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UN chief to attend summit of Caribbean leaders this week 02 Jul 2019 - 12:24 am

UNITED NATIONS: U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is heading to Saint Lucia this week to speak at the opening of the annual summit of...

Biden’s lead shrinks as Warren, Harris rise in post-debate poll 02 Jul 2019 - 12:24 am

Former Vice President Joe Biden’s lead in the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination has shrunk by 10 percentage points in a...

Mom who tried to kill baby held in his death 12 years later 02 Jul 2019 - 12:24 am

SAN FRANCISCO: A woman who was prosecuted in Montana for attempting to drown her 10-month-old son in 2008 has been arrested in California...

Trump says Mexico tariffs off the table after immigration help 02 Jul 2019 - 12:24 am

President Donald Trump said tariffs against Mexico are off the table after the country stepped up efforts to stem migrant flows from Central...

Bus carrying retirees crashes in Argentina, 13 dead 01 Jul 2019 - 09:38 pm

BUENOS AIRES: Officials say a bus carrying a group of retirees has overturned on a foggy road in northern Argentina, killing at least...

Man charged with online threat to lynch Muslim candidate 01 Jul 2019 - 09:38 pm

A North Carolina man has been charged with posting an anonymous threat on social media to lynch a Muslim-American candidate for a state...

Cattleman Laurentino Cortizo sworn in as Panama's president 01 Jul 2019 - 09:38 pm

PANAMA CITY: Cattleman Laurentino Cortizo was sworn in as Panama's new president Monday, saying he will work during his five-year term to boost...

UK police end search for missing three-metre python 01 Jul 2019 - 06:47 pm

LONDON: British police gave up their search for a nearly three-metre python on Monday after concluding that it posed a risk only to...

Trump aide lashes out at N.Korea nuclear freeze idea 01 Jul 2019 - 02:56 pm

Washington: US National Security Advisor John Bolton lashed out Monday at a report that Washington might settle for a nuclear freeze with North...

Navy SEAL trial exposes divide in normally secretive force 30 Jun 2019 - 08:26 pm

SAN DIEGO: It was called the "The Sewing Circle," an unlikely name for a secret subsect of Navy SEALs. Its purpose was even...

Baby lobster numbers spell trouble for shellfish population 30 Jun 2019 - 03:54 pm

PORTLAND, Maine: Baby lobsters are continuing to appear in high numbers off some parts of Canada while tailing off in New England, raising...

Trump becomes 1st sitting US leader to enter North Korea 30 Jun 2019 - 01:01 pm

PANMUNJOM, Korea: With wide grins and a historic handshake, President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un met at the heavily fortified...

Probes show Russia staged Skripal attack from London 29 Jun 2019 - 10:14 pm

London: An open-source investigation has found that a top Russian military intelligence officer coordinated last year's Salisbury chemical attack from a London hideout...

Biden joins other Democrats in refusing to take money from fossil-fuel industry 29 Jun 2019 - 10:14 pm

Before joining rival Democrats on a debate stage this week, Joe Biden joined the crowded field in another capacity: swearing off donations from...

Biden's viability, party's future face questions 29 Jun 2019 - 10:14 pm

WASHINGTON: The Democratic Party is in no mood for a coronation. Joe Biden stepped onto the debate stage Thursday night as a front...

Suspects in US Muslim community bomb plot plead guilty 29 Jun 2019 - 10:14 pm

WASHINGTON: Three men accused of plotting to bomb a Muslim community in upstate New York with homemade explosives pleaded guilty on Friday, according...