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Cuba lifts ban on energy-hogging appliances
Issued: May 21, 2013
HAVANA — Cuba has authorized individual imports of appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators and microwave ovens, lifting a ban imposed in...
Does France have right plan to revive its economy?
Issued: May 21, 2013
PARIS — The man charged with reviving France's shrinking economy and attracting businesses to invest there is gaining a reputation for doing the...
Venezuela opposition: Audio suggests Cuba meddling
Issued: May 20, 2013
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's opposition on Monday released an audio recording that it said contains a prominent member of the ruling party...
Chile miner happy to be played by Banderas in film
Issued: May 20, 2013
SANTIAGO, Chile — Antonio Banderas will star in a movie as one of the 33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground for more than two months in 2010, and...
Russian oligarchs foot most of 2014 Sochi Olympics
Issued: May 20, 2013
SOCHI, Russia — The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used...
Palestinians hold off on UN agency membership
Issued: May 20, 2013
UNITED NATIONS — A top official says Palestinians have done all the legal work necessary to join 63 U.N. agencies, conventions and treaties, but...
State Dept: Reports of anti-Semitism increase
Issued: May 20, 2013
WASHINGTON — The State Department appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism Monday as a new report documents a global increase in...
Silver drops despite steady market tone elsewhere
Issued: May 20, 2013
LONDON — The price of silver was the standout mover in financial markets Monday as it took a hammering for the second trading session in a row, even...
Russia claims to have foiled possible terror act
Issued: May 20, 2013
MOSCOW — Russia's counterterrorism agency said Monday that its special forces killed two militants and detained a third believed to have been...
Kerry vows better security at US diplomatic posts
Issued: May 20, 2013
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry is vowing that the Obama administration will spare no expense or effort to protect U.S. diplomats serving...
Cartel towns pose challenge for US immigration reform
Issued: May 20, 2013
MATAMOROS, Mexico — Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, stands a dormitory-style shelter filled with people recently deported from the...
Chinese, Indian leaders call for cooperation
Issued: May 20, 2013
NEW DELHI — The leaders of India and China played down their recent border dispute and other tensions Monday, pledging to work together for regional...
Large earthquake strikes off coast of Chile
Issued: May 20, 2013
SANTIAGO, Chile — The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude-6.5 earthquake has struck off the coast of Chile. ...
Falling yen to make Japan’s goods more affordable
Issued: May 19, 2013
Attention, bargain-hunters around the world: Japanese goods — from cars to televisions — are going on sale. ...
New board to oversee Trinidad's Caribbean Airlines
Issued: May 18, 2013
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — Trinidad's finance minister has appointed a new interim board to oversee Caribbean Airlines after announcing that the...
Merkel and Francis talk about a 'strong' Europe
Issued: May 18, 2013
VATICAN CITY — German Chancellor Angela Merkel, mindful of the weight of Christian voters in September elections, has discussed with Pope Francis how...
SKorea says NKorea fires 3 short-range missiles
Issued: May 18, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It...
Slower Chinese growth adds to pressure on leaders
Issued: May 17, 2013
BEIJING — Global economic malaise has knocked the stuffing out of Luo Yan's business making toy animals. ...
Greece faces slow, jobless recovery next year
Issued: May 17, 2013
ATHENS, Greece — Greece's deep, six-year recession is likely to end in 2014, but growth will be weak and unemployment will remain above 20 percent...
Top officials call to overhaul euro institutions
Issued: May 17, 2013
BERLIN — Engineering a financial bailout for Cyprus in March was such a chaotic process that top European officials say it is time to rethink how the...
Homesick pope? Vatican opens Argentine gaucho show
Issued: May 17, 2013
VATICAN CITY — If Pope Francis is feeling a bit homesick these days, he need only go downstairs to St. Peter's Square. ...
OAS drug study eyes decriminalization
Issued: May 17, 2013
BOGOTA, Colombia — A new Organization of American States study commissioned in response to calls by some Latin American leaders for rethinking the...
Argentine dictator Videla dies in prison at age 87
Issued: May 17, 2013
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who took power over Argentina in a 1976 coup and led a military junta that killed...
Brazil approves law to modernize ports
Issued: May 17, 2013
SAO PAULO — Brazil's Congress has approved legislation aimed at modernizing and expanding the country's overcrowded ports and attracting...
Canada abuzz over purported crack video of mayor
Issued: May 17, 2013
TORONTO — A video purportedly of Toronto's mayor smoking crack is causing an uproar in Canada. ...

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