Google to pay millions of pounds in back taxes
LONDON – Google has agreed to pay 130 million pounds ($185 million) in back taxes to Britain, prompting criticism from opposition lawmakers and campaigners...
Blizzard shuts down U.S. East Coast
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON – A blizzard that has paralysed much of the United States East Coast intensified on Saturday, bringing the nation’s capital to a...
Four killed in Canadian school shooting
SASKATOON – The gunman suspected of killing four people and injuring several others in Canada’s worst school violence in a decade first shot his...
Myanmar releases political prisoners before power transfer
YANGON – Myanmar began releasing the first of about 100 prisoners on Friday, many of them political detainees, days before a parliament dominated by...
Massive snowstorm poised to wallop US East Coast
A massive winter storm was barrelling toward Washington D.C. on Friday, with the system poised to drop near-record snowfall on the US capital before...
Israel confirms it plans to seize West Bank land
JERUSALEM – Israel confirmed on Thursday it was planning to appropriate a large tract of fertile land in the occupied West Bank, close to...