TORONTO: An executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei is suing the Canadian government, its border agency and the national police force, saying they detained, searched and interrogated her before telling her she was under arrest.Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou said Sunday they filed a notice of civil claim in the British Columbia Supreme Court. Canada arrested…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump uttered a dizzying number of false statements in his epically long weekend speech, to an audience that didn’t seem to mind at all. He got the unemployment rate wrong. He misstated his winning margin in the election. He reprised some of his most frequently told fictions and dusted off old ones,…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump uttered a dizzying number of false statements in his epically long weekend speech, to an audience that didn’t seem to mind at all.He got the unemployment rate wrong. He misstated his winning margin in the election. He reprised some of his most frequently told fictions and dusted off old ones, even…
BEAUREGARD, Alabama: A sheriff confirmed at least 14 people were killed by a possible tornado in Alabama on Sunday as severe storms destroyed mobile homes, snapped trees and left a trial of destruction and weather warnings extending into Georgia, Florida and South Carolina.Dozens of emergency responders rushed in to assist in Lee County, Alabama, after…
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s transport minister said Sunday that the government is open to new proposals from US technology firm Ocean Infinity or any other companies to resume the hunt for Flight 370, as families of passengers marked the fifth anniversary of the jet’s mysterious disappearance.Ocean Infinity mounted a “no cure, no fee” search for the…
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s transport minister said Sunday that the government is open to new proposals from US technology firm Ocean Infinity or any other companies to resume the hunt for Flight 370, as families of passengers marked the fifth anniversary of the jet’s mysterious disappearance.Ocean Infinity mounted a “no cure, no fee” search for the…
MOSCOW: Russia will do all possible to prevent a US military intervention in Venezuela, the TASS news agency quoted the speaker of Russia’s upper house of parliament as saying on Sunday.“We are very much concerned that the USA could carry out any provocations to shed blood, to find a cause and reasons for an intervention…
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Bangladesh forces handed back on Sunday a Myanmar soldier more than two months after he strayed across the border into a jungle in the Muslim-majority nation, a senior official said.Aung Bo Bo Thein, 30, was detained by Bangladeshi security forces on January 24 near the southern town of Naikhongchhari, Brig. Gen. Sajedur…
SYDNEY: Two dingoes have been put down after a French mother and son were mauled at an Australian tourist island, authorities said Sunday, the second attack in the popular spot in just over a month.Paramedics said the pair had just stepped out of a vehicle at the World Heritage-listed Fraser Island off the Queensland state…
SYDNEY: Two dingoes have been put down after a French mother and son were mauled at an Australian tourist island, authorities said Sunday, the second attack in the popular spot in just over a month.Paramedics said the pair had just stepped out of a vehicle at the World Heritage-listed Fraser Island off the Queensland state…
LONDON: The US ambassador to Britain has attacked what he described as a “smear” campaign against American agriculture by interests with a protectionist agenda.Woody Johnson said in an article published in the Daily Telegraph on Saturday that US food products are safe, and that scare stories about “chlorine-washed chicken” and “hormone-pumped beef” are being used…
LONDON: The US ambassador to Britain has attacked what he described as a “smear” campaign against American agriculture by interests with a protectionist agenda.Woody Johnson said in an article published in the Daily Telegraph on Saturday that US food products are safe, and that scare stories about “chlorine-washed chicken” and “hormone-pumped beef” are being used…
LONDON: The US ambassador to Britain has attacked what he described as a “smear” campaign against American agriculture by interests with a protectionist agenda.Woody Johnson said in an article published in the Daily Telegraph on Saturday that US food products are safe, and that scare stories about “chlorine-washed chicken” and “hormone-pumped beef” are being used…
OXON HILL, Maryland: In a slashing speech packed with braggadocio and grievance, President Donald Trump denounced Democrats as the party of “the socialist nightmare,” relitigated his crowd sizes back to the inauguration and took on “sick,” “lunatic” and “dirty” foes at every turn, earning him the unvarnished adoration of cheering conservatives Saturday.After a trying week…
NEW DELHI: Hundreds of scholars, intellectuals and citizens in India on Saturday called for restraint and a de-escalation of tension following weeks of hostility with Pakistan. Relations between the two countries have been fraught since Feb. 14, when 40 Indian troops were killed in a suicide attack in Indian-held Kashmir. New Delhi blamed a Pakistan-based…
WAGAH/LAHORE: India has handed over the body of a Pakistani prisoner who was killed while serving jail time in the northern state of Rajasthan. Shakirullah was stoned to death by other inmates at Jaipur Central Jail on Feb. 20, following weeks of anti-Pakistan sentiment in the wake of a suicide attack that killed more than…
PARIS: French yellow vests were protesting for a 16th straight weekend in Paris and other cities to show they are still mobilized against the government's economic policies they see as favoring the rich.In Paris, protesters gathered Saturday at the Arc de Triomphe monument as a march was planned through the well-off western neighborhoods of the capital.French…
MOGADISHU, Somalia: At least 20 people died in an attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu, which saw Al-Shabab insurgents battling security forces for nearly 24 hours before the siege ended, officials said Saturday.As the standoff ended, the government vowed to step up efforts to fight the extremists, with the deadly siege the latest in a…
MOGADISHU, Somalia: At least 20 people died in an attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu, which saw Al-Shabab insurgents battling security forces for nearly 24 hours before the siege ended, officials said Saturday.As the standoff ended, the government vowed to step up efforts to fight the extremists, with the deadly siege the latest in a…
WARRI: A local official says more than 50 people are missing after a leaking oil pipeline exploded and caused a stampede in southern Nigeria.The Nembe Chiefs Council spokesman, Chief Nengi James-Eriworio, tells The Associated Press that the blast early Friday caused massive oil spillage in the Nembe kingdom in Bayelsa state.The Nembe trunk line is…
