August 9, 2018 0 Both Trump, Democrats See Positives in Ohio Election Results President Donald Trump and his Republican supporters are claiming victory in a special congressional election in Ohio, even ...
August 9, 2018 0 China Announces New Set of Retaliatory Tariffs on US Goods China announced late Wednesday that it will impose an additional 25 percent tariffs on $16 billion of U.S. imports. The new ...
August 8, 2018 0 Belarus Detains More Journalists Belarus on Wednesday detained at least six more journalists in Minsk, including a freelance correspondent for Deutsche Welle, in ...
August 8, 2018 0 Oscars to Create Award for Popular Movies, Limit Televised Ceremony The organizers of the Oscars said on Wednesday they would create a new award category for popular movies and limit the annual, ...
August 8, 2018 0 Scattered Protests, Heavy Security Across Iran After New Sanctions Scattered protests, along with a heavy police presence in many places were reported Wednesday across Iran, one day after the ...
August 8, 2018 0 Record Number of Women Seeking Seats in US Congress A record number of women are running for the US Congress in November, a surge that follows a year marked by the #MeToo movement ...
August 8, 2018 0 New Colombian President Promises ‘Corrections’ to Peace Deal Colombia’s youngest elected president was sworn in to office Tuesday, promising to “make corrections” to a ...
August 8, 2018 0 Manafort Lawyer: ‘So Many Lies’ Gates Can’t Keep Up In a blistering back-and forth, Paul Manafort’s lawyer suggested Tuesday that the star witness in the former Trump campaign ...
August 7, 2018 0 DHS: 700K-plus Overstayed US Visas Last Year More than 700,000 foreigners who were supposed to leave the United States during a recent 12-month period overstayed their visas, ...
August 7, 2018 0 Chinese Businessman Pleads Guilty of Importing Opioids A Chinese businessman pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court Tuesday of importing and distributing opioids. Bin Wang operated ...
August 7, 2018 0 NYC Ponders Precedent With 1-Year Cap on New Ride-Hail Car Services New York City’s iconic but imperiled yellow cab industry may be getting help from lawmakers who want to pump the brakes on ...
August 7, 2018 0 Ex-Ivory Coast First Lady Granted Amnesty Former Ivory Coast first lady Simone Gbagbo is one of 800 prisoners who were granted amnesty Monday by President Alassane ...
August 7, 2018 0 Trump Reimposes Iranian Economic Sanctions The United States has reimposed economic sanctions on Iran that were originally put in place to pressure the country to limit its ...
August 7, 2018 0 California Fire Swells to Largest in State History Authorities in the western U.S. state of California say a wildfire that began burning more than a week ago has become the largest ...
August 7, 2018 0 Watchdog Says Australia Lawmakers Increasingly Exploit Race Australia’s racism watchdog said on Monday the country is experiencing a resurgence in lawmakers exploiting race to advance ...
August 7, 2018 0 Iran Partially Lifts Currency Controls as US Reimposes Sanctions Iran is partially lifting controls on the rial’s exchange rate with the dollar to try to ease panic-buying of the U.S. ...
August 6, 2018 0 French Master Chef Joel Robuchon Dies at Age 73 Joel Robuchon, a master chef who shook up the stuffy world of French haute cuisine by wowing palates with the delights of the ...
August 6, 2018 0 HRW Opposes Plan to Move Rohingyas to Uninhabited Island A human rights group is urging Bangladesh to reconsider its plans to move Rohingya refugees to a small, uninhabited island. ...
August 6, 2018 0 US Navy’s Top Admiral Cites Increased Threat in Ocean Nearest Washington Chinese military vessels are now patrolling the Northern Atlantic, and Russian submarines are prowling those same waters at a ...
August 6, 2018 0 Taiwan’s Kinmen Island Begins Importing Water from China The Taiwanese-controlled island of Kinmen located just off the Chinese coast has begun importing water from its neighbor via a ...
August 6, 2018 0 Bangladeshi Photographer Detained For Protest Posts Police in Bangladesh said Monday they have arrested Shahidul Alam, a celebrated photographer, for his posts on Facebook and ...
August 5, 2018 0 Violence Follows Ethiopian Army Deployment to Eastern Region Officials in Ethiopia’s Somali region say 29 people were killed as a result of violence Saturday in the regional capital, ...
August 5, 2018 0 Deadly Blasts Hit Somalia At least six people were killed and 13 others were wounded in two bombings in Somalia on Sunday, ambulance services and officials ...