BANGKOK (AP) — Shares opened higher in Europe but sagged Tuesday in Asia as worries over U.S.-China trade friction weighed on the outlook for the region. Dramatically shifting transatlantic relations under U.S. President Donald Trump, the United States split with its European allies by refusing to blame Russia for its invasion of Ukraine in votes […]
Tens of thousands of planes take off, land and perform touch-and-goes at the Marana Regional Airport in southern Arizona every year. Without an air traffic control tower, it’s a calculated dance that requires communication by pilots. Two small planes collided in midair over one of the runways on the outskirts of Tucson last week. One […]
BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip (AP) — When night falls over northern Gaza, much of the cityscape of collapsed buildings and piled wreckage turns pitch black. Living inside the ruins of their home, Rawia Tambora’s young sons get afraid of the dark, so she turns on a flashlight and her phone’s light to comfort them, for […]
SALFIT, West Bank (AP) — Order a Coke to wash down some hummus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank these days and chances are the waiter will shake his head disapprovingly — or worse, mutter “shame, shame” in Arabic — before suggesting the popular local alternative: a can of Chat Cola. Chat Cola — its red […]
Apple shareholders on Tuesday are expected to reject an attempt to pressure the technology trendsetter into scrapping its corporate programs designed to diversify its workforce. The proposal drafted by the National Center for Public Policy Research — a self-described conservative think tank — urges Apple to follow a litany of high-profile companies that have retreated […]
The Charlottetown Islanders defeated the Halifax Mooseheads 4-2 at the Scotiabank Centre Friday night, after a three-goal second period. The Mooseheads ended the first period with the lead as captain Brady Schultz scored his sixth of the season 9:32 into the period. Liam Kilfoil skated around the Islander’s net, headed to the point before finding […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Nurses at Providence’s eight Oregon hospitals approved new contracts on Monday after over six weeks of strike, ending what the state nurses union has described as the largest health care strike in state history. Providence and hospital nurses represented by the Oregon Nurses Association union reached the tentative agreement last week, […]
Police in Halifax are asking for help finding the driver involved in a hit and run in Bedford last month. According to HRP, a youth was hit by a driver in the area of Lodge Drive and Bedford Highway on the night of Jan. 28. Upon arrival, officers found a youth lying on the ground […]
WINNIPEG — Exchange Income Corp. has entered into an agreement to buy Canadian North. The northern airline is set to be purchased for $205 million. Canadian North provides passenger and cargo service to 24 remote Canadian Arctic communities in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories through Ottawa and Edmonton, as well as dedicated charters in northern […]
The province’s police watchdog said it has reasonable and probable ground to believe that an RCMP officer committed criminal offences in Sydney, N.S. The Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) charged Constable Sara Bennett with breaking and entering and mischief in connection to incidents with a man known to her. “The RCMP takes all allegations of […]