World

Chanel's new designer, Viard, unveils couture debut in Paris

PARIS - Chanel's new chief Virginie Viard merged the worlds of two of its most famous couturiers, those of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld, for a cerebral couture show in Paris set inside a...

Jul 02, 2019

Arctic fox walks more than 2,700 miles from Norway to Canada

COPENHAGEN - An arctic fox walked more than 4,415 kilometres (2,737 miles) to go from northern Norway to Canada's far north in four months, Norwegian researchers said. The Norwegian Polar Institute re...

Jul 02, 2019

Pence abruptly cancels New Hampshire trip

WASHINGTON - Vice-President Mike Pence has abruptly cancelled a planned trip to New Hampshire, but the White House and his office refuse to say why. White House spokesman Judd Deere said only that, "S...

Jul 02, 2019

'Toy Story 4' repeats at No. 1 over 'Annabelle,' 'Yesterday'

LOS ANGELES - "Toy Story 4" hung onto the top spot in its second week in theatres and the horror sequel "Annabelle Comes Home" opened in line with expectations, but the Cinderella story of the weekend...

Jul 02, 2019

House committee files lawsuit over Trump tax returns

WASHINGTON - A House committee has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking President Donald Trump's tax returns. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday by the Ways and Means Committee against the Treasury Dep...

Jul 02, 2019

14 killed in fire on Russian navy submersible

MOSCOW - A fire has erupted on one of the Russian navy's deep-sea submersibles, killing 14 sailors, the Russian Defence Ministry said Tuesday. The ministry said that the blaze broke out Monday while t...

Jul 02, 2019

Border Patrol head condemns agents' offensive Facebook posts

CLINT, Texas - The head of the U.S. Border Patrol on Monday slammed as "completely inappropriate" sexually explicit posts about U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and comments questioning the authenti...

Jul 02, 2019

Woody Allen makes La Scala debut directing comic opera

MILAN - Woody Allen says he has "always had a warm and affectionate following in Europe," as he prepares to make his La Scala debut directing Puccini's comic one-act opera 'Gianni Schicchi.' Allen was...

Jul 02, 2019

Singer Patti LaBelle to be honoured with street naming

PHILADELPHIA - Patti LaBelle is being honoured in her hometown of Philadelphia with her very own street. A stretch of Broad Street will be renamed for the legendary soul singer during a ceremony Tuesd...

Jul 02, 2019

International forum: Don't expect cheap money to do it all

FRANKFURT - Stocks have risen on expectation of more help from central banks, but an international financial forum warned Sunday that the global recovery can't just rely on support from the likes of t...

Jul 02, 2019