German economy minister says EU-US trade talks have failed
BERLIN — Free trade talks between the European Union and the United States have failed, Germany’s economy minister said Sunday, citing a lack of progress on any of the major sections of the...
View ArticleMillennials are totally mixed up about what they believe in
Step forward and stand tall, millennials, your moment has come at last. The baby boomers are starting to retire. Generation X is turning tired and gray. But millennials are now the single largest bloc...
View ArticleIran welcomes cease-fire in Syria
BEIRUT — The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday welcomed a U.S.-Russian agreement on a cease-fire for Syria, where it has been a key ally of President Bashar Assad during the five-year war that has...
View ArticleSocialism’s left Venezuela a ‘walking dead’ nation
Here’s socialism at its finest: Venezuela is now forced to import oil from the United States, the devil in the eyes of the regime. Yes, the South American energy powerhouse is still pumping 2.4 million...
View ArticleThe fight against the global sex trafficking business
HONOLULU — Prosecutors are calling the scourge of sex trafficking a form of modern-day slavery that touches every state in the nation, and they’re working to draw connections between active...
View ArticleWhen the apocalypse hits, head south
Turkey on Tuesday morning warned the conflict in Syria will be the flashpoint for World War III as global superpowers back opposing sides. “If this proxy war continues, after this, let me be clear,...
View ArticleWhy America’s allies are going rogue
Another longtime US ally just went off the reservation, in what’s become a depressing trend of the late Obama years. Don’t get us wrong: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is a nightmare. His...
View ArticleOur son is held hostage — and Uncle Sam is no help
In September, the White House touted its efforts to free US nationals being held as hostages in countries around the world. As a result of policy changes in the past year, it claimed, the US government...
View Article99-year-old woman named America becomes US citizen
At age 99, a woman named America has become a U.S. citizen. America Maria Hernandez, who was born in Colombia in 1917 and was brought to the U.S. by one of her daughters in 1988, signed her...
View ArticleTrump threatens to ‘terminate’ deal with Cuba
Donald Trump threatened on Monday to “terminate” the agreement restoring US relations with Cuba unless the communist island agrees to reopen and improve it. “If Cuba is unwilling to make a better deal...
View ArticleVladimir Putin will always be America’s enemy
Vladimir Putin is our enemy. Not because we want him to be, but because resentment and hatred of the United States is central to his being. Russia’s president yearns to do us harm. He blames us for the...
View ArticleChina’s navy seizes underwater US drone
A Chinese navy warship seized an underwater drone used by an American oceanographic vessel in international waters in the South China Sea — prompting the US to issue a diplomatic protest and demand its...
View ArticlePentagon says China has returned seized US drone
The underwater drone that was seized by the Chinese navy was returned to US custody Monday. The Pentagon announced that the vehicle was handed over near the location where it was taken in the South...
View ArticleFord ditches Mexico plan — and Trump wins again
President-elect Donald Trump got a fine start to the New Year, as Ford Motor Co. on Tuesday scrapped its plans to build a $1.5 billion plant in Mexico and announced it will instead invest $700 million...
View ArticleWhat Mark Zuckerberg should learn about America
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — One person who seems to have clearly learned the lessons of the presidential election is Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Late Tuesday, Zuckerberg announced his New Year’s resolution...
View ArticleUS democracy is having a ‘legitimacy crisis’
The United States is no longer a “full” democracy because of an “erosion of public trust in public institutions” — a circumstance that benefited Donald Trump’s ascent to the White House, according to a...
View ArticleMost Americans can’t find these US territories on a map
Six percent of American young adults aren’t able to locate their own country on a map, according to a 2006 National Geographic poll. So imagine how hard it is for our fellow citizens to point out Guam...
View ArticleRussia secretly deploys cruise missile, violating arms treaty
Russia has deployed a new cruise missile despite complaints by US officials that it violates an arms control treaty banning ground-based American and Russian intermediate-range missiles, the New York...
View ArticleUS carrier sent on ‘routine’ operation in tense South China Sea
As tensions mount between America and China over the South China Sea, the US Navy has sent an aircraft carrier into the disputed waterway. The Navy announced the deployment of the USS Carl Vinson and...
View ArticleGerman economy minister says EU-US trade talks have failed
BERLIN — Free trade talks between the European Union and the United States have failed, Germany’s economy minister said Sunday, citing a lack of progress on any of the major sections of the...
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