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Michelle Obama shelves Paris, Berlin trips for Bush funeral 02 Dec 2018 - 09:32 pm

Washington: Former US first lady Michelle Obama said Sunday she was canceling book tour visits to Paris and Berlin to attend the funeral...

Bush retained sense of humor till the end, Jim Baker says 02 Dec 2018 - 09:32 pm

WASHINGTON: George H.W. Bush didn't lose his sense of humor even as he was letting go of life. Surrounded by loved ones Friday...

Trump weighs putting off government shutdown after Bush's death 02 Dec 2018 - 09:32 pm

President Donald Trump and lawmakers are discussing pushing back a U.S. government funding deadline to avert a partial shutdown as Washington prepares to...

5 people shot in Miami neighborhood, suspect still at large 02 Dec 2018 - 10:35 am

MIAMI: Authorities say five people have been shot in a Miami neighborhood and the suspect remains at large. Miami police tell news outlets...

Pablo Escobar's dark legacy refuses to die 25 years on 02 Dec 2018 - 10:01 am

Medellín, Colombia, Twenty-five years after he was gunned down by police, Pablo Escobar's legacy refuses to die in Medellin, the Colombian city where...

From Bush to Clinton, a grace note for the ages 02 Dec 2018 - 09:07 am

Washington: It was a grace note for the ages. "Dear Bill," George H.W. Bush scribbled Jan. 20, 1993, to the Democrat about to...

Mattis says Russia tried to 'muck around' US vote, again 02 Dec 2018 - 08:54 am

Washington: US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Saturday that Russia tried to meddle in the US midterm elections last month -- just as...

Trump to notify Congress in 'near future' he will terminate NAFTA 02 Dec 2018 - 08:38 am

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE: US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he will give formal notice to the U.S. Congress in the near...

Leftist leader takes reins in Mexico vowing to help poor 02 Dec 2018 - 08:23 am

MEXICO CITY: Leftist politician Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador assumed Mexico's presidency with a promise - to profoundly transform Latin America's second-biggest economy and...

Trump says hopes to meet N.Korea's Kim in January or February 02 Dec 2018 - 07:52 am

Washington, US President Donald Trump said Saturday he hoped to organize a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in early...

US, China declare 90-day halt to new tariffs, White House says 02 Dec 2018 - 07:45 am

BUENOS AIRES, China and the United States have agreed to halt additional tariffs as both nations engage in new trade negotiations with the...

Caravan migrants in Mexico fill new border shelter after rains force exodus 01 Dec 2018 - 10:10 am

Tijuana: Hundreds of mostly Central American migrants poured into a new shelter on Friday as bus loads fled a filthy, flooded sports complex...

Grand jury: Dallas officer's shooting of neighbor was murder 01 Dec 2018 - 09:59 am

Dallas: A white former Dallas police officer was indicted on a murder charge Friday, nearly three months after she fatally shot an unarmed...

Charlottesville victims recount life-altering injuries at trial 01 Dec 2018 - 09:51 am

Charlottesville, United States, Jeanne Peterson was fast on her feet till she was struck by a car last year in Charlottesville driven by...

Measles cases soar in Brazil, Venezuela: UN agency 01 Dec 2018 - 09:46 am

Washington: The Pan-American Health Organization on Friday reported a big jump in measles cases in the Americas this year, with Brazil surpassing crisis-hit...

Powerful quake rattles Anchorage, hitting roads, bridges hardest 01 Dec 2018 - 09:31 am

ANCHORAGE, Alaska: A powerful earthquake jolted southern Alaska on Friday morning, buckling roads, disrupting rush-hour traffic and jamming telephone service in and around...

Former US president George H.W. Bush dead at 94 01 Dec 2018 - 08:08 am

HOUSTON: George H.W. Bush, a World War II hero whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then plummeted...

Brazil's Bolsonaro names seventh military man to cabinet 01 Dec 2018 - 02:58 am

Rio de Janeiro: President-elect Jair Bolsonaro named Admiral Bento Costa Lima Leite his minister of mines and energy Friday, continuing his militarization of...