Trump’s America | Rural voters await economic recovery

Why did so many working-class Americans switch their presidential votes from Democrat to Republican and pin their hopes on Donald Trump? It’s this simple: They hope he can

Canada-US | Pro-refugee Trudeau set to bite his tongue on visit to Washington

More than two decades ago, with Donald Trump already atop a real-estate empire, a young Justin Trudeau set out to explore the world. He toured Europe

This Day in History | 1989 – Ayatollah sentences author to death

Iranian Muslim leader Ayatollah Khomeini has issued a death threat against British author Salman Rushdie and his publishers over the book Satanic Verses. Scotland

Offbeat | Museum ends Shia LaBeouf project, citing safety concerns

The Museum of the Moving Image announced last week it has closed a performance art project involving Shia LaBeouf, citing “serious public safety hazards.” The project

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TAIWAN Officials and media reports blame a cold spell for the deaths of more than 150 people, most of them elderly and sick, over the past several

The Buzz | Be my Valentine: Filipinos in Germany are most generous long-distance lovers

Money transfer company WorldRemit analyzed internal data of who sends money to its top 10 recipient countries. It said yesterday that Filipinos in Germany were the

Mama Beyonce shines, Adele flubs in Grammy’s

In Beyonce’s first performance since announcing her pregnancy with twins, she shined head to toe in golden hues. Meanwhile Adele got a rare do-over on national television

No matter the issue, Trump knows a guy

President Donald Trump knows a guy. No matter what issue Trump is addressing, he seems either to know somebody with a relevant personal experience or he’s got a firsthand

Swiss reject tax reform, threatening country’s competitive edge

Switzerland shot down the government’s plan to reform corporate taxation, a decision that risks hurting its appeal as a place for multinational companies. After opponents

Turkish president says troops advancing in northern Syria

Turkey’s president says his troops and allied Syrian fighters have reached the heart of the Islamic State stronghold of al-Bab in northern Syria and will eventually march on

Spain | Rajoy re-elected as Popular Party leader

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was re-elected as the leader of the conservative Popular Party for a fourth term, sweeping 95 percent of the vote at

This Day in History | 1991 – US bombers strike civilians in Baghdad

Hundreds of Iraqi civilians have been killed and wounded in Baghdad by American bombers. Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz said: “This was a criminal, pre-meditated,

Offbeat | Lithuanian tourism brouhaha after photos used from elsewhere

The head of Lithuania’s state tourism agency has resigned after admitting her agency promoted the Baltic country in an international social media campaign by using landscape photos taken in

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NORTH KOREA In an implicit challenge to President Donald Trump, North Korea appeared to fire a ballistic missile yesterday in what would be its first such test of

Trump lashes out at McCain for comments on deadly Yemen raid

President Donald Trump yesterday lashed out at Republican Sen. John McCain, who has disputed the Trump administration’s insistence that the deadly U.S. military mission in Yemen was

Romania | Justice minister quits over anti-graft law protests 

Romania’s justice minister resigned yesterday following mass protests over a law that would soften the corruption fight in the country. Florin Iordache defended his tenure, saying

Blast in French nuclear plant’s machine room; no radiation

A fire led to a blast in a nuclear power plant’s turbine hall yesterday on France’s northwest coast but there was no radiation leak or casualties, operator EDF

This Day in History | 1955 – US evacuates Pacific islands

The American Navy has moved thousands of people from the Chinese Nationalist Tachen Islands. Communist forces on the Chinese mainland - within firing distance of

Offbeat | In Sweden, television team convicted of human smuggling

Three employees with Swedish broadcaster SVT have been sentenced to community work after being convicted of human smuggling for bringing a 15-year Syrian boy to Sweden during the

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US-CHINA President Donald Trump has issued belated well-wishes to China for the Lunar New Year, saying he hoped to work with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to build a ‘constructive

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