News: World

'Roma,' 'Cold War' among foreign-language Oscar nominees

• World
• 2019-01-23 00:57:28Z

LONDON (AP) - Five movies about individuals and families confronting social and historical tumult are competing in the Academy Awards' race for best foreign-language film.

Cardiff City's Sala missing after plane disappears over English Channel

• World
• 2019-01-23 00:23:28Z

Sala was flying from the French city of Nantes to Cardiff when the plane lost radar contact off the English Channel island of Guernsey late on Monday. Rescue aircraft and boats had searched more than 1,000 square miles (2,590 square km) of sea for the single-engine Piper Malibu by midday on Tuesday,

Venezuela sponsors flights for migrants to leave Ecuador after murder

• World
• 2019-01-23 00:14:59Z

Venezuela's government is sponsoring flights to transport migrants living in Ecuador back home, a Venezuelan official said on Tuesday, after the murder of an Ecuadorean woman by a Venezuelan man triggered tighter controls and acts of violence. The Saturday night killing in the northern city of Ibarra

Amy Astley and Aerin Lauder Celebrate AERIN for The Shade Store

• World/Latin America
• 2019-01-23 00:07:06Z

Nearly 70,000 pounds of chicken nuggets recalled because there's wood in them

• World/Latin America
• 2019-01-22 22:33:19Z

Food recalls are nothing new, and there's plenty of reasons that a company might need to issue a recall of a consumable product. Sometimes food is contaminated during manufacturing or contains traces of another food product that could trigger allergies in unsuspecting consumers, but a recent recall of chicken nuggets comes with a bizarre twist. According to the USDA, Perdue Foods LLC is issuing a prompt recall of nearly 70,000 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken nuggets because the company fears there's wood -- yes, wood -- in them. Somehow, that might not even be the most surprising thing about this story. The official recall doesn't really tell us how exactly wood would have gotten into a...

Son of Brazil president faces fresh question about Rio aides

• World
• 2019-01-22 22:09:41Z

Flavio Bolsonaro, 37, a former Rio state lawmaker elected to the Senate in October, has already faced tough questions about a series of financial transactions involving him and his former driver and state assembly aide Fabricio Queiroz. The official gazette of Rio state shows both relatives were on

U.S. Banks Boost Aid to Customers as Federal Shutdown Drags On

• World/Latin America
• 2019-01-22 21:53:11Z

Navy Federal Credit Union, a Vienna, Virginia-based lender with more 8.1 million members, is offering no-interest, no-fee loans up to $6,000 for its 100,000 affected customers. "One can only imagine, as far as missing a paycheck, of course there's great concern and financial uncertainty," Tynika Wilson, senior vice president of debit card and fund services at Navy Federal, said Tuesday in an interview.

Taxi driver badly hurt in Spain's 'anti-Uber' strike

• World
• 2019-01-22 21:51:40Z

A taxi driver protesting in Madrid against Uber-like services was seriously hurt in a car accident on Tuesday as a strike continued in the Spanish capital and Barcelona with sporadic clashes. Emergency services in Madrid tweeted that the man, in his thirties, had suffered a brain injury. The accident

Romania president: plan to invalidate graft cases not legal

• World/Latin America
• 2019-01-22 21:47:57Z

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romania's president said on Tuesday that a government decree that could invalidate hundreds of corruption cases involving senior officials is "crassly unconstitutional," a development that also prompted concern from the European Union.

Givenchy flies high as Lagerfeld is absent at Chanel couture

• World
• 2019-01-22 21:47:31Z

PARIS (AP) - It's snowing in Paris, but not at Chanel, which showcased 18th-century-inspired couture that frothed inside a sunlit Italian villa.

Tim Howard says this MLS season will be his last

• World
• 2019-01-22 21:45:56Z

Colorado Rapids and former U.S. national team goalkeeper Tim Howard says this season will be his last in Major League Soccer.

