Tag Archives: International

MADISON, Wis. - Vice-President Mike Pence touted alternatives to a public school education during a visit Tuesday to the state where the private school voucher program began, stopping in battleground ...

HAVANA - The U.S. Geological Survey says a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake has struck south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica. It was centred 125 kilometres north-northwest of Lucea, Jamaica, and hit...

LAS VEGAS - Airbnb says stays in and around Las Vegas increased 19% last year compared with a year earlier, even though residential short-term rentals are illegal in much of the area. The Las Vegas Su...

WASHINGTON - An annual congressional report says the U.S. budget deficit is likely to burst through the symbolic $1 trillion barrier this year despite a healthy economy. The Congressional Budget Offic...

FAIR HAVEN, Vt. - It's Lincoln the goat versus Sammy the dog in the race for honorary mayor of one Vermont town. The Nubian goat had won the post in Fair Haven, Vermont, last year after the town manag...

NORTH WOODSTOCK, N.H. - A New Hampshire woman says the operators of a seasonal attraction of ice structures failed to control runoff and flooded her basement with over 15,000 gallons of water - and sh...

LONDON - The pressure on Britain's disgraced Prince Andrew increased Tuesday after the revelation by U.S. authorities that he has failed to co-operate with the FBI's investigation into his ties with t...

GAZA, Palestinian Territory - A senior Hamas official says the group rejects the "conspiracies" announced by the U.S. and Israel and that "all options are open" in responding. Khalil al-Hayya spoke sh...

JOHANNESBURG - The normally bustling supermarket in Wuhan was deserted, looking more foreign than ever. Khamis Hassan Bakari walked the aisles and saw just two other shoppers, and fear sank in. "Every...

PARK CITY, Utah - Midway through the film festival he founded more than four decades ago, Robert Redford hopped out of a car and hollered to his grandson. The 28-year-old Dylan Redford was later that ...