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Barack, Michelle Obama Sign Bumper Book Deal

New York based publisher Penguin Random House has won the book industry's most coveted contract: a deal to produce the...

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White House Condemns ‘racially Motivated’ Attack On Indians

The White House on Tuesday condemned a shooting attack in a Kansas bar that left one Indian man dead and another...

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How Could the Pentagon Spend Extra Billions? Easily

President Donald Trump has outlined a goal to hike American military spending by nearly 10 percent, shoveling yet more...

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Met Museum Chief Quits Amid Expansion and Deficits

The head of the Metropolitan Museum of Art resigned Tuesday as the New York institution struggles to tame a budget...

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White House Condemns Attack On Indians As ‘racially Motivated Hatred’

The White House on Tuesday condemned a shooting attack in a Kansas bar that left one Indian man dead and another...

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YouTube Challenges Cable TV With Streaming Service

YouTube on Tuesday unveiled a streaming television service offering bundles of live channels, in a direct challenge by...

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US Probing Whether Al-Qaeda Number Two Killed In Syria

The American government is investigating whether Al-Qaeda's number two has been killed in Syria, an official told AFP...

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White House Condemns Attack On Indians As ‘racially Motivated Hatred’

The White House on Tuesday condemned a shooting attack in a Kansas bar that left one Indian man dead and another...

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Opening of Trump Tower In Vancouver Met With Protests

US President Donald Trump's two sons inaugurated a Trump International Hotel and Tower in Vancouver, Canada Tuesday as...

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Wary US and China Pledge Respect At First Trump-Era Meet

China's top diplomat wrapped up his first set of meetings in President Donald Trump's Washington on Tuesday satisfied...

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Phelps Calls For Urgent Doping Reform

US swimming legend Michael Phelps called for an urgent overhaul of global anti-doping procedures on Tuesday as the top...

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Long-Delayed Interim Authority Installed In North Mali

An interim authority for Mali's troubled northern Kidal region, a stronghold of the former Tuareg rebellion, was...

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Lincoln Center Heads Urge Trump To Keep Funding Arts

Executives at New York's Lincoln Center made a joint appeal Tuesday for the United States to preserve arts funding,...

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Russian Vetoes of UN Resolutions On Syria

Russia has now blocked seven UN resolutions regarding Syria since unrest erupted there in 2011, almost always with...

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I Played the Role Mahama Wanted Me To Play – Dotse Malor

A former Senior Communications Advisor to former President John Mahama says he did his best to serve the interest of...

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Lawsuit In US Says Automakers Knew of Takata Flaws

Leading auto manufacturers, including BMW and Nissan, equipped their cars with Takata airbags despite knowing they were...

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Paris Auction of Moroccan ‘Nessie’ Makes Waves

Geologists in Morocco on Tuesday denounced the planned auction of a 66-million-year-old marine dinosaur skeleton in...

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US White Couple Get Prison For Harassing Blacks

A white couple have been handed heavy prison sentences in Georgia for shouting slurs and death threats at guests at a...

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Russia, China Veto UN Resolution On Syria Sanctions

Russia and China on Tuesday vetoed a UN resolution backed by Western powers that would have imposed sanctions on Syria...