Category: World News

Eurozone unemployment fell to 10-year low in November: data

Unemployment in the eurozone fell in November, data showed on Wednesday, as joblessness in Europe neared pre-crisis levels. Eurostat said the jobless rate in the single currency area fell to 7.9 percent in November, a 10-year low and down from a revised 8.0 percent for the previous month. […]

Stephen Harper, Former Prime Minister of Canada, calls on the Prime Minister

open view web desk Former Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, who is on a visit to India to attend the Raisina Dialogue, met Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi earlier today. The two leaders exchanged views on developments in India-Canada relations, main global trends and cooperation among democracies.

North Korea’s Kim visits China ahead of expected Trump summit

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived Tuesday on an unannounced visit to Beijing for talks with President Xi Jinping, as preparations ramp up for an expected second summit with Donald Trump. China is the key ally of isolated, nuclear-armed North Korea and its main source of trade […]

Attacker hurts 20 children with hammer at Beijing school

A hammer-wielding man wounded 20 children in an attack at an elementary school in Beijing Tuesday with three suffering serious injuries, local authorities said. A male suspect was brought “under control” and the wounded pupils were admitted to hospital, the Xicheng district government said. Surnamed Jia, the 49-year-old […]

CES 2019: TV set maker LG makes its sets disappear

LAS VEGAS — The CES 2019 gadget show is revving up in Las Vegas. Here are the latest findings and observations from Associated Press reporters on the ground as technology’s biggest trade event gets underway. DISAPPEARING TELEVISIONS In this age of smartphone streaming, big television sets are no […]

Brother of JonBenet Ramsey reaches settlement with CBS

BOULDER, Colo. — A $750 million defamation lawsuit filed against CBS by the brother of JonBenet Ramsey has been settled. The Daily Camera reports court records show that a Michigan Circuit Court judge on Wednesday dismissed the lawsuit filed by Burke Ramsey in December 2016. The terms of the settlement […]

The reality on the border: How much will a wall really help?

WASHINGTON  — President Donald Trump says there is a security crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border that can be addressed only by spending $5.7 billion on a wall. Democrats have flatly refused to agree to the funding. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the wall an “immorality.” Trump will address the […]

Eyeing 2020, Harris addresses prosecutorial past in memoir

WASHINGTON — As she nears a decision on whether to seek the presidency, Sen. Kamala Harris is taking on what could be a hurdle in a Democratic primary: her past as a prosecutor. In her memoir published Tuesday, the California Democrat describes herself as a “progressive prosecutor” and […]

AP Explains: Can Trump declare emergency to build his wall?

WASHINGTON  :  — The Trump administration is weighing using a national emergency declaration to circumvent Congress and the budget stalemate and force construction of the president’s long-promised southern border wall. “We’re looking at a national emergency because we have a national emergency,” President Donald Trump told reporters Sunday […]

Surprising North Carolina State to face North Carolina

North Carolina State has been one of college basketball’s biggest surprises, passing nearly every big test so far. The 15th-ranked Wolfpack will get perhaps the toughest one yet on Tuesday, facing No. 12 North Carolina. “We haven’t really talked about the buzz a lot,” N.C. State coach Kevin […]

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