World / Americas

Free vegetables at floating garden in New York City 06 Aug 2017 - 01:30 am

New York: An old construction barge planted with vegetables, apple trees and fragrant herbs is giving apartment-dwelling New Yorkers a chance to pick...

Canada’s jailhouse secret: Legally innocent prisoners are dying 05 Aug 2017 - 10:18 pm

TORONTO: Nearly 270 people have died in Canadian provincial jails over the past five years. Two-thirds of them were legally innocent. The high...

Former investigator at Guantanamo Bay says Pentagon suppressing book on interrogations 03 Aug 2017 - 11:15 pm

WASHINGTON: A former chief investigator at the Guantanamo Bay detention center is accusing the Pentagon of blocking publication of his book on the...

Trump says ties with Russia at ‘all-time low,’ blames Congress 03 Aug 2017 - 04:14 pm

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday Washington’s relationship with Russia is at an “an all-time and very dangerous low,” and blamed...

Trump's tweets blindsiding advisers searching for clarity 02 Aug 2017 - 10:20 pm

WASHINGTON: Aides to President Donald Trump were in deep talks about how to defuse tensions between Qatar and other Arab nations when the...

Trump signs Russia sanctions law, but slams it as ‘flawed’ 02 Aug 2017 - 07:26 pm

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump grudgingly signed into law on Wednesday new sanctions against Russia that Congress had approved overwhelmingly last week, criticizing...

Brazil faces lost generation of young workers after recession 01 Aug 2017 - 10:25 pm

SAO PAULO: When Ana Carolina Gomes da Silva became the first in her family to earn a college diploma and followed up with...

Scaramucci rise and fall saga surpasses all US presidential trivia 01 Aug 2017 - 08:57 pm

Washington: After months of being blocked by political rivals, Anthony Scaramucci had finally landed his coveted White House job. Just 10 days later,...

Ohio man hid corpse in freezer as new girlfriend moved in 01 Aug 2017 - 08:01 pm

Aug 1 (Reuters) - An Ohio man is accused of stashing the remains of what police believe is his missing former girlfriend in...

Venezuela takes two top opposition leaders into custody 01 Aug 2017 - 06:36 pm

Caracas: Venezuela's intelligence service took two prominent opposition leaders back to prison early Tuesday, authorities said, as embattled President Nicolas Maduro moved to...

Maduro claims vote win, opposition vows protests 31 Jul 2017 - 10:22 am

Caracas: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed victory Monday in an internationally criticized election for an assembly to rewrite the constitution, but the opposition...

Velodrome for Rio Olympics damaged by fire; track burned 31 Jul 2017 - 03:11 am

RIO DE JANEIRO: The track and roof of the velodrome built for last year's Rio de Janeiro Olympics was damaged in a fire...

Venezuela vote triggers deadly 'war' in the streets 31 Jul 2017 - 02:15 am

Caracas: A wave of bloodshed swept Venezuela Sunday as troops cracked down on violent protests against elections to choose the members of a...

Trump replaces chief of staff Priebus with retired General Kelly 29 Jul 2017 - 01:34 pm

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump replaced his beleaguered White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus, after only six months on the job on Friday,...

Venezuela opposition blocks streets as controversial assembly vote looms 28 Jul 2017 - 10:02 pm

CARACAS: Venezuelan opposition sympathizers on Friday began blocking streets as part of a mobilization against a legislative super-body to be elected on Sunday...

Tillerson denies suggestions he will resign 27 Jul 2017 - 10:07 am

Washington: US Secretary of State on Wednesday Rex Tillerson denied suggestions that he plans to resign because of disagreement with the White House....

Canada’s Yukon offers free land if you’re willing to farm the north 25 Jul 2017 - 04:46 pm

TORONTO: In Canada’s far north, the government of Yukon Territory wants to attract small farmers to the frigid region with a simple pitch:...

Kushner says met Russians four times, denies collusion 24 Jul 2017 - 05:11 pm

Washington: Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner said Monday he had contacts with Russian officials four times during his father-in-law Donald Trump's presidential...