Tag: general news

Donald Trump's call for 'energy dominance' is likely to run into real-world limits

WASHINGTON -- President-elect Donald Trump is set to create a National Energy Council that he says will establish American “energy dominance” around the...

Canadian news publishers sue OpenAI over alleged copyright infringement

OTTAWA, Ontario -- A coalition of Canadian news publishers, including The Canadian Press, Torstar, Globe and Mail, Postmedia and CBC/Radio-Canada, has filed a...

Mexico raids stores selling counterfeit or contraband Asian goods, pledges a nationwide crackdown

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican authorities raided a massive complex of stores selling counterfeit Chinese and other Asian goods in downtown Mexico City, and...

The ruble's in a slump. For the Kremlin, that's a two-edged sword

Russia's ruble is sagging against other currencies, complicating the Kremlin's efforts to keep consumer inflation under control with one hand even as it...

Okonjo-Iweala given 2nd term as WTO chief as Trump's return looms over trade body's future

GENEVA -- Member countries of the World Trade Organization agreed Friday to give Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala a second four-year term. The move by...

Thousands of workers march across Italy in general strike demanding better pay and services

MILAN -- Thousands of teachers, health care workers, trash collectors and others walked off their jobs across Italy on Friday to protest a...