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Barbara Bush saw Trump as a 'symbol of greed' 01 Apr 2019 - 10:52 am

WASHINGTON, Barbara Bush didn't bite her tongue in recent years when it came to Donald Trump: She just didn't like him. But a...

Biden bids to quell storm over campaign trail kiss 31 Mar 2019 - 07:29 pm

Washington: Former vice president Joe Biden insisted Sunday he has never acted inappropriately towards women as a growing row about a kiss on...

Trump's battle with 'Obamacare' moves to the courts 31 Mar 2019 - 06:47 pm

WASHINGTON: After losing in Congress, President Donald Trump is counting on the courts to kill off "Obamacare." But some cases are going against...

Danger still lingers two years after Colombia's deadly Mocoa landslide 31 Mar 2019 - 06:16 pm

MOCOA, Colombia: Two years after a mudslide that killed more than 300 people in the Colombian rainforest town of Mocoa, local authorities are...

Bolsonaro celebrates a coup Brazilians want to forget 31 Mar 2019 - 03:59 pm

Ever since Jair Bolsonaro won the Brazilian presidency, speculation has swirled around what makes the choleric retired army captain run. No longer: It’s...

Israel to approve 4,500 new settlement units in West Bank 29 Mar 2019 - 10:56 pm

JERUSALEM: The Israeli government is expected to approve construction of 4,500 new Jewish-only settlement units in the occupied West Bank next week, the...

Brazil ex-president Temer hit with new corruption charges 29 Mar 2019 - 08:41 pm

SAO PAULO: Brazil's former president Michel Temer was hit with corruption charges on Friday, just a day after being charged in a separate...

Venezuelan gov't bars Guaido from public office for 15 years 28 Mar 2019 - 10:01 pm

CARACAS: The Venezuelan government on Thursday said it has barred opposition leader Juan Guaido from holding public office for 15 years, though the...

Trump threatens to shut Mexico border, again 28 Mar 2019 - 03:08 pm

Washington: President Donald Trump renewed Thursday his threat to close the vital US-Mexico border, claiming America's southern neighbor was doing "NOTHING" to slow...

Truck ploughs into crowd in Guatemala killing more than 30 28 Mar 2019 - 07:42 am

MEXICO CITY: A truck crashed into a crowd of people in western Guatemala on Wednesday evening, killing more than 30 and injuring at...

Man pleads guilty to kidnapping Jayme Closs, killing parents 27 Mar 2019 - 11:06 pm

BARRON, Wis.: A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty Wednesday to kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents, in a move that spares the...

Russia says troops sent to Venezuela in accordance with 'legal norms' 27 Mar 2019 - 10:31 am

Moscow: Russia on Tuesday said its decision to send military personnel to Venezuela in support of the embattled regime of President Nicolas Maduro...

Fly-by-night no more: Trump hones 2020 re-election machine 27 Mar 2019 - 07:52 am

Washington: In 2016, President Donald Trump compared Hillary Clinton's campaign to the lumbering federal bureaucracy. Now he's building one of his own. From...

Kremlin again denies meddling in US vote 25 Mar 2019 - 03:50 pm

Moscow: The Kremlin on Monday reiterated denials that Moscow interfered in the 2016 US presidential election after Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report found...

Russia urges Trump to seize chance to reset ties after Mueller 25 Mar 2019 - 11:28 am

Russia urged US President Donald Trump to take the opportunity to reset relations after Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report found no evidence of...

Boeing 787 diverted to New Caledonia with smoke from cockpit: official 25 Mar 2019 - 10:44 am

Noumea: A United Airlines Boeing 787-900 jet was diverted to the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia on Monday after reports of smoke...

No collusion: Key takeaways from Mueller's Russia findings 25 Mar 2019 - 08:03 am

Washington: Special counsel Robert Mueller spent 22 months examining whether Donald Trump's campaign conspired with Russia to sway the 2016 election. His conclusion?...