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Hillary Clinton: US did not 'deserve' Trump presidency 13 Mar 2018 - 01:46 pm

MUMBAI, India: Hillary Clinton told an audience in India that the United States did not "deserve" Donald Trump's presidency and these are "perilous...

China rejects Canadian accusation of steel dumping 13 Mar 2018 - 01:39 pm

Beijing: China on Tuesday dismissed Canadian accusations that it was flooding global markets with cheap steel, saying overcapacity in the industry was an...

Helicopter crashes in NYC's East River, 5 passengers dead 12 Mar 2018 - 04:24 pm

NEW YORK: A private charter helicopter hired for a photo shoot crashed into New York City's East River on Sunday night and flipped...

Cash for killing your wife ends as Brazil shuts down loophole 12 Mar 2018 - 02:56 pm

Late one evening in March 2013, Claudenice Josefa Olimpia, a 33 year-old shop assistant in Brazil’s Northeast, was shooting the breeze with neighbors...

NYPD confirms 5 passengers in NYC helicopter crash are dead 12 Mar 2018 - 09:04 am

NEW YORK: A helicopter crashed into New York City's East River Sunday night and flipped upside down in the water, killing all five...

Congressional race on Trump turf is national barometer 12 Mar 2018 - 08:37 am

Mount Lebanon, United States: In a Pennsylvania district Donald Trump swept in 2016, the unfathomable has become possible: a Democrat could win Tuesday's...

Trump backs off push for raising assault rifle purchase age 12 Mar 2018 - 07:50 am

WASHINGTON: The White House unveiled a new plan to prevent school shootings that backs off President Donald Trump's support for increasing the minimum...

Cuba holds one-party vote as post-Castro era looms 11 Mar 2018 - 08:29 am

HAVANA: Cubans go to the polls on Sunday in a one-party vote that marks the penultimate step in a political process that will...

Canada provincial party elects new leader months before polls 11 Mar 2018 - 07:56 am

TORONTO: The main opposition party of Canada's most populous province, Ontario, elected a new leader on Saturday just three months before provincial elections,...

3 workers killed at California veterans center, gunman dead 10 Mar 2018 - 09:19 am

YOUNTVILLE, Calif., Three workers for a program that treats veterans for post-traumatic stress disorder were found dead Friday along with the suspect who...

Love thy neighbor: US sanctuary churches protect Trump-era migrants 10 Mar 2018 - 08:18 am

Greensboro, United States: Business owner Oscar Canales has spent the past three months confined to a church basement in the US city of...

Sick Venezuelans flee to Colombia in mounting refugee crisis 08 Mar 2018 - 06:52 pm

CUCUTA, Colombia: In a cramped hospital near Colombia's border with Venezuela, migrants fill stretchers bearing the wounds of the deteriorating nation they left...

Brazilian shelters overwhelmed by influx of desperate Venezuelans 08 Mar 2018 - 06:43 pm

Boa Vista, Brazil: As soon as the traffic lights turn red, a swarm of young Venezuelans with sponges and plastic bottles of detergent...

Snow storm pounds U.S. Northeast, closing schools, snarling commutes 08 Mar 2018 - 01:33 pm

NEW YORK: The second winter storm in a week will continue to dump wet, heavy snow on New England on Thursday, forcing schools...

Alabama student dies in accidental school shooting - officials 08 Mar 2018 - 09:28 am

A female student was killed and one person was wounded in a shooting at an Alabama high school on Wednesday that authorities are...

Eleven nations - but not U.S. - to sign Trans-Pacific trade deal 08 Mar 2018 - 09:11 am

SANTIAGO: Eleven countries are expected to sign a landmark Asia-Pacific trade agreement in Santiago on Thursday, as an antidote to the increasingly protectionist...

Kushner to visit Mexico after Trump tirades, testy phone call 07 Mar 2018 - 09:21 am

MEXICO CITY: Senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, will visit Mexico on Wednesday and meet President Enrique Pena Nieto, amid...