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Trump insists on steel wall with Mexico in prime-time speech 09 Jan 2019 - 09:30 am

Washington: President Donald Trump used a prime-time address to the nation Tuesday to insist on $5.7 billion for a steel wall along the...

Airline battle for Hawaii picks up as sun country adds flights 08 Jan 2019 - 09:02 pm

Sun Country Airlines Inc. will begin service from San Francisco to Hawaii on May 18 for the peak summer season, bulking up its...

Bus driver in Canada crash that killed 16 pleads guilty 08 Jan 2019 - 07:28 pm

MELFORT, Saskatchewan: The driver of a transport truck involved in a bus crash that killed 16 people in Canada has pleaded guilty to...

U.S. says it sanctions Venezuelans in currency scheme 08 Jan 2019 - 06:44 pm

WASHINGTON - The United States imposed sanctions on Tuesday that target a Venezuelan currency exchange network scheme that siphoned billions of dollars to...

Brazil defense minister sees no need for U.S. military base 08 Jan 2019 - 02:59 pm

SAO PAULO: Brazil's defense minister sees no reason to allow the United States to set up a military base in the country, an...

Trump to take his case to build wall to prime-time audience 08 Jan 2019 - 01:46 pm

Washington: With no breakthrough in sight, President Donald Trump will argue his case to the nation Tuesday night that a "crisis" at the...

Mexico president defends hands-off stance on Venezuela 07 Jan 2019 - 09:09 pm

Mexico City: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday defended his administration's boycott of a regional push to make crisis-torn Venezuela's President...

Trump to travel to U.S. southern border on Thursday: White House 07 Jan 2019 - 08:23 pm

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump plans to visit the U.S. southern border on Thursday in the midst of a partial federal government shutdown triggered...

Fuel theft poses first big battle for Mexican president 07 Jan 2019 - 08:15 pm

MEXICO CITY: Mexico's new president is facing the first big domestic battle of his month-old administration, taking on fuel thieves who drill into...

Ginsburg missing Supreme court arguments for 1st time 07 Jan 2019 - 06:45 pm

WASHINGTON - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is missing arguments for the first time in more than 25 years as she recuperates from cancer...

$FILE PHOTO: Associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg arrives for the swearing in ceremony of Judge Neil Gorsuch in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., April 10, 2017.Joshua Roberts \ REUTERS$

U.S. Supreme Court rejects Exxon in climate change document fight 07 Jan 2019 - 05:52 pm

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the attorney general of Massachusetts to obtain records from Exxon Mobil Corp...

Harold Brown, US defense chief who built, then strove to contain nuclear weapons, dies at 91 06 Jan 2019 - 08:19 am

Washington: Harold Brown, an advocate of nuclear arms control who as President Jimmy Carter's defense secretary tried but failed to win U.S. Senate...

Brazil troops deploy to stop criminal attacks in northern city 05 Jan 2019 - 08:36 pm

Rio de Janeiro: A special deployment of Brazilian troops began fanning out in the northern city of Fortaleza Saturday with orders to stop...

Trump says he can declare national emergency to build wall 05 Jan 2019 - 07:58 pm

President Donald Trump said he could declare a national emergency to circumvent Congress and build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico,...

US President Donald Trump addresses a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House following a meeting with Congressional leaders on the government shutdown, January 4, 2019 in Washington. ( AFP / Alex Edelman)

Mexican president owns no cars or real estate, but his wife does 05 Jan 2019 - 03:06 pm

Mexico City: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday he owns no real estate, vehicles or personal property, echoing what experts...

Police: 3 dead, 4 injured in bowling alley shooting 05 Jan 2019 - 01:58 pm

Police say three people were killed and four people were injured in a shooting late Friday night at a bowling alley in Torrance,...

'Multiple victims' in shooting near Los Angeles: local police 05 Jan 2019 - 12:28 pm

Washington: Police in California on Saturday said they were responding to a shooting with "multiple victims" at a bowling alley near Los Angeles....

Trump, Democrats dig in over ending government shutdown 04 Jan 2019 - 08:39 pm

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump and congressional leaders gathered at the White House on Friday to try to end a 2-week-old partial U.S. government...