Tag Archives: International

NEW YORK - Jeffrey Epstein's longtime confidante Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred Monday to a New York City jail plagued by coronavirus concerns and other problems as she faces charges that she recru...

FARGO, N.D. - A judge on Monday ordered the Dakota Access pipeline shut down for additional environmental review more than three years after it began pumping oil - handing a victory to the Standing Ro...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that states can require presidential electors to back their states' popular vote winner in the Electoral College. The ruling, in cases in Washin...

LONDON - Frontman Tom Meighan has left British rockers Kasabian to deal with "personal issues," the band said Monday. Kasabian said in a statement that Meighan "is stepping down from the band by mutua...

PARIS - The coronavirus pandemic has instilled extra unpredictability into the already fickle Paris Fashion Week. After first cancelling the July shows for menswear and Haute Couture, the French fashi...

SILVER SPRING, Md. - Uber finally got its food delivery company, acquiring Postmates in a $2.65 billion all-stock deal, the ride-hailing giant confirmed Monday. Uber and its Uber Eats food-delivery di...

FRANKLIN, Tenn. - A dog in Tennessee became a hero on the Fourth of July by alerting her owner to a house fire next door. Roux, a 3-year-old Belgian Malinois, woke her owner Jeff LeCates with "frantic...

ROME - Ennio Morricone, the Oscar-winning Italian composer who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic Spaghetti Western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and often haunting soundtracks for such c...

WASHINGTON - The Spanish-language ads for Joe Biden used the same slogan to contrast him with President Donald Trump - "los cuentos no pagan las cuentas," a play on words that roughly means "telling s...

MIAMI - Tropical Storm Edouard formed on Sunday evening over the far North Atlantic, but posed no immediate threat to land. The storm had top sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph) and was centred at 11 p...