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Trump's tariffs jolt global stocks, trigger rush to safety

This comes as he's threatening to impose 10% tariffs on $300 billion worth of goods. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 280.85 points at 2...

RFK's granddaughter Saoirse Kennedy Hill found dead at 22

Kennedy , had died at the home, though no cause of death was disclosed. She then explained how someone she "knew and loved broke serious sexual boundaries wit...

Swiss, Dutch UNRWA Contributions of $14.5 Million Put on Hold

Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon called on the global community to halt its funding of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Pales...

Northern BC homicide suspect sightings in Ontario not credible: OPP

Two teenagers on the run from police across Canada may be in Ontario and heading towards Highway 17. Tips that Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky are in Ontario...

Hundreds protest killing of students as al-Bashir trial is set

Five high-school students were shot dead and more than 60 wounded, some by snipers, when they rallied in Al-Obeid against fuel and bread shortages, the protest ...

U.S. confirms small soybean sale to private Chinese buyer

But he had suspended the threat after meeting with President Xi Jinping in Osaka, Japan, in June. Benchmark U.S. Treasury yields also fell. Once the biggest mar...

Two hurricanes, one a Category 4, are moving toward Hawaii

A tropical storm warning also covers Big Island's leeward and southeast waters. Flash flood watches have also been issued for the Big Island as the storm pa...

Charges against 10-year-old boy dropped in game with students

A 10-year-old boy has been charged with aggravated assault after a game of dodgeball at his primary school where a classmate was hit in the face with the ba...

Trump unleashes Twitterstorm on China as trade talks resume

The country's National Bureau of Statistics said the economy grew 6.2 percent in the second quarter of 2019, slightly below the 6.4 percent growth of the first ...

North Korean soldier defects to South, crossing DMZ overnight

Praising the results as "great", he said the new weapon "would be an inescapable distress to the forces becoming a fat target of the weapon", according to t...

Barr Changes Asylum Rules, Limits Family Endangerment Claims

In his ruling Monday, Barr argued that virtually all asylum-seekers are members of a family and said "there is no evidence that Congress intended the term "part...

China: Differences to be ‘properly’ resolved at SE Asia meet

Several rival Southeast Asian claimants to the sea say Beijing has used its military, economic and diplomatic heft to slow progress on a binding Code of Conduct...

Surgeons remove 526 teeth from 7-year-old’s jaw in India

A 7-year-old boy in India was brought to the dentist after his lower jaw began to swell over time, according to the New Indian Express . According to the ...

Unnao case: CBI finds both vehicle and truck speeding during ‘accident’

The Uttar Pradesh Police filed a case of murder against MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar and nine others in connection with the accident. The case has become a po...

Wave pool 'tsunami' injures 44 after malfunction at water park

Video from the scene shows swimmers in inner tubes being lifted up as the wave comes crashing forward while those outside the pool scream and flee in terror. It...

Trump Calls Putin To Offer Help Battling Siberian Fires

Earlier, Russia's President Vladimir Putin , ordered the army to fight the blaze alongside the approximately 2,700 firefighters already tackling the flames. ...

US Indicts Chinese Billionaire on Charges of Evading $1.8 Billion in Tariffs

An indictment says they schemed to disguise aluminum as pallets to avoid customs duties up to 400% that were imposed in 2011. Instead, the government argued...

Senate confirms Kelly Craft as USA ambassador to the UN

Craft has been serving as U.S. ambassador to Canada, where she was involved in negotiations over a revised North American free trade pact. In October of 2017,...

RCMP to scale down search for homicide suspect in Gillam, Man., area

The priority for McLeod and Schmegelsky, assuming they're alive, would be to lay low - not to go out of their way to hurt people, he said. McLeod and Schmegel...

Navy F-18 Super Hornet crashes near Death Valley

The F/A-18 strike fighter forms the backbone of the Navy's jet fleet and the Super Hornet variant became operational in 2001. There are reports that visitors ...

Strengthening Tropical Storm Erick on path toward Hawaii

The storm is still in the formative stages and it's unclear as to whether it will form into a tropical depression. A NOAA summary of the storm lays out the ...

North Korean soldier defects to South across demilitarised zone

People watch a TV broadcast of a news report on North Korea firing short-range ballistic missiles, in Seoul, South Korea , July 31, 2019. "We're still waiting ...

Jeffrey Epstein Wanted To Seed The Human Race With His DNA

Berman set the date, which he said could change in the coming months, for June 8, 2020. Epstein has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexually exploiting and...

McConnell blasts WaPo's "McCarthyism" after "Russian asset" headline

The Senate Majority leader last week blocked two bills that seek to introduce changes in presidential election rules. McConnell supported the $380 million to ...

U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister

Senator Chris Murphy, a Democratic member of the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, questioned the administration's move. She added: "I've known Foreign Mi...

Fire breaks out at Exxon Mobil refinery in Houston area

Smoke rises from a fire at Exxon Mobil's refining and chemical plant complex in Baytown, near Houston , Texas , U.S. July 31, 2019. Six people were injured ...

Osama bin Laden’s son and heir Hamza is dead

Hamza bin Laden gave his last known public statement to the al-Qaeda group's media arm in 2018, threatening Saudi Arabia with attack and calling for the overthr...

Reagan, in 1971 phone call to Nixon, called African UN delegates 'monkeys'

A revealed phone conversation in 1971 between Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon , both former U.S. presidents, has Reagan describing Africans as monkeys. "Don'...

Kushner meets Jordan king for talks on Mideast peace plan

The announcement for Area C housing came ahead of an expected visit to Israel on Wednesday by USA envoy Jared Kushner to discuss a White House plan for an Isr...

Runaway wife of Dubai ruler seeks 'forced marriage protection order'

The estranged wife of Dubai's ruler applied for protective orders in a British court Tuesday using laws meant to safeguard victims of forced marriages and d...

Trump says Baltimore 'worse than Honduras' in terms of violent crime

Trump responded to Cummings' criticism of his administration's treatment of migrants more than a week later by taking to Twitter to attack the congressman and t...

At least 34 civilians killed in roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan

U.S. special representative for peace in Afghanistan , Zalmay Khalilzad, will resume peace talks with the Taliban soon, sources with knowledge of the issue sai...

Body of notorious gangster John Dillinger to be exhumed from cemetery

What is the objective behind digging up the remains? Local media reports indicate that the Indiana State Department of Health approved a permit to have ...

Protesters Rally in Sudan's Capital, a Day After Students Killed

Protests broke out across the country in December, with many calling for then-President Omar al-Bashir to resign. Mustafa Mohammed, a doctor at the main Obeid...

Donald Trump Jr.: Marianne Williamson winning Democratic debate

Calling Flint the "tip of the iceberg", the candidate pivoted to President Trump . "He just said 'make America great again'". In his initial question, co-mod...