Venezuela was hit by a countrywide blackout which affected 94 of its telecommunications infrastructure and left almost all of the country without power. Officials blamed the blackout – the fourth this year – on a hostile “electromagnetic However, opposition leader Juan Guaido claimed the Maduro administration was trying to cover up their own failures. Mr […]

Trump offers to mediate Kashmir conflict for India and Pakistan The decision to renew US military assistance to Pakistan is still on hold, but President Trump made it clear it is possible. Donald Trump has offered to mediate between India and Pakistan over the conflict in Kashmir. The US president has been holding talks with […]

BANJUL (Reuters) – A Gambian army officer has testified that he and two colleagues shot dead journalist Deyda Hydara in 2004 on orders from then- President Yahya Jammeh, providing the first direct account of the previously unexplained killing. Hydara, a critic of Jammeh’s government and co-owner of the independent newspaper The Point, was killed on […]

U.S. Justice Department Tells Mueller To Limit Congressional Testimony WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department told former Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Monday he should limit his testimony before Congress this week to discussing his public report on the Russia probe. In a letter to Mueller, Associate Deputy Attorney General Bradley Weinsheimer […]

David Briffaut, 23, was feared to be paralysed after hitting the water at the bottom of the slide at great speeds. He was with his girlfriend Penny Bristol to celebrate her finishing her degree. But he reportedly had an MRI scan on Monday afternoon and is starting to breathe on his own without medical equipment. There […]

The B.C. woman who was recorded driving an SUV down a set of stairs at a Vancouver hotel has been fined $368 for her actions. The incident took place around 8 a.m. Friday morning at the Sheraton Wall Centre, where a witness told Global News they saw the driver go past signs for the hotel’s […]

Apple close to buying Intel’s modem business: report Apple Inc. AAPL, +2.29% could be within a week of agreeing to a deal to buy Intel Corp.’s INTC, +2.15% modem-chip business, according to a Monday afternoon report. The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple and Intel are in advanced talks on a deal that values the […]

Zions Bancorp Bottom Line Climbs In Q2 Zions Bancorp (ZION) announced a profit for its second quarter that climbed from the same period last year. The company’s earnings totaled $189 million, or $0.99 per share. This compares with $187 million, or $0.89 per share, in last year’s second quarter. Analysts had expected the company to […]

Hexcel