Online surge, lines mark start of Black Friday sales
23 November 2018NEW YORK – United States shoppers desperate for deals banged on doors and formed long queues at checkout counters on Black Friday, as a strong economy and rising wages drove a solid start to the holiday shopping season. Read More
Woman cooks lover after killing him
22 November 2018Abu Bhabi – A Moroccan woman has been accused of killing her lover and serving up his remains to Pakistani workers in the United Arab Emirates, prosecutors say. Read More
May to return to Brussels for last-ditch Brexit talks
21 November 2018British Prime Minister Theresa May will return to Brussels for Brexit talks this weekend as the United Kingdom and European Union strive to do a deal in time for Sunday's summit of European leaders. The PM said progress had been made during discussions with EU officials... Read More
Democrats to investigate Ivanka Trump’s private email use for work
21 November 2018WASHINGTON − A Congressional committee will investigate Ivanka Trump, United States President Donald Trump’s daughter and a White House adviser, following reports she repeatedly used a personal email account for government work, a House Democrat said on Tuesday. Read More
Oil slumps seven per cent as equities slide fuels demand worries
20 November 2018NEW YORK − Oil prices tumbled more than seven per cent on Tuesday, with United States crude plunging to its lowest in over a year, caught in Wall Street’s broader selloff fed by growing concerns about slowing global growth. Read More
Trump backs Saudi Arabia despite murder
20 November 2018US President Donald Trump has strongly defended ties with Saudi Arabia despite international condemnation of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder. The kingdom is a "steadfast partner" that has agreed to invest "a record amount of money" in the US, Mr Trump said in... Read More
Thousands evacuated as Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupts
20 November 2018GUATEMALA CITY − Almost 4 000 people were evacuated on Monday from areas around Guatemala’s Fuego volcano, which began violently erupting overnight, the country’s disaster agency Conred said. Read More
Airbnb to remove listings in Israel’s West Bank settlements
20 November 2018JERUSALEM − Home-renting company Airbnb Inc said on Monday it would remove listings in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, a move Israel called a “wretched capitulation” to boycotters and Palestinians hailed as a step towards peace. Read More
CNN seeks hearing after White House again vows to yank reporter’s access
19 November 2018WASHINGTON − CNN on Monday called on a federal court to hold emergency proceedings after the White House said it would again revoke press access to correspondent Jim Acosta despite a temporary restraining order on Friday to reinstate him. Read More
Turkey sentences six people to life in prison for Istanbul airport attack
17 November 2018ANKARA − A Turkish court has handed life prison sentences to six people convicted over a 2016 attack at Istanbul’s main Ataturk airport which killed 45 people, the state-owned Anadolu news agency reported on Friday. Read More
Judge orders White House to return Jim Acosta's press pass
16 November 2018CNN's Jim Acosta will return to his post at the White House on Friday following a court ruling that forced the Trump administration to reinstate his press pass. Read More
British PM May fights to save Brexit deal and her job
15 November 2018LONDON-Prime Minister Theresa May’s draft divorce deal with the European Union was in jeopardy on Thursday after her Brexit secretary and other ministers quit in protest and her own Eurosceptic lawmakers called for her to be ousted. Read More
Trump aide Ricardel forced out after showdown with First Lady
15 November 2018WASHINGTON − Mira Ricardel, the White House deputy national security adviser, was forced out of her job on Wednesday after President Donald Trump’s wife, Melania, said Ricardel did not deserve the honour of working for her husband. Read More
British PM hails Brexit deal but must sell it to doubtful ministers
14 November 2018LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May hailed her draft European Union divorce deal on Wednesday but must convince ministers to back her plan amid open hostility from some of her own members of parliament who say it threatens the United Kingdom’s unity. Read More
White House hit with staff upheavals – again
14 November 2018WASHINGTON − Another round of upheaval engulfed President Donald Trump’s White House on Tuesday, with the future of several senior aides in doubt just a week after Unites States congressional elections. Read More
US lays barbed wire at border as migrant caravan draws closer
13 November 2018TIJUANA − Hundreds of Central American migrants planning to seek asylum in the United States moved toward the country’s border with Mexico on Tuesday as United States military reinforced security measures, laying barbed wire and erecting barricades. Read More
CNN sues President Trump and top White House aides for barring Jim Acosta
13 November 2018New York CNN has filed a lawsuit against President Trump and several of his aides, seeking the immediate restoration of chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta's access to the White House. Read More
Stan Lee, creator of many Marvel superheroes, dead at 95
12 November 2018LOS ANGELES − Stan Lee, who dreamed up Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Hulk, Black Panther and a cavalcade of other Marvel Comics superheroes that became mythic figures in pop culture with soaring success at the movie box office, died at the age of 95, his daughter said on... Read More
Fierce winds expected to fan California’s deadly wildfires
12 November 2018Fierce, dry winds were expected to fan the flames of deadly wildfires burning in California on Monday, heightening the risk of fresh blazes from scattered embers and making driving conditions difficult. Read More
Facebook outage stumps users
12 November 2018For about 30 minutes earlier today social media site Facebook appeared to be offline. As the site went down this afternoon, more than 1 000 people promptly reported connection issues on DownDetector.com, a website that tracks site downtime. Read More
Change Brexit course or face total surrender, says Johnson
12 November 2018LONDON − Former British foreign minister Boris Johnson called again on Sunday for Prime Minister Theresa May to change course on Brexit, accusing her of forcing through a deal to keep the country locked in the EU’s customs union in a “total surrender”. Read More
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