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Brazilians demonstrate, strike to protest pension changes

Published On: March 16, 2017 07:46 AM NPT By: Associated Press

SAO PAULO (AP) — A transport strike snarled traffic in Brazil's biggest city and demonstrators broke into the Finance Ministry in the capital Wednesday as people protested across the country against proposed changes to work rules and pensions.

Judge: Trump has power to ban foreign travelers

Published On: March 16, 2017 07:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press

A federal appeals court judge says President Donald Trump has the authority to block foreign travelers and courts must defer to the president's judgment in decisions about who should be allowed in the United States.

African governments learn to block the internet, but at cost

Published On: March 15, 2017 11:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press

The mysterious Facebook blogger kept dishing up alleged government secrets. One day it was a shadowy faction looting cash from Uganda’s presidential palace with impunity. The next was a claim that the president was suffering from a debilitating illness.

New glasses help the legally blind see

Published On: March 15, 2017 11:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press

Jeff Regan was born with underdeveloped optic nerves and had spent most of his life in a blur. Then four years ago, he donned an unwieldy headset made by a Toronto company called eSight.

Suicide bomber strikes Damascus justice building, killing 30

Published On: March 15, 2017 08:06 PM NPT By: Associated Press

DAMASCUS, Syria, March 15: A suicide bomber detonated his explosives' vest inside the main judicial building in the Syrian capital on Wednesday, killing at least 30 people and wounding many others, state media said.

Malaysia: Kim Jong Nam's identity confirmed with child's DNA

Published On: March 15, 2017 03:55 PM NPT By: Associated Press

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, March 15: Malaysian police were able to confirm the identity of Kim Jong Nam, who was killed last month at Kuala Lumpur's airport, using a DNA sample from one of his children, Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said Wednesday.

Premier: China doesn't want 'trade war' with Washington

Published On: March 15, 2017 02:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BEIJING, March 15: China's No. 2 leader said Wednesday his government hopes for positive relations with Washington and has no desire for a trade war nor plans to devalue its currency to boost exports.

Scotland's leader seeks new independence referendum

Published On: March 13, 2017 06:36 PM NPT By: Associated Press

LONDON, March 11: Scotland's leader will seek authority to hold a new independence referendum in the next two years because Britain is dragging Scotland out of the European Union against its will, she said Monday.

Indian PM Modi's party headed for landslide in state polls

Published On: March 11, 2017 01:54 PM NPT By: Associated Press

NEW DELHI, March 11: India's governing Hindu nationalist party was headed to landslide victories Saturday in key state legislature elections that are seen as a referendum on the performance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nearly 3-year-old government.

Russia World Cup head Vitaly Mutko barred from FIFA Council

Published On: March 10, 2017 05:16 PM NPT By: Associated Press

MOSCOW, March 10: Russia World Cup head Vitaly Mutko has been barred from seeking re-election to FIFA's top decision-making body after failing an eligibility check.

South Korea's president formally ousted by court

Published On: March 10, 2017 05:05 PM NPT By: Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea, March 10: A South Korean court ruling that formally ended Park Geun-hye's presidency Friday has also stripped her of all the privileges she could have enjoyed as a former head of state, including the right to be buried alongside her late dictator father at a national cemetery.

Amal Clooney: Don't let Islamic State get away with genocide

Published On: March 10, 2017 09:36 AM NPT By: Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney is urging Iraq and the world's nations not to let the Islamic State extremist group "get away with genocide."

Merkel: Turkish comments about Nazis trivialize to victims

Published On: March 9, 2017 04:08 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BERLIN, March 9: Comments from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other Turkish officials accusing Germany of "Nazi practices" cannot be tolerated and need to stop, Chancellor Angela Merkel told Parliament on Thursday.

Lawyers deny all charges against Samsung heir

Published On: March 9, 2017 02:59 PM NPT By: Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea, March 9: Samsung lawyers denied on Thursday all charges brought against Lee Jae-yong, the billionaire heir to Samsung, in a massive corruption scandal that has ensnared the country's president.

Women go on strike in US to show their economic clout

Published On: March 9, 2017 01:02 PM NPT By: Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, March 9: Many American women stayed home from work, joined rallies or wore red Wednesday to demonstrate how vital they are to the U.S. economy, as International Women's Day was observed with a multitude of events around the world.

US rejects China's call to halt drills if NKorea stops tests

Published On: March 9, 2017 11:01 AM NPT By: Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS, March 9: The United States on Wednesday rejected China's proposal for a halt to joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises if North Korea suspends its nuclear and missile activities. It called North Korean leader Kim Jong Un irrational and demanded "positive action" before the U.S. can take his regime seriously.