Venezuela government says opposition linked to military revolt; party denies charge

• World
• 2019-01-22 21:44:16Z

Venezuela's government said on Tuesday that a group of military officers who stole weapons as part of a failed revolt on Monday had delivered the arms to opposition party Popular Will, which the party dismissed as "lies" and an attempt to divert blame. Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez

New York's Gun-Transportation Rules Draw Supreme Court Scrutiny

• World/Latin America
• 2019-01-22 21:39:54Z

The court said it will hear an appeal from three city handgun owners and an advocacy group who say New York has the most extreme firearm-transportation restrictions in the country. The case may demonstrate the impact of the newest justice, Brett Kavanaugh, whose appeals court record suggests he'll be a more aggressive enforcer of gun rights than the justice he replaced, Anthony Kennedy.

Banks, phone companies, nonprofits roll out help for federal workers amid government shutdown

• World/Europe
• 2019-01-22 21:11:30Z

Creditors are offering assistance for federal workers. For many, it's the first time they have rolled a nationwide plan for a government shutdown.

J&J, U.S. states settle hip implant claims for $120 mln

• World/Latin America
• 2019-01-22 21:07:40Z

Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics unit have agreed to pay $120 million to resolve deceptive marketing claims by several U.S. states.

New Russian order: After presidency, yet another role for Putin?

• World
• 2019-01-22 20:31:18Z

As Vladimir Putin's fourth, and almost certainly final, six-year term as president heads into its second year, the prospect of a Russia without him is becoming real, if not yet urgent. Inevitably, some are talking up schemes to keep Mr. Putin - and the relatively stable status quo he guarantees - in some position of having the final word on critical matters. "In any authoritarian system, the most dangerous moment is the transition of power," says Olga Kryshtanovskaya, head of the sociological think tank Kryshtanovskaya Laboratories, and Russia's top elite-watcher.

After Nairobi attack, Somalis in Kenya cautiously hope for unity

• World
• 2019-01-22 19:40:54Z

Abdimalik Anwar was sipping a cup of coffee at the popular Nomad Palace Hotel in Nairobi's Eastleigh neighborhood on January 15 when a friend called to ask if he had heard the news. A few miles away, militants linked to the terror group Al Shabab had stormed 14 Riverside, an upscale hotel and office complex, and the death toll was quickly rising. In 2013, when the Somalia-based Al Shabab had attacked the nearby Westgate Mall, some Kenyans had quickly turned their anger on the country's large community of Somalis.

Alleged US spy received Russian 'state secret' without knowing: lawyer

• World/Europe
• 2019-01-22 19:36:13Z

A former US Marine charged with espionage in Russia was handed a USB drive containing state secrets without knowing what was on the device, his lawyer said Tuesday after a hearing extending his client's custody. Paul Whelan, 48, was taken into custody on December 28 by the Russian FSB security service, which said he was caught "while carrying out an act of espionage".

FOG Design+Art Shakes Things Up in San Francisco

• World/Latin America
• 2019-01-22 19:17:12Z

Art of the deal: In politics, Trump finds negotiations a different ballgame

• World
• 2019-01-22 18:56:15Z

Many of the steps businessman Trump and his coauthor lay out in their 1987 bestseller reflect the president's aggressive approach to negotiation today: Think big. Over the weekend, Mr. Trump got a taste of just how difficult negotiating can be in Washington. As the partial government shutdown over border-wall funding entered its fifth week, Trump offered what he called a "common-sense compromise": temporary protections for "dreamers" and certain other immigrants in exchange for $5.7 billion for the wall.

Hamas militant killed by Israeli fire after soldier hurt

• World
• 2019-01-22 18:48:18Z

Israeli tank shelling killed a Hamas militant along the Gaza border on Tuesday as Israel responded to gunfire that wounded one of its soldiers, officials said. Mohammed al-Nabaheen, 24, was killed by tank fire while two other people were hurt, a Gaza health ministry spokesman said. Hamas, the Islamist

Nigeria's new outbreak of Lassa fever kills 16

• World
• 2019-01-22 18:44:43Z

Nigerian health authorities on Tuesday declared a new outbreak of Lassa fever that has killed 16 people since early January, despite successfully containing the disease last year. "Since the onset of the 2019 outbreak, there have been 16 deaths in confirmed cases," said a report released by the National Centre for Control (NCDC), revealing a 26.7 percent mortality rate in confirmed cases. "Given this increase in reported cases of Lassa fever, the NCDC has declared this an outbreak and activated an Emergency Operations Centre to coordinate the response," the report said.

