lengths to hide the bald spot revealed in a recent photo.Speaking before the Conservative Political Action Conference yesterday, Trump turned around onstage and smoothed the back of his...
NEW YORK (AP):Shoppers at self-checkout lanes scanning all their groceries after they're done shopping? Old school. More stores are letting customer tally their choices with a phone app or store device as they roam the aisles.For customers, scanning...
BEIRUT (AP):A new wave of deadly Syrian government bombardment in the opposition-held eastern suburbs of the capital Damascus yesterday killed 13 people, as world leaders and aid groups called for an end to the carnage that has left hundreds of...
Published:Wednesday | February 21, 2018 | 12:00 AM
SANTIAGO (AP):The special envoy sent by Pope Francis to investigate allegations that a bishop had covered up sex abuse was undergoing gall bladder surgery yesterday in Chile, church officials said.The curia for Charles Scicluna's archdiocese in...
Published:Wednesday | February 21, 2018 | 12:00 AM
MONTREAT, NC (AP):The Rev Billy Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counsellor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, died yesterday. He was 99.Graham, who...
Published:Wednesday | February 21, 2018 | 12:00 AM
BERLIN (AP):Scientists in Germany who developed a new way to make a key malaria drug several years ago said yesterday they have come up with a technique to make the process even more efficient, which should increase global access and reduce the cost...
Published:Wednesday | February 21, 2018 | 12:00 AM
LONDON (AP):Once a month, accountant Michael Byrne pulls on his rubber boots and makes his way to a spot on the banks of the River Thames.He carefully marks out a one-square metre (11-square foot) patch and, with gloved hands, catalogues each bit of...
Published:Wednesday | February 21, 2018 | 12:00 AM
Cash-strapped Venezuela has become the first country to launch its own version of online currency, a move President Nicolas Maduro celebrated as putting his country on the world’s technological forefront. In its first hours on the...
Published:Wednesday | February 21, 2018 | 12:00 AM
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP): Thousands of students have converged on Florida's Capitol to urge legislators to pass tougher gun laws. Students from Marjory Douglas Stoneman High School spoke Wednesday to reporters inside the Capitol while several...
Published:Wednesday | February 21, 2018 | 12:00 AM
MONTREAT, North Carolina (AP): The Rev Billy Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counsellor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, died Wednesday...
BUHERA, Zimbabwe (AP):Thousands of people in Zimbabwe yesterday gathered for the burial of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, whose death from cancer exacerbated divisions within a movement preparing for elections this year.A hearse carrying...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP):A Venezuelan opposition official says the largest parties in the broad anti-government coalition have decided to boycott an upcoming presidential election they say won't be free or fair.Lawmaker Edgar Zambrano told The...
BANGKOK (AP):A Thai court yesterday granted legal custody of 13 babies carried by surrogate mothers to a secretive Japanese millionaire who is their biological father, reviving a bizarre tale that captured tabloid headlines four years ago, but...
BERLIN (AP):German police say a Muslim woman wearing a veil covering her entire face and body was attacked and verbally abused inside a Berlin store.Police said yesterday a 28-year-old woman insulted the victim and ripped the veil of the burka from...
SAO PAULO (AP):Brazil's lower house has approved a decree to put the military in charge of Rio de Janeiro's security forces amid a spike in violence.The military took over last Friday, but the presidential decree still needs congressional approval....
