Category Archives: World

Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte in court in Tahiti over cannabis growth
MONTREAL - Canadian entrepreneur Guy Laliberte, founder of the Cirque du Soleil circus company, appeared before a judge in French Polynesia on Wednesday over claims of cannabi...
Nov 15, 2019

Diplomats accuse Trump as impeachment hits Americans’ TVs
WASHINGTON - On Day One of extraordinary public impeachment hearings, the top American diplomat in Ukraine revealed new evidence that President Donald Trump was overheard asking about political "inves...
Nov 15, 2019

Chileans agree to replace dictatorship-era constitution
SANTIAGO, Chile - Chile's most important political parties have agreed to call for a new constitution to replace one impose by a military dictatorship almost 40 years ago. It's a move that follows a m...
Nov 15, 2019

Domingo to sing at 100th anniversary Salzburg Festival
Plcido Domingo is scheduled to sing two concert performances in Verdi's "I Vespri Siciliani (The Sicilian Vespers)" next summer as part of the 100th anniversary Salzburg Festival, which features 221 p...
Nov 15, 2019

Prominent artists condemn Labour anti-Semitism
LONDON - Twenty-four prominent British writers and entertainers, including author John LeCarre and actor Simon Callow, say they won't vote for Labour Party candidates in next month's election because ...
Nov 15, 2019

As rockets rain down, Israel intensifies its strikes in Gaza
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - Israeli aircraft struck Islamic Jihad targets throughout the Gaza Strip on Wednesday while the militant group rained scores of rockets into Israel for a second straight d...
Nov 14, 2019

Pierce Brosnan’s sons named Golden Globe Awards ambassadors
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Pierce Brosnan's sons have been chosen as the Golden Globe ambassadors to assist with the glitzy awards ceremony. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Thursday ev...
Nov 14, 2019

AP Interview: Evo Morales wants UN mediation in Bolivia
MEXICO CITY - Former Bolivian President Evo Morales says he will ask the United Nations and possibly Pope Francis to participate as mediators in the conflict in the Andean nation. Morales spoke to The...
Nov 14, 2019

‘Too busy’: Trump professes disinterest on impeachment
WASHINGTON - What hearings? What phone call? Professing disinterest and disdain, President Donald Trump said he was "too busy" doing the people's business Wednesday to watch the impeachment hearings t...
Nov 14, 2019

Live, from DC: Trump impeachment hearings about to go public
WASHINGTON - The closed doors of the Trump impeachment investigation are swinging wide open. When the gavel strikes at the start of the House hearing Wednesday morning, America and the rest of the wor...
Nov 14, 2019