Washington Post, NY Times win Pulitzers

The Pulitzer Prizes on Monday honored The Washington Post for hard-hitting reporting on Donald Trump's presidential campaign and
11 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Three dead in murder-suicide at US school

A man walked into a school in southern California Monday and shot dead his estranged wife in front of her students, killing an eight-
11 April 2017, 18:00 PM

N Korea warns of nuke strike

North Korean state media yesterday warned of a nuclear attack on the United States at any sign of US aggression as a US Navy strike
11 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Washington Post, NY Times win Pulitzer Prizes for work on Trump, Putin

The Pulitzer Prizes honors The Washington Post for hard-hitting reporting on Donald Trump's presidential campaign and The New York Times for revealing Vladimir Putin's covert power grab, praising their probing of powerful people despite a hostile climate for the news media.
11 April 2017, 04:30 AM

Trump presses Xi on trade, N Korea

President Donald Trump pressed Chinese President Xi Jinping to do more to curb North Korea's nuclear program and help reduce the gaping US trade deficit with Beijing in talks on Friday, even as he toned down the strident anti-China rhetoric of his election campaign.
8 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Some 100 children among 311 killed

Some 100 children were among the 311 people killed in the giant mudslide that slammed into the southern
7 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Misogyny 'played role' in election loss: Clinton

Hillary Clinton said Thursday that misogyny "certainly" played a role in her bruising defeat to Donald Trump in last
7 April 2017, 18:00 PM

A red line already crossed in Syria

President Donald Trump's decision to strike the Syrian regime in retaliation for a chemical attack comes four years
7 April 2017, 18:00 PM

CIA knew of Russian effort to back Trump: Report

The CIA had evidence that Russia was interfering in the 2016 US election to boost Donald Trump earlier than previously thought, the New York Times reports.
7 April 2017, 05:53 AM

Trump ally in Congress steps aside

The chairman of the House intelligence committee announced yesterday he was temporarily stepping aside from the panel's probe into
6 April 2017, 18:26 PM

US to boost defenses against North Korea

The United States will continue to build its military defenses against North Korea, Donald Trump told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
6 April 2017, 18:22 PM

Democrats block Trump Supreme Court pick

A political earthquake rocked the US Senate yesterday as Democrats blocked President Trump's Supreme Court pick, triggering a
6 April 2017, 18:11 PM

US Senate clashes over Trump SC pick

US Senate Republicans and Democrats clashed bitterly over President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick, with no
5 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Mother Nature ready to throw everything at Masters

US Masters week got off to a stormy start as heavy rains swept across Augusta National Golf Club on Monday with tornado warnings forcing players and spectators off the course.
4 April 2017, 09:37 AM

US to solve N Korea problem alone

US President Donald Trump held out the possibility on Sunday of using trade as a lever to secure Chinese cooperation
3 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Ecuador socialist wins presidency

Socialist Lenin Moreno was set to extend a decade of leftist rule in Ecuador yesterday after official results showed him
3 April 2017, 18:00 PM

President of Paraguay fires top aides

Paraguay's president sacked his interior minister and police chief Saturday, following a clash that led to the death of a
2 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Trump sends letter to Vietnam's president

US President Donald Trump has written to Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang to promote more cooperation between
1 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Top White House aides' finances revealed

Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner have held onto real estate and business
1 April 2017, 18:00 PM

US secy of state demands Nato allies pay up

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson yesterday pressed Nato allies to ramp up military spending and denounced Russia's "aggression" in Ukraine, toughening the Trump administration's tone toward Moscow.
31 March 2017, 18:00 PM