Facebook sues China-based companies for selling fake accounts
Facebook and its Instagram unit sued four companies and three people based in China for promoting the sale of fake ...
Hawaii Weighs First-in-Nation Plastic Bans at Restaurants
HONOLULU - Hawaii would be the first state in the U.S. to ban most plastics used at restaurants under legislation ...
Ex-Peru President Arrested in California Drunkenness Case
SAN FRANCISCO - Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, wanted in his home country in connection with Latin America's biggest graft ...
Tens of Thousands Converge on California 'Poppy Apocalypse'
LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA - Like Dorothy in the 'Wizard of Oz,' the Southern California city of Lake Elsinore is being ...
Mixed markets in U.S. on Tuesday
NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks were mixed on Tuesday, although moves in either direction were unremarkable. Holding investors ...
U.S. president weighs into John McCain again, despite his death
WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on former Senator John McCain, months after the senator ...
Trump Continues Rant on McCain in Ohio Speech
U.S. President Donald Trump has continued his string of attacks on late Sen. John McCain, saying during a speech in ...
US Meteorologists Retire Hurricane Names Florence, Michael
Hurricanes Florence and Michael, that caused widespread death and destruction in the United States last year, have earned the dubious ...
Afghanistan Again Postpones Presidential Election
ISLAMABAD - Officials in Afghanistan have delayed the country's presidential election for a second time, setting Sept. 28 as the ...
Vietnam Court Jails Activist For 2 Years Over Facebook Posts
A court in the southern Vietnamese district of Binh Thuy sentenced activist and Facebook commentator Le Minh The to two ...
Greenback dives after Federal Reserve says no more rate hikes in 2019
NEW YORK, New York - The U.S. Federal Resreve surprised on Wednesday, following its regular two day monthly meeting on ...
Tokyo stocks rise, rest of Asia slips
SYDNEY, Australia - Asian bourses were mixed on Wednesday with Australian and Chinese indices trading in the red, while markets ...
Creed busy in Brussels on no-deal Brexit impacts on Ireland
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The future of Irish beef exports, and other issues that will face European farmers in the event ...
Mixed markets in U.S. on Tuesday
NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks were mixed on Tuesday, although moves in either direction were unremarkable. Holding investors ...
Varadkar meets head of EC Donald Tusk in Dublin
DUBLIN, Ireland - The leader of the Irish government, An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar met with the President of the European ...
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With the UN announcing a new plan to shore up the December 2018 Stockholm Agreement between Yemen’s warring parties, the ...
Pompeo renews call for end to isolation of Qatar
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has renewed a call for Gulf countries to settle their ...
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Four road deaths in Ireland on bank holiday weekend
DUBLIN, Ireland - Over the 3-day holiday weekend, 16-18 March 2019, four people died in road traffic collisions in Ireland. ...
Stopping the spread of hatred on social media
The deadly attack on two mosques in Christchurch , New Zealand, in which 50 people were killed and many others ...
Hyatt Regency New Orleans
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