Category Archives: World

'Abominable' No.1 with $20.9M; Zellweger's 'Judy' sings out
NEW YORK - The DreamWorks animated adventure "Abominable" topped the box office with $20.9 million in ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, while the Renee Zellweger-led...
Oct 01, 2019

Minnesota regulators restart Line 3 pipeline review process
ST. PAUL, Minn. - State utility regulators on Tuesday unfroze the approval process for Enbridge Energy's plan to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline across northern Minnesota, directing a stat...
Oct 01, 2019

Dazed and confused deer gets trapped in Italy's resort shop
ROME - A dazed and confused deer has stormed into a clothing store in the fashionable mountain resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo, on the Italian Dolomites, blocking the local shopping street for a few hours...
Oct 01, 2019

US manufacturing activity sank to lowest level since 2009
WASHINGTON - U.S. factory activity hit its lowest level in more than a decade, as President Donald Trump's trade wars take a toll on American and global manufacturing. The Institute for Supply Managem...
Oct 01, 2019

Global trade to see weakest growth since Great Recession
GENEVA - Global trade is forecast to weaken this year to the slowest pace since the depths of the Great Recession due to the U.S.-China trade war. The World Trade Organization said Tuesday it expects ...
Oct 01, 2019

Viard's debut at Chanel ready-to-wear is crashed by comedian
PARIS - In her first solo ready-to-wear show since Karl Lagerfeld's death, Chanel designer Virginie Viard had a lot to prove. And by recreating a sprawling Parisian roofscape inside the Grand Palais w...
Oct 01, 2019

US court: FCC had the right to dump net-neutrality rules
WASHINGTON - A federal court is ruling that the Federal Communications Commission had the right to dump net-neutrality rules, but couldn't bar states like California from passing their own. The ruling...
Oct 01, 2019

Terrorism charge against SUV driver in suburban Chicago mall
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - A man accused of driving an SUV through a suburban Chicago shopping mall was charged Sunday with a state terrorism and ordered held without bond. Police in Schaumburg said the Cook ...
Oct 01, 2019

US construction spending up slight 0.1% in August
WASHINGTON - U.S. construction spending edged up a disappointing 0.1% in August as continued weakness in nonresidential construction offset the best gain in home building in nine months. The Commerce ...
Oct 01, 2019

Cuba battles plague of giant snails
HAVANA - Silently and without pause, the giant African snail has been invading Cuba. With their shiny, brilliantly striped shells and bodies up to 8 inches (20 centimetres) long, the snails have becom...
Oct 01, 2019