Protesters cry foul as Trump visits mass shooting victims
EL PASO – U.S. President Donald Trump met victims and
first responders from last weekend’s deadly shootings in Texas and Ohio on
Wednesday, as chanting protesters...
Canada police find two bodies of ‘teen fugitives’
OTTAWA - Canadian police
said on Wednesday they found two bodies that they believe are of the fugitive
teenage boys charged with killing a university lecturer...
6.0 quake rattles Taiwan
TAIPEI – A 6.0-magnitude
earthquake struck off Taiwan’s northeastern coast on Thursday, the island’s
weather bureau said, shaking buildings and cutting power to around 2,000
buildings.
A Reuters...
Apple faces probe over unfair competition in Russia
MOSCOW – Apple (AAPL.O) is under investigation in Russia following a complaint from cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab and may be abusing its dominant position...
Troops lock down Kashmir as India votes to strip its status
NEW DELHI – Indian
lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday that strips statehood from the
Indian-administered portion of Muslim-majority Kashmir, which remains under an
indefinite security lockdown, actions...
US mass shootings ignite new calls for gun legislation
WASHINGTON – A cluster of
recent mass shootings that killed 36 people in California, Texas and Ohio has
sparked renewed calls for the U.S. Congress to...
Millions in Zimbabwe ‘facing food crisis’
HARARE – The UN has stepped up its emergency appeal for Zimbabwe,
warning that more than five million people - a third of the population...
Russian arms depot in Siberia explodes
MOSCOW – A series of
blasts rocked an arms depot at a Russian military base in Siberia on Monday,
injuring eight people and prompting aluminum producer...
Drought reveals lost temple in Thailand submerged by dam
BANGKOK – Thousands are flocking to see a Buddhist temple
in central Thailand exposed after drought drove water levels to record lows in
a dam reservoir...
US freezes all Venezuela’s gov’t assets
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a freeze
on all Venezuelan government assets in the United States on Monday, sharply
escalating an economic and diplomatic...