Pope Francis: peacemaker and game changer
ROME -- Since taking charge of the Roman Catholic Church in March 2013, Pope Francis has transformed perceptions of an institution beset by scandals...
UK police hunt culprit in Russian ex-spy’s poisoning
LONDON -- British detectives were scrambling on Thursday to uncover who poisoned a Russian former double-agent and his daughter with a nerve agent, as...
Nerve agents, the deadliest of chemical weapons
PARIS -- Nerve agents such as that used to try and kill a former Russian double-agent in Britain, were first developed as neurotoxins by...
Transatlantic war of words as Trump tariffs planned within days
WASHINGTON and European Union (EU) -- the world’s two largest economies -- were on an accelerating collision course on Wednesday as Donald J. Trump’s...
Without US, 11 Asia-Pacific states to sign trade deal
SANTIAGO, CHILE -- Eleven Asia-Pacific nations on Thursday are to sign a slimmed-down trade pact to lower tariffs just as US President Donald J....
Porn star Stormy Daniels sues Trump over ‘hush agreement’
ADULT-FILM actress Stormy Daniels sued President Donald J. Trump on Tuesday, alleging he never signed a nondisclosure agreement to keep her quiet about an...
Jared Kushner to visit Mexico amid strained Washington ties
MEXICO CITY -- US President Donald J. Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner will visit Mexico on Wednesday, the Mexican government said, against...
Fourth person dies in Australia from contaminated melon
SYDNEY -- A fourth person has died after consuming melon contaminated with listeria, Australian authorities said on Wednesday, in an outbreak that has so...
Wolf of Wall Street producer to pay $60-M settlement
LOS ANGELES -- The producer of the Wolf of Wall Street agreed to pay $60 million to settle claims it financed the movie with...
Top Trump economic aide Cohn resigns in protest at steel tariff decision
WASHINGTON -- Donald J. Trump’s White House was rocked by another high-profile resignation on Tuesday, as top economic advisor Gary Cohn quit in protest...
Trump faces pushback on tariffs but says he will not back down
WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump faced growing pressure on Monday from political and diplomatic allies as well as US companies urging him to...
Former Russian spy ill in Britain after exposure to unidentified substance
LONDON -- Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, who was convicted by Russia of betraying agents to British intelligence, was critically ill on Monday after...