Dousing the fires of corruption

• World
• 2019-01-22 18:44:34Z

Sometimes the battle against corruption is driven by more than righteous indignation at the guilty. On Jan. 22, for example, Mexico's new president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, began a tour of municipalities where theft from gasoline pipelines is high. Instead of cracking down on such local thieves - most of them impoverished farmers - Mr. López Obrador, or AMLO as he is known, plans to offer them an alternative.

See Photos of the Made-in-Michigan Mahindra Marazzo

• World/Latin America
• 2019-01-22 18:40:00Z

Stunning video captures icy Niagara Falls

• World/Europe
• 2019-01-22 18:30:07Z

Sub-freezing temperatures Monday caused Niagara Falls to freeze over at its edges, creating a wintertime visual treat for viewers on the Canadian side. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

The Moon was hit by a meteorite while you were staring at the 'Super Blood Wolf Moon' eclipse

• World/Latin America
• 2019-01-22 18:01:56Z

Skywatchers had plenty to be excited about this past weekend thanks to a lunar eclipse that was visible from the Americas as well as parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia. It got the nickname "Super Blood Wolf Moon" thanks to a combination of labels that may or may not have much meaning, but it was an undeniably cool sight nonetheless. As it turns out, the eclipse was even more special than most observers had noticed, as the Moon was actually struck by a meteorite while everyone was gazing in wonder at its rusty appearance. A new video from astronomer Jose Madiedo, using imagery gathered by the MIDAS impact survey effort, shows the exact moment of impact....

North Dakota couple killed by fallen tree in San Diego

• World/Latin America
• 2019-01-22 18:01:17Z

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) - A North Dakota couple died while vacationing in San Diego when a 75-foot-tall pine tree crashed onto their rental house as they slept, relatives and police said.

The Latest: Native American offers to meet with students

• World/Europe
• 2019-01-22 17:57:13Z

COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) - The Latest on reaction from an encounter between white teenagers, Native American marchers and a black religious sect outside the Lincoln Memorial last week. (all times local):

2019 Mercedes-AMG E53 Coupe - Photos

• World/Latin America
• 2019-01-22 17:42:00Z

Covington Catholic HS Closed Tuesday to Protect Students from Backlash

• World/Latin America
• 2019-01-22 17:31:15Z

Covington Catholic High School cancelled classes Tuesday in response to the torrent of outrage and harassment directed at a group of its students who were captured on video in a tense confrontation with an elderly Native American man near the Lincoln Memorial during Saturday's March for Life. "After meeting with local authorities, we have made the decision to cancel school and be closed on Tuesday, January 22, in order to ensure the safety of our students, faculty and staff," read an email from school principal Robert Rowe to parents, obtained by Fox 19. Students, parents, faculty and staff are not to be on campus for any reason.

Trump Presses Ahead on State of Union After Pelosi's Suggestion to Delay

• World/Europe
• 2019-01-22 17:30:54Z

The request was made to House officials, according to White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and is another escalation in his battle with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The House sergeant-at-arms, one of the recipients of the White House request over the weekend, is awaiting a response from Pelosi's office. Pelosi last week said Trump should postpone the address because of security concerns stemming from the shutdown and consider delivering it in writing instead of in-person.

Car bomb hits Syria regime stronghold Latakia

• World/Europe
• 2019-01-22 16:43:35Z

A car bomb shook the Syrian regime's coastal stronghold of Latakia on Tuesday, killing one person and wounding more than a dozen others, state news agency SANA reported. According to SANA the bomb blast hit southern Damascus without causing any victims, but the Observatory reported it left a number of people dead and wounded.

