Sat | Jul 29, 2017

World News

US Senate rejects ObamaCare repeal bid, Trump tweets regret

Published:Friday | July 28, 2017 | 7:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP): Republican finger-pointing commenced Friday after the Senate's dark-of-night defeat of the GOP's effort to repeal much of the Obama health care law, a startling vote that dealt a blow to President Donald Trump. "Three...

Thrill ride OK'd hours before deadly state fair accident

Published:Friday | July 28, 2017 | 7:00 AM

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP):Inspectors repeatedly looked over a thrill ride while it was assembled at the Ohio State Fair and signed off on it hours before it flew apart in a deadly accident that flung...

US-backed Syrian fighters now control almost half of IS city

Published:Friday | July 28, 2017 | 7:00 AM

RAQQA (AP):US-backed Syrian fighters have captured almost half of the Islamic State group's de facto capital of Raqqa, but the push into the city in northern Syria has slowed due to stiff...

Corporate manslaughter possible in tower fire

Published:Friday | July 28, 2017 | 7:00 AM

LONDON (AP):British police said yesterday they have "reasonable grounds" to suspect that local authorities may have committed corporate manslaughter in a deadly high-rise fire in London.The Metropolitan Police force said it has officially informed...

Gov't seeks alternative to metal detectors to end crisis

Published:Tuesday | July 25, 2017 | 7:03 AM

JERUSALEM (AP):Israel's security Cabinet met for a second straight day yesterday to try to defuse an escalating crisis with the Muslim world and find an alternative to metal detectors that had...

Trucker charged with 10 deaths in immigrant-smuggling case

Published:Tuesday | July 25, 2017 | 7:00 AM

SAN ANTONIO (AP):The driver of a broiling tractor-trailer found packed with immigrants outside a Walmart in San Antonio was charged yesterday in the deaths of 10 of his passengers and could face the death penalty over the hellish journey.In...

St Peter's Square fountains being shut off due to drought

Published:Tuesday | July 25, 2017 | 7:00 AM

VATICAN CITY (AP):The Vatican says it is shutting off all its fountains, including those in St. Peter's Square, because of Italy's drought.Vatican Radio yesterday said the decision is linked...

13 inmates escape from recently fortified prison

Published:Tuesday | July 25, 2017 | 7:00 AM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP):Thirteen inmates have escaped from a recently fortified prison in the South American country of Guyana just weeks after an earlier jailbreak.Senior Police Superintendent Wendell Blanhum...

Five teens arrested for alleged gang rape at school

Published:Tuesday | July 25, 2017 | 7:00 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP):Brazilian police have arrested five teenagers on suspicion of gang-raping a 13-year-old girl on multiple occasions at a Rio de Janeiro public school.Police say the girl's...

Teen driver livestreams part of sister's fatal crash

Published:Tuesday | July 25, 2017 | 7:00 AM

FRESNO, California (AP):A teenage driver lost control of her car while she was livestreaming on Instagram and recorded part of the crash that authorities said yesterday killed her younger sister in...

Trinidad has highest per capita rate of ISIS recruitment in Western Hemisphere - US

Published:Monday | July 24, 2017 | 7:00 AM

WASHINGTON (CMC):While there were no known indigenous or foreign terrorist groups operating in Trinidad and Tobago, the United States says the twin-island republic had the highest per capita rate of ISIS recruitment in the Western Hemisphere in 2016...

Trump asserts all agree he has 'complete power' to pardon

Published:Monday | July 24, 2017 | 7:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has "complete power" to issue pardons, an assertion that comes amid investigations into Russian interference in last year's presidential election. It was one of many topics that appeared...

Some urge sprinkler mandates across US after Honolulu fire

Published:Monday | July 24, 2017 | 7:00 AM

HONOLULU (AP):When Moon Yun Pellerin's parents bought a 27th-floor apartment in a high-rise overlooking Waikiki about 15 years ago, they didn't realise the wave-shaped building had no fire sprinklers."We didn't even consider it," Pellerin said.But a...

Divided UK, inconclusive election could put brakes on Brexit

Published:Monday | July 24, 2017 | 7:00 AM

LONDON (AP):Lucy Harris thinks Britain's decision to leave the European Union is a dream come true. Nick Hopkinson thinks it's a nightmare.The two Britons a 'leave' supporter and a '...

8 found dead in sweltering truck in immigrant smuggling case

Published:Monday | July 24, 2017 | 7:00 AM

SAN ANTONIO (AP):Authorities called to a Walmart parking lot found eight people dead and 20 others in dire condition in the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer, victims of what police said...

Russia sanctions bill that defies Trump is set for key vote

Published:Monday | July 24, 2017 | 7:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):The White House indicated Sunday that President Donald Trump would sign a sweeping Russia sanctions measure, which the House could take up this week, that requires him to get...

Israel installs new security cameras at Jerusalem holy site

Published:Sunday | July 23, 2017 | 7:31 AM

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel installed new security cameras Sunday at the entrance to a sensitive Jerusalem holy site, as officials began indicating it was considering "alternatives" to the metal detectors at the contested shrine that set off...

8 dead in truck, 20 dire in San Antonio immigrant smuggling case

Published:Sunday | July 23, 2017 | 7:23 AM

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Authorities called to a Walmart parking lot in San Antonio overnight found eight people dead and 20 others in dire condition in the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer, in what police are calling a horrific case of immigrant...

More clashes in West Bank

Published:Sunday | July 23, 2017 | 7:05 AM

ISRAELThe Israeli military last night reported that disturbances had erupted in the village of the Palestinian attacker who stabbed to death three members of an Israeli family.The military said about 50 people hurled rocks at Israeli troops in the...

Insurgents kidnap more than 60 in Kandahar bus raids

Published:Sunday | July 23, 2017 | 7:00 AM

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP):A spokesman for the provincial governor says Taliban insurgents have kidnapped upward of 60 people in several attacks on buses in southern Kandahar that took place over the last four days.They killed seven of the passengers...

Trump’s son-in-law discloses additional US$10m in assets

Published:Sunday | July 23, 2017 | 7:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner "inadvertently omitted" more than 70 assets worth at least US$10.6 million from his personal financial disclosure reports, according to revised paperwork released...

Actor John Heard, of 'Home Alone' movies dead

Published:Sunday | July 23, 2017 | 7:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):Actor John Heard, whose many roles included the father in the Home Alone series and a corrupt detective in The Sopranos, has died. He was 72.His death was confirmed yesterday by the Santa Clara Medical Examiner's office in California....

White House press secretary Spicer resigns

Published:Friday | July 21, 2017 | 7:27 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): White House press secretary Sean Spicer is resigning his position, according to two people with knowledge of the decision. One of those people said Spicer is quitting because of objections over the appointment of a new White House...

Judge seizes $2.8 million in Silva's pension fund

Published:Friday | July 21, 2017 | 7:00 AM

SAO PAULO (AP):A judge has ordered the seizure of US$2.8 million in pension funds from former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in connection with his corruption conviction.The office of federal...

OJ Simpson granted parole after nearly 9 years in prison

Published:Friday | July 21, 2017 | 7:00 AM

LOVELOCK, Nevada (AP):O.J. Simpson was granted parole yesterday after more than eight years in prison for a Las Vegas hotel heist, successfully making his case in a nationally televised hearing that reflected America's enduring fascination with the...

Pages

Subscribe to World News