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Attorney general pick Barr expresses confidence in Mueller 10 Jan 2019 - 08:09 am

Washington: The new chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday that attorney general nominee William Barr has confidence in special counsel Robert...

Remains of Bolivian family found in suitcases in Brazil 09 Jan 2019 - 09:35 pm

Sao Paulo: Brazilian police on Wednesday were investigating the grisly murder of a Bolivian couple and their eight-year-old son after finding their chopped-up...

Trump AG nominee Barr will let Mueller finish Russia probe -Graham 09 Jan 2019 - 07:39 pm

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump's attorney general nominee, William Barr, has said he will allow Special Counsel Robert Mueller to finish the investigation into...

Missing Michigan cat found 2 months later in Florida 09 Jan 2019 - 11:27 am

DETROIT, A cat who went missing from suburban Detroit for two months turned up more than 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) away in Florida....

Trump insists on steel wall with Mexico in prime-time speech 09 Jan 2019 - 09:30 am

Washington: President Donald Trump used a prime-time address to the nation Tuesday to insist on $5.7 billion for a steel wall along the...

Airline battle for Hawaii picks up as sun country adds flights 08 Jan 2019 - 09:02 pm

Sun Country Airlines Inc. will begin service from San Francisco to Hawaii on May 18 for the peak summer season, bulking up its...

Bus driver in Canada crash that killed 16 pleads guilty 08 Jan 2019 - 07:28 pm

MELFORT, Saskatchewan: The driver of a transport truck involved in a bus crash that killed 16 people in Canada has pleaded guilty to...

U.S. says it sanctions Venezuelans in currency scheme 08 Jan 2019 - 06:44 pm

WASHINGTON - The United States imposed sanctions on Tuesday that target a Venezuelan currency exchange network scheme that siphoned billions of dollars to...

Brazil defense minister sees no need for U.S. military base 08 Jan 2019 - 02:59 pm

SAO PAULO: Brazil's defense minister sees no reason to allow the United States to set up a military base in the country, an...

Trump to take his case to build wall to prime-time audience 08 Jan 2019 - 01:46 pm

Washington: With no breakthrough in sight, President Donald Trump will argue his case to the nation Tuesday night that a "crisis" at the...

Mexico president defends hands-off stance on Venezuela 07 Jan 2019 - 09:09 pm

Mexico City: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday defended his administration's boycott of a regional push to make crisis-torn Venezuela's President...

Trump to travel to U.S. southern border on Thursday: White House 07 Jan 2019 - 08:23 pm

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump plans to visit the U.S. southern border on Thursday in the midst of a partial federal government shutdown triggered...

Fuel theft poses first big battle for Mexican president 07 Jan 2019 - 08:15 pm

MEXICO CITY: Mexico's new president is facing the first big domestic battle of his month-old administration, taking on fuel thieves who drill into...

Ginsburg missing Supreme court arguments for 1st time 07 Jan 2019 - 06:45 pm

WASHINGTON - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is missing arguments for the first time in more than 25 years as she recuperates from cancer...

$FILE PHOTO: Associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg arrives for the swearing in ceremony of Judge Neil Gorsuch in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., April 10, 2017.Joshua Roberts \ REUTERS$

U.S. Supreme Court rejects Exxon in climate change document fight 07 Jan 2019 - 05:52 pm

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the attorney general of Massachusetts to obtain records from Exxon Mobil Corp...

Harold Brown, US defense chief who built, then strove to contain nuclear weapons, dies at 91 06 Jan 2019 - 08:19 am

Washington: Harold Brown, an advocate of nuclear arms control who as President Jimmy Carter's defense secretary tried but failed to win U.S. Senate...