See Niagara Falls Transform Into an Icy Wonderland Amid Bone-Chilling Cold

• World/Latin America
• 2019-01-22 16:33:53Z

Images show trees and pathways coated in thick sheets of snow and ice

Huawei calls for swift end to case of executive arrested in Canada

• World/Latin America
• 2019-01-22 16:28:09Z

China's Huawei Technologies wants a quick resolution of the case of its former finance chief Meng Wanzhou, who is accused of violating U.S. sanctions on Iran and has been detained in Canada, its chairman said on Tuesday. The United States has told Canada it will request Meng's extradition, but has not said when it will do so, David MacNaughton, Canada's ambassador to the U.S., said in a Globe and Mail interview on Monday.

Mr Porter and Off-White unveil their latest collaboration

• World/Latin America
• 2019-01-22 16:21:10Z

Mr Porter has presented the fruit of its latest collaboration with streetwear label Off-White: a 44-piece capsule which reinterprets traditional sportswear. Christened "Modern Office," the collection is exclusively available from Mr Porter (www.mrporter.com). "Securing the Mr Porter account has always been a goal for me.

White House planning to go ahead with State of the Union on January 29

• World/Latin America
• 2019-01-22 16:14:59Z

Sources tell Fox News that the sergeant-at-arms has been delivered a letter from the White House asking to schedule a walk-through for next week's anticipated State Of the Union address; chief White House correspondent John Roberts reports.

Supreme Court Allows Redacted Appeal in Possible Mueller Case

• World/Latin America
• 2019-01-22 16:14:26Z

Mueller is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and possible obstruction by President Donald Trump. The dispute apparently marks the first time the Supreme Court has been asked to intervene in the probe. The Supreme Court previously refused to block the daily fines, but the company is still pressing the court to hear an appeal.

Russia says any deal to end land row with Japan needs public support

• World
• 2019-01-22 16:00:40Z

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday there was lots of hard work ahead to reach a peace treaty with Japan. Putin was speaking to reporters following talks in Moscow with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to discuss a deal that could resolve a decades-old territorial dispute between the countries. Russia and Japan never signed a formal treaty to end hostilities after World War Two. (Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin, Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Christian Lowe; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by John Stonestreet)

Exclusive: Ship in deadly Black Sea blaze was turned away from port over sanctions

• World
• 2019-01-22 15:57:08Z

The vessels, which caught fire on Monday, have the same names as two gas-transporting tankers, the Maestro and Venice, which were included on a U.S. sanctions advisory note last year for delivering fuel to Syria. The U.S. Treasury note, published in November, advised that any dealings with these or

Israel: Advanced missile defense system successfully tested

• World
• 2019-01-22 15:56:14Z

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel said Tuesday that it has successfully tested the country's advanced missile defense system capable of defending against long-range ballistic missile threats.

Palestinian dead as Israel shells Gaza after officer wounded

• World
• 2019-01-22 15:53:25Z

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli shelling of the Gaza Strip has left one Palestinian dead and two others wounded after an Israeli soldier was shot along the border of the coastal enclave.

A century on, Basra's British-era shipyard going strong

• World/Latin America
• 2019-01-22 15:47:06Z

Thousands of ships, including former dictator Saddam Hussein's yacht, have passed through the Iraqi shipyard's three docks, where a giant steam engine hauls them out of the water and up the century-old wooden tracks. Mohammed Adnan, who has been operating the huge steam engine for six years now, says it is not easy. "They say they [the British] brought in the wood from Burma... we tried to drill a 1.5 inch nail into it once, we couldn't," said Jassim Hussain Sabour, the shipyard's longest-serving worker.

The Covington Affair

• World/Europe
• 2019-01-22 15:42:46Z

The condemnations were vitriolic, including here at National Review. As longtime readers know, the Corner is our group blog that encourages real-time, unfiltered reactions by our individual writers (it was basically Twitter before the advent of Twitter).

How to Draw an X Right Is a Debate That Is Currently Unfolding on the Internet

• World/Europe
• 2019-01-22 15:39:47Z

The internet is struggling with how to write the letter x on Twitter.