Published:Saturday | January 12, 2019 | 12:00 AMErica Virtue
Nine years after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti and killed what some estimate to be more than 300,000 persons, the country is still suffering the debilitating effects, with very little to show from the massive international aid package...
BAGHDAD (AP) — After days of conflicting statements about a timeline for President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw American forces from Syria, a U.S. defense official said Friday the process has begun with the removal of some...
MIAMI (AP) — Miami International Airport is closing a terminal this weekend because security screeners have been calling in sick at twice the airport’s normal rate as the federal government shutdown stretches toward a fourth week....
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of requests by men to bring in child and adolescent brides to live in the United States were approved over the past decade, according to government data obtained by The Associated Press. In one case, a 49-year-old...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is edging closer to declaring a national emergency to fund his long-promised border wall, as pressure mounts to find an escape hatch from the three-week impasse that has closed parts of the government...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Disruptions to air travel are possible if Britain leaves the European Union in March without a deal, the head of the leading association for airlines around the world warned Thursday. Alexandre de Juniac,...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A four-day-old baby is a surprise bright spot in Congo’s deadly Ebola outbreak, as the country’s health ministry on Thursday called her the first child born to a mother who has recovered from the virus. “...
WASHINGTON (AP):President Donald Trump was heading to Capitol Hill on Wednesday as the White House tried to hold jittery congressional Republicans in line on the 19th day of the partial government shutdown. He said he thought "we're getting closer...
LONDON (AP):Britain's battle over Brexit turned into political trench warfare between Parliament and the government on Wednesday, as Prime Minister Theresa May brought her little-loved EU divorce agreement back to lawmakers who appear determined to...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP):The wife of a Norwegian multimillionaire missing since October 31, 2018 probably has been kidnapped, police said Wednesday, adding that her suspected abductors have demanded a ransom reported to be over $10 million.Police...
GUATEMALA CITY (AP):Guatemala's highest court issued a ruling Wednesday blocking President Jimmy Morales' decision to unilaterally end a United Nations (UN) anti-corruption commission.The commission, known by its Spanish initials as CICIG, has...
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s battle over Brexit turned into political trench warfare between Parliament and the government Wednesday as Prime Minister Theresa May brought her little-loved EU divorce agreement back to lawmakers who...
PHOENIX (AP) — Police have served a search warrant to get DNA from all male employees at a long-term care facility in Phoenix where a patient in a vegetative state for years gave birth, triggering reviews by state agencies and highlighting...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The British government on Tuesday ruled out seeking an extension to the two-year period taking the country out of the European Union as Prime Minister Theresa May continued to seek further concessions from the EU ahead of a...
DALLAS (AP) — The partial government shutdown is starting to affect air travel. Over the weekend, some airports had long lines at checkpoints, apparently caused by a rising number of security officers calling in sick while they are not...
LONDON (AP):Britain is testing how its motorway and ferry system would handle a 'no-deal' Brexit by sending a stream of trucks from a closed local airport to the port of Dover - even as some legislators try to pressure the government to rule out the...
KALAMAZOO, Mich (AP):A Michigan man charged with killing six strangers between picking up rides for Uber pleaded guilty to murder on Monday, just before attorneys were set to interview jurors for his trial. Jason Dalton's surprise move came more...
CARACAS, Venezuela(AP):A Venezuelan Supreme Court justice who has been a longtime government loyalist has fled to the United States, saying he's protesting President Nicolas Maduro's upcoming second term.Christian Zerpa said Sunday that Venezuela's...
BEIRUT (AP):Syria's Kurds are awaiting clarifications from the US over America's plans to pull out its troops from Syria following comments made by a top White House aide that appeared to counter earlier comments by President Donald Trump, a Syrian...
JERUSALEM (AP) — In what was billed as a “dramatic announcement,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used a prime-time address on Monday to again dismiss a series of corruption allegations against him. Netanyahu said that...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jim Yong Kim, the president of the World Bank, says he is resigning at the end of January. Kim’s unexpected departure nearly three years before his term was set to expire is likely to set off a fierce battle...
LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Gabon’s government has retained control of the West African country after an attempted military coup early Monday, the government said. Five army officers who took over state radio in the coup attempt have been...
BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Thailand’s immigration police said Monday that a young Saudi woman who was stopped in Bangkok as she was trying to travel to Australia for asylum to escape alleged abuse by her family will not be sent anywhere...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP):Malaysian King, Sultan Muhammad V abdicated on Sunday in an unexpected move, after just two years on the throne.The palace said in a statement that the 49-year-old ruler had resigned as Malaysia's 15th king with immediate...
JERUSALEM (AP):President Donald Trump's national security adviser said, yesterday, that the American military withdrawal from north eastern Syria is conditioned on defeating the remnants of the Islamic State group and on Turkey assuring the safety...
