BEIJING (AP) — China vowed Thursday to “resolutely safeguard” Chinese companies after Washington labelled telecom equipment giant Huawei a security risk and imposed export curbs on U.S. technology sales to the company. A foreign...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s Republican governor has signed the most stringent abortion legislation in the nation, making performing an abortion a felony in nearly all cases. “To the bill’s many supporters, this...
The White House is not endorsing a global pledge to step up efforts to keep Internet platforms from being used to spread hate, organise extremist groups and broadcast attacks, citing respect for “freedom of expression and freedom of the press”. The...
ST GEORGE’S (CMC): The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping has denounced moves by the United States to strengthen the decades-old trade and economic embargo against Cuba. In a statement issued following the two-day CARICOM Council for...
PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC): A national security helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing yesterday as the mother of one of the eight prisoners who escaped custody on Tuesday night appealed to her son to surrender. There were no reports of...
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — A New York man has pleaded guilty in a direct-mail scam that stole more than $30 million from the elderly and others by promoting non-existent prizes. Federal prosecutors say that for six years, Shaun Sullivan, of...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Papua New Guinea authorities were assessing the extent of damage Wednesday from a powerful earthquake that rattled coastal towns the previous evening. The magnitude 7.5 quake struck around 11:00 p.m....
Spyware crafted by a sophisticated group of hackers for hire took advantage of a flaw in the popular WhatsApp communications programme to remotely hijack dozens of phones, the company said late Monday. The Financial Times identified the actor as...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP): An oil pipeline that runs across Saudi Arabia was hit by drones yesterday west of its capital of Riyadh, the Saudi energy minister said shortly after rebels in Yemen claimed that they had carried out coordinated...
WASHINGTON (AP): Activists who have staged a protest inside the Venezuelan embassy for 35 days say they plan to stay put hours after law enforcement informed them that they were trespassing on embassy property. “We are not following the order. It...
WASHINGTON (AP): United States (US) President Donald Trump is dismissing a report that the US is planning for a military conflict with Iran. Trump was responding to Tuesday’s report in The New York Times that the White House is reviewing military...
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A powerful earthquake stuck Papua New Guinea late Tuesday evening, triggering a tsunami alert for coastal areas up to 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) away. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake measured magnitude 7...
Spyware crafted by a sophisticated group of hackers-for-hire took advantage of a flaw in the popular WhatsApp communications program to remotely hijack dozens of phones, the company said late Monday. The Financial Times identified the actor as...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Five victims of sex abuse by Catholic priests plan to sue the Vatican and are demanding to know the names of thousands of predator priests they say have been kept secret. Attorney Jeff Anderson plans to file his lawsuit on...
BRUSSELS (AP): Britain warned yesterday that armed conflict might be sparked “by accident” amid rising tensions between the United States and Iran, as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held talks with officials from European powers that are racing...
MOSCOW (AP): Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says his country isn’t interested in negotiating a nuclear arms-control treaty with the United States and Russia. Wang was in Russia’s Sochi for talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on...
SRINAGAR (AP): Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Indian-controlled Kashmir to protest the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl by a neighbour who lured her to a school bathroom, escalating into intense clashes between protesters...
TEHRAN (AP): A group of Iranian university students held a campus protest yesterday against authorities’ increasing pressure on women to wear mandatory headscarves in public. The semi-official ISNA news agency said the Tehran University students...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials say this year’s count of measles cases has surpassed 800, a growing tally that is already the nation’s highest in 25 years. A total of 839 cases were reported as of last week. That’s the...
BEIJING (AP) — Deepening a trade battle and sending financial markets spinning, China announced Monday it was raising tariffs on $60 billion of U.S. goods in retaliation for the latest hike in U.S. tariffs on its exports. The Finance Ministry...
MANILA (AP): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s name is not on the ballot, but today’s midterm elections are seen as a crucial referendum on his rise to power with a brutal crackdown on illegal drugs, unorthodox style and contentious embrace...
BEIJING (AP): China’s intensified tariff war with the Trump administration is threatening Beijing’s ambition to transform itself into the dominant player in global technology. The United States is a vital customer and source of technology for...
NEW HAVEN (AP): A Connecticut man has been indicted on charges that he threatened to kill President Donald Trump and sent letters he claimed contained anthrax. Gary Joseph Gravelle of New Haven faces charges including conveying false information...
JOHANNESBURG (AP): South Africa’s president is vowing to purge his party of “bad and deviant tendencies” as he prepares to appoint a new Cabinet following a victory in national elections. The 57 per cent share of the vote was the worst-ever...
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, have released a photo of their newborn baby's feet to mark Meghan's first Mother's Day as a mom. The image posted today on Instagram showed Meghan's hand cradling...
