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Trump tries to deflect blame for migrant children's deaths

Published:Sunday | December 30, 2018 | 12:00 AM

President Donald Trump sought to deflect blame for the deaths of two Guatemalan children in US custody by claiming they were "very sick" when they arrived, even though immigration authorities have said both children passed initial health checks.The...

Former Botswana president feuds with government over Trump

Published:Sunday | December 30, 2018 | 12:00 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) :Donald Trump is a contentious topic in Botswana, where the government is uneasy over a former leader's harsh criticism of the American president.The spat pits Ian Khama, who stepped down as president in April after a decade in...

Missouri man fatally shoots girlfriend, her kids, her mother

Published:Sunday | December 30, 2018 | 12:00 AM

ST CHARLES, Missouri (AP):A St Louis-area man shot to death his girlfriend, her two young children and her mother in the home they all shared, authorities said Saturday. He exchanged gunfire with officers as he fled and was captured several hours...

Colombia investigates possible plot to assassinate president

Published:Sunday | December 30, 2018 | 12:00 AM

BOGOTA (AP):Colombian authorities are investigating a possible plot involving Venezuelans to assassinate President Ivan Duque, a top official said Saturday night.Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes said Colombia's intelligence services had been hearing...

Putin scores some wins but tensions with the West mount

Published:Sunday | December 30, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MOSCOW (AP):It's been a mixed year for Russian President Vladimir Putin.Putin may look like a winner after an abrupt US decision to pull out of Syria. But Russia's leader faces massive challenges in Syria and elsewhere, and he hasn't moved an inch...

US Republican senator says Trump open to wall trade-offs

Published:Sunday | December 30, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on partial shutdown of the federal government, now in its second week. (all times local): 4:01 p.m. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina says President Donald Trump is open-minded about combining wall...

Journalist group says year's 94 killings end recent decline

Published:Sunday | December 30, 2018 | 12:00 AM

BRUSSELS (AP) — An international trade association says killings of journalists and news media staff rose again in 2018 following an overall decline during the past half- dozen years. The International Federation of Journalists said in an...

Year one - a mixed bag for businesses in California's ganja market

Published:Sunday | December 30, 2018 | 12:00 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was supposed to be a great year for marijuana entrepreneur Brian Blatz. When California broadly legalised pot on January 1, the lawyer with a background in banking and health care had been working for a year to set...

No talk of solution to shutdown, US president tweets blame

Published:Sunday | December 30, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was firing Twitter barbs at Democrats this weekend as talks to end a weeklong partial government shutdown remained at a stalemate. Trump was cooped up in the White House after cancelling a vacation to...

Trump puts blame for child deaths at border on Democrats

Published:Sunday | December 30, 2018 | 12:00 AM

In his first public statements on the deaths of two Guatemalan children in U.S. custody, President Donald Trump claimed they were "very sick" before they reached the border and foisted responsibility for their deaths on Democrats, yet...

Trump threatens to shut border with Mexico over wall funding

Published:Friday | December 28, 2018 | 9:27 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is threatening to close the U.S. border with Mexico if Democrats in Congress don’t agree to fund the construction of a border wall. Trump tweeted Friday morning that “We will be forced to...

Government shutdown likely to stretch into next week

Published:Thursday | December 27, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):Chances look slim for ending the partial government shutdown any time soon.House lawmakers are being told not to expect further votes this week, all but ensuring the shutdown will enter a second week and stretch towards the new year....

Legal marijuana industry toasts banner year

Published:Thursday | December 27, 2018 | 12:00 AM

PORTLAND, Oregon (AP):The last year was a 12-month champagne toast for the legal marijuana industry as the global market exploded and cannabis pushed its way further into the financial and cultural mainstream.Liberal California became the largest...

Congo orders EU envoy to leave over sanctions

Published:Thursday | December 27, 2018 | 4:23 PM

BENI, Congo (AP) — Congo’s government has ordered the European Union ambassador to leave the country within 48 hours, after the EU prolonged sanctions against the ruling party’s presidential candidate ahead of Sunday’s...

Strong 5.5 quake rattles Venezuela

Published:Thursday | December 27, 2018 | 2:05 PM

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A strong earthquake jolted Venezuelans from their sleep early Thursday, forcing residents in the capital to evacuate buildings in their pajamas before sunrise. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The 5.5...

US judge to rule on human trafficking lawsuits filed by Jamaicans, Filipinos

Published:Thursday | December 27, 2018 | 10:32 AM

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Attorneys are awaiting a federal judge's ruling on motions to dismiss two human trafficking lawsuits against an Oklahoma couple and several of their companies. The motions in U.S. District Court in Oklahoma City deny the...

Saudi king orders Cabinet shakeup after Khashoggi’s killing

Published:Thursday | December 27, 2018 | 10:04 AM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s King Salman issued a wide-ranging overhaul of top government posts on Thursday, including naming a new foreign minister, following international fallout from the killing of Saudi writer...

US judge orders North Korea to pay $500M in student's death

Published:Thursday | December 27, 2018 | 9:42 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ordered North Korea to pay more than $500 million in a wrongful death suit filed by the parents of Otto Warmbier, an American college student who died shortly after being released from that country. U.S....

El-Sissi denies fat-shaming Egyptians after weight-loss call

Published:Wednesday | December 26, 2018 | 12:00 AM

CAIRO (AP):Egypt's president is denying that he fat-shamed his own people after his recent calls for Egyptians to lose weight prompted a torrent of jokes online.In televised comments Wednesday, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said, "How can I shame...

Israel to allow medical marijuana exports

Published:Wednesday | December 26, 2018 | 12:00 AM

JERUSALEM (AP):Israel's Parliament has unanimously approved a law to permit exports of medical marijuana, allowing Israel to tap the lucrative global market.Israel will become the third country, after the Netherlands and Canada, to take its medical...

Indonesia says avoid coast near volcano, fearing new tsunami

Published:Wednesday | December 26, 2018 | 12:00 AM

CARITA BEACH (AP):Indonesian authorities urged people to avoid the coast, in areas where a tsunami killed at least 430 people over the weekend, in a fresh warning issued on the anniversary of the catastrophic 2004 Asian earthquake and tsunami.The...

Trump defends withdrawal of troops from Syria

Published:Wednesday | December 26, 2018 | 3:17 PM

AL-ASAD AIRBASE, Iraq (AP) — President Donald Trump is defending his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria where they have been helping battle militants from the Islamic State group. While visiting troops in western Iraq on Wednesday,...

France drops probe of air crash that led to Rwandan genocide

Published:Wednesday | December 26, 2018 | 10:44 AM

PARIS (AP) — French authorities have dropped a sensitive investigation into the plane crash that sparked Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, citing lack of sufficient evidence. Several people close to Rwanda’s current president, Paul Kagame,...

South Korea fines BMW $10 million over several engine fires

Published:Wednesday | December 26, 2018 | 9:14 AM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said it will fine BMW 11.2 billion won or US$9.9 million and file a criminal complaint against the company with state prosecutors over an allegedly botched response to dozens of engine fires reported...

Two pigs ‘pardoned’ ahead of Miami Christmas Eve feasts

Published:Sunday | December 23, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MIAMI (AP):In a nod to the annual tradition of the US president pardoning two turkeys ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, a pair of pigs has been spared from roasting for Christmas Eve feasts in Miami.Miami-Dade County Mayor, Carlos Gimenez, said he...

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