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Published:Sunday | March 31, 2019 | 12:00 AM

PALM BEACH, Florida (AP): Threatening drastic action against Mexico, United States President Donald Trump declared he is likely to shut down America’s southern border next week unless Mexican authorities immediately halt all illegal immigration....

Published:Sunday | March 31, 2019 | 12:00 AM

Boeing is facing mounting pressure to roll out a software update on its best-selling plane in time for airlines to use the jets during the peak summer travel season. Company engineers and test pilots are working to fix anti-stall technology on the...

Published:Sunday | March 31, 2019 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): A redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the Russia investigation will be sent to Congress by mid-April and will not be shared with the White House beforehand, Attorney General William Barr said. Barr’s...

Published:Sunday | March 31, 2019 | 12:00 AM

BRISBANE, Australia (AP): Two Japanese teenagers have been found dead in Australia’s Lake McKenzie after being reported missing from a school tour. The boys’ bodies were discovered by police divers on Saturday morning. Inspector Tony Clowes of the...

Published:Saturday | March 30, 2019 | 12:09 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) : United States (US) President Donald Trump yesterday threatened to close the nation’s southern border, or large sections of it, next week if Mexico does not halt illegal immigration at once. “If Mexico doesn’t immediately stop ALL...

Published:Saturday | March 30, 2019 | 12:09 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP): George Clooney is calling for the boycott of nine hotels in the United States and Europe with ties to the sultan of Brunei, which next month will implement Islamic criminal laws to punish gay sex by stoning offenders to death. The...

Published:Saturday | March 30, 2019 | 12:09 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP): The administration of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says a retired air force lieutenant is being appointed to the education ministry’s number-two spot. An announcement in Thursday’s official gazette said Lt Gen Ricardo...

Published:Saturday | March 30, 2019 | 12:08 AM

LONDON (AP): United Kingdom (UK) lawmakers yesterday rejected the government’s divorce agreement with the European Union (EU) for a third time, leaving Britain just two weeks to decide between a long delay to Brexit and an abrupt no-deal departure...

Published:Friday | March 29, 2019 | 4:56 PM

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Threatening drastic action against Mexico, President Donald Trump declared on Friday he is likely to shut down America’s southern border next week unless Mexican authorities immediately halt all illegal...

Published:Friday | March 29, 2019 | 11:45 AM

MIRAMAR, Fla. (AP) — Unless you are a Florida State University football fan, chances are you have never heard of the newest Democratic candidate for president -- but Wayne Messam is hoping to quickly change that. The mayor of Miramar, Florida...

Published:Friday | March 29, 2019 | 10:02 AM

LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers have rejected the government’s divorce deal with the European Union for a third time, leaving the date and terms of the U.K.’s departure from the bloc uncertain. The House of Commons voted 286-...

Published:Friday | March 29, 2019 | 9:46 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Surgeons in Baltimore have performed what’s thought to be the world’s first kidney transplant from a living donor with HIV, a milestone for patients with the AIDS virus who need a new organ — and one that...

Published:Friday | March 29, 2019 | 12:00 AM

SEATTLE (AP): A Seattle bus driver hailed as a hero for steering the bus away from a gunman who opened fire on him and his passengers says he’s “glad to be alive”. Eric Stark was hit in the torso Wednesday afternoon by a bullet, but authorities...

Published:Friday | March 29, 2019 | 12:00 AM

MOSCOW (AP): A spokeswoman for Russia’s foreign ministry is rejecting United States calls for Moscow to withdraw its military specialists from Venezuela and to halt other forms of support for embattled President Nicolás Maduro. Maria Zakharova said...

Published:Friday | March 29, 2019 | 12:26 AM

HAVANA (AP): Cuba and Google signed a deal Thursday moving the island one step closer to having a state-of-the-art connection to the modern Internet. The American Internet giant and the Cuban government agreed to create a seamless, cost-free...

Published:Thursday | March 28, 2019 | 3:36 PM

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Venezuelan government on Thursday said it has barred opposition leader Juan Guaido from holding public office for 15 years, though the National Assembly leader responded soon afterward that he would continue his...

Published:Wednesday | March 27, 2019 | 2:56 PM

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May told Conservative lawmakers Wednesday that she will step down once the U.K.’s exit from the European Union is delivered — a dramatic concession meant to bring enough of her...

Published:Wednesday | March 27, 2019 | 9:23 AM

LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers were preparing to vote Wednesday on multiple options for leaving the European Union as they sought to bring some clarity to the country’s tortured Brexit process. In the wake of two overwhelming defeats...

Published:Wednesday | March 27, 2019 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump took a victory lap on Capitol Hill yesterday, emboldened by the end of the government’s Russia probe, even as Democrats demanded the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s full report and intensified...

Published:Wednesday | March 27, 2019 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): A former Trump campaign aide central to the early days of the FBI’s Russia investigation said the FBI wanted him to wear a wire to record conversations with a professor who had told him that the Russians had dirt on Hillary Clinton...

Published:Wednesday | March 27, 2019 | 12:00 AM

SALT LAKE CITY (AP): The Governor of Utah in the United States (US), Gary Herbert, has signed a law banning most abortions after 18 weeks of gestation, setting the stage for a legal showdown. Though the Republican governor said the measure signed...

Published:Wednesday | March 27, 2019 | 12:00 AM

ALGIERS (AP): Algeria’s powerful army chief said on Tuesday that he wants to trigger the constitutional process that would declare President Abdelaziz Bouteflika unfit for office after more than a month of mass protests against the ailing leader’s...

Published:Tuesday | March 26, 2019 | 4:37 PM

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A county in New York City’s northern suburbs declared a state of emergency Tuesday over a measles outbreak that has infected more than 150 people since last fall, hoping a ban against unvaccinated children in public...

Published:Tuesday | March 26, 2019 | 12:26 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Defence attorneys asked a federal judge Tuesday to grant a new trial to the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo, saying jurors improperly followed media coverage of the sensational drug conspiracy case. Joaquin Guzman’s...

Published:Tuesday | March 26, 2019 | 10:20 AM

CHICAGO— On Tuesday, prosecutors for Cook County, Illinois, dropped all charges against “Empire” star Jussie Smollett. The news comes after Smollett pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on March 14 on a 16-...

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