DESOTO, Texas (AP) — Doris Stevens’ son, a Navy veteran who travelled the world for work and pleasure, suddenly stopped answering her phone calls in 2016. Stevens said she spent years trying to find out what happened, appealing to...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The witnesses have spoken, the politics are largely settled. Now impeachment investigators will make the case for public opinion. On Monday, hundreds of pages from Democratic Chairman Adam Schiff’s intelligence...
BALTIMORE (AP) — Three men incarcerated for 36 years in Maryland were exonerated Monday in the slaying of a Baltimore teenager after a review of their case. Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins and Andrew Stewart were expected to be released from...
BENI (AP) : Angry residents of the eastern Congo city of Beni burned the town hall and stormed the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission Monday after rebels killed eight people and kidnapped nine overnight in their latest assault. Gunfire could...
LONDON (AP): Four African countries have reported new cases of polio linked to the oral vaccine as global health numbers show that there are now more children being paralysed by viruses originating in vaccines than in the wild. In a report late...
MENDOZA (AP): Two priests were found guilty on Monday of sexually abusing deaf children at a Catholic-run school in Argentina, a case that has shaken the church in Pope Francis’s homeland. A three-judge panel in the city of Mendoza sentenced the...
LONDON (AP) — London’s transit authority on Monday refused to renew Uber’s operating license over concerns about impostor drivers, with the ride-hailing company vowing to appeal the decision as it struggles to secure its future in...
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has updated how it handles some conditional permanent residence permits issued to immigrants who marry Americans or legal permanent residents, the Miami Herald reports. According to the...
LONDON (AP) — Four African countries have reported new cases of polio linked to the oral vaccine, as global health numbers show there are now more children being paralysed by viruses originating in vaccines than in the wild. In a report...
The watch towers, double-locked doors and video surveillance in the Chinese camps are there “to prevent escapes.” Uighurs and other minorities held inside are scored on how well they speak the dominant Mandarin language and follow...
LONDON (AP) : The formal launch of the Conservative Party’s election pledges Sunday centred around the key plank of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s campaign: making Brexit happen. Speaking to a friendly crowd, Johnson trashed his opponents — most...
HONG KONG (AP) : Voters in Hong Kong turned out in droves on Sunday in district council elections seen as a barometer of public support for pro-democracy protests that have rocked the semi-autonomous Chinese territory for more than five months. The...
GOMA (AP) : A small passenger plane carrying at least 17 passengers crashed shortly after take-off Sunday in Congo’s eastern city of Goma, killing at least 26 people, including people on the ground. There are two survivors, including one member of...
JERUSALEM (AP) : Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looked to project business as usual Sunday as he returned to work following his indictment on corruption charges, but a wall of silence from his usually loyal Cabinet ministers could mean tough...
GOMA, Congo (AP) — A small passenger plane carrying at least 17 passengers crashed shortly after takeoff today in Congo’s eastern city of Goma, killing at least 25 people, including people on the ground. There are two survivors,...
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson used the launch of his Conservative Party platform to claim that his is the only party in next month’s election that will complete the Brexit process. “Unlike any other party...
NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the world’s richest men, has formally launched a Democratic bid for president. Ending weeks of speculation, the 77-year-old former Republican announced...
LONDON (AP): Britain’s December 12 vote has been dubbed the “Brexit election”, dominated by the country’s stalled exit from the European Union (EU). But political parties are also trying to win over voters more worried about the United Kingdom’s (...
BEIJING (AP): Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday that Beijing wants to work for a trade deal with the United States (US) but is not afraid to “fight back” to protect its own interests. Echoing the upbeat tone adopted by other Chinese...
HAVANA (AP): Cuba has publicly laid out the rules governing the extensive, long-standing surveillance and undercover investigation of the island’s 11 million people. A new decree approved by President Miguel Díaz-Canel on October 8 and made public...
ST PAUL, Minnesota (AP) — Amazon has pulled more than a dozen skin-lightening products with dangerous mercury levels off its website after pushback from Minnesota public-health and environmental activists. The Seattle-based company...
SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — When she was first elected to the California state Assembly, Ling Ling Chang publicly posted her cellphone number to get feedback from her constituents. It worked, but it came with a dark side effect:...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s indictment is expected to sharpen the battle lines in Israel’s already deadlocked political system and could test the loyalty of his right-wing allies, Israeli commentators said...
WASHINGTON (AP): In riveting testimony, a former national security official testified yesterday that a United States ambassador clearly carried out a “domestic political errand” for President Donald Trump on Ukraine, undercutting a main line of the...
JERUSALEM (AP): Israel’s attorney general yesterday formally charged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a series of corruption cases, throwing the country’s paralysed political system into further disarray and threatening his 10-year grip on...
