Category Archives: World

China economy czar heading for Washington tariff war talks
BEIJING - China confirmed Tuesday its economy czar will go to Washington for trade talks despite fears he might cancel after President Donald Trump threatened to escalate a tariff war over Beijing's t...
May 09, 2019

Pressured over media rights, Myanmar frees Reuters reporters
YANGON, Myanmar - Two Reuters journalists whose imprisonment for their reporting on the Myanmar military's abuses of Rohingya Muslims drew the world's attention to curbs on freedom of the press were f...
May 08, 2019

Louis Vuitton show transports guests without flight at JFK
NEW YORK - Louis Vuitton's cruise show transported guests back in time as its cruise show showcased flashy 1980s-inspired outfits in a decidedly retro venue: the spacey, once-abandoned TWA terminal at...
May 08, 2019

Fox Sports, Stars Group to offer sports betting in deal
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A major U.S. sports network is getting into the sports betting game. Fox Sports says it is buying just under 5 per cent of the Stars Group for about $236 million, and that both c...
May 08, 2019

Plane skids off wet runway in Myanmar; pilot, 3 others hurt
YANGON, Myanmar - A plane operated by Biman Bangladesh Airlines skidded off the runway while landing Wednesday evening at Myanmar's Yangon International Airport, injuring at least four people includin...
May 08, 2019

Denver is 1st US city to decriminalize 'magic mushrooms'
DENVER - Voters have made Denver the first U.S. city to decriminalize psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in "magic mushrooms." Preliminary results show that the citizen-led initiative narrowly pa...
May 08, 2019

Florida governor signs bill allowing more armed teachers
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - More Florida teachers will be eligible to carry guns in the classroom under a bill Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Wednesday that immediately implements recommendations from a ...
May 08, 2019

Santa Fe Opera announces plans to stage world premieres
SANTA FE, N.M. - World-premiere operas derived from the gender-bending Broadway hit "M. Butterfly" and from meditations on Victorian-era repression in Bram Stroker's "Dracula" are coming to the Santa ...
May 08, 2019

Refusal to hand over Trump's tax returns sets up legal fight
WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has made it official: The administration won't be turning President Donald Trump's tax returns over to the Democratic-controlled House. Mnuchin told Ways...
May 08, 2019

Can fines rein in Big Tech? Privacy regulators spur a debate
WASHINGTON - As they negotiate a record fine against Facebook, federal privacy regulators sparked a debate in Congress Wednesday over how effective such penalties can be in preventing future abuses by...
May 08, 2019