World

Canadian government faces call to revoke funding for giant telescope in Hawaii

OTTAWA - The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs says Canada should bail out of a plan to build a large new telescope in Hawaii on land claimed as sacred by Indigenous Hawaiians. In an open letter to Prime Mi...

Jul 24, 2019

Deaths as bomber detonates in Mogadishu mayor's office

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A suicide bomber walked into the office of Mogadishu's mayor and detonated explosives strapped to his waist, killing several people and badly wounding the mayor, Somali police sai...

Jul 24, 2019

Meek Mill's conviction thrown out, granted new trial

PHILADELPHIA - A Pennsylvania appeals court has thrown out rapper Meek Mill's decade-old conviction in a drug and gun case. The unanimous three-judge opinion Wednesday grants the rapper born Robert Wi...

Jul 24, 2019

Lebanese rock band takes centre stage in freedoms debate

BEIRUT - A popular Mideast rock band known for its rousing concerts and lyrics challenging social norms in the conservative Arab world is once again at the centre of a heated debate about freedom of e...

Jul 24, 2019

Review: In Tarantino's latest, a radiant Hollywood fable

Quentin Tarantino has, for a while now, been reminding us what's so great about movies - or at least, what he thinks is so great about them. He's made an old-fashioned double-feature ("Death Proof," o...

Jul 24, 2019

Slow ratings start for CBS' O'Donnell after first week

NEW YORK - CBS chose the middle of the summer for Norah O'Donnell to debut as "CBS Evening News" anchor, so probably should not be surprised that not too many people noticed. The Nielsen company said ...

Jul 24, 2019

John Prine postpones shows due to stent surgery

NASHVILLE - Americana singer-songwriter John Prine is postponing several shows this summer so he can have surgery to insert a stent to prevent a stroke. A statement on Prine's website on Tuesday said ...

Jul 24, 2019

Stars to frame global poverty issues in new NatGeo series

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Common, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Hugh Jackman are enlisting in the Global Citizen movement. They're among the celebrities featured in a National Geographic docuseries highligh...

Jul 24, 2019

Trump to host state dinner for Australian prime minister

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are hosting an official visit and state dinner in September for the prime minister of Australia, a conservative, who like Trump, defied...

Jul 24, 2019

Indian celebrities protest attacks on dissent, minorities

NEW DELHI - Dozens of Indian celebrities have asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and stop rising incidents of attacks on minorities, misuse of religion by Hindu hard-liners and intoleranc...

Jul 24, 2019