CES tech show shutting down a day early amid Covid surge
LAS VEGAS - The CES tech show announced Friday that the Las Vegas event next week will go on in person but will end...
Omicron spoiling US holiday economic comeback
WASHINGTON - Holiday events have been scrapped in droves, thousands of flights canceled, cruises are now off limits: the Omicron variant has wreaked havoc...
Heavy snows to hit Colorado after wildfires destroyed hundreds of homes
SUPERIOR (UNITED STATES) - A powerful storm system bringing heavy snowfall was blowing into Colorado on Friday, a day after devastating wildfires fueled by...
Palestinians raise alarm over Facebook content ‘suppression’
JERUSALEM - Palestinian journalists have raised the alarm over what they describe as unjust suppression of their content on Facebook, a claim backed by...
Philippine death toll from typhoon tops 400
MANILA: The Philippine death toll from Typhoon Rai has crossed the 400 mark, the disaster agency said on Friday, as officials in some hard-hit...
Iran announces new space launch during nuclear talks
TEHRAN - Iran on Thursday said it has carried out a new space launch, sparking concern in Washington which said such moves show the...
Myanmar rebels bury more than 30 people killed in ‘barbaric’ attack
A Myanmar insurgent group said it has buried the remains of more than 30 people who were killed and had their bodies set ablaze,...
Tutu’s body lies in state at S.Africa cathedral
CAPE TOWN - The body of Archbishop Desmond Tutu was carried Thursday into a historic cathedral where he once railed against white rule to...
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver’s divorce becomes official
LOS ANGELES - A court in Los Angeles has made Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver's divorce official 10 years after they separated following the...
Former US Senate leader Harry Reid dies at 82
WASHINGTON - Former US Senate majority leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat who rose from humble beginnings to lead the upper chamber during the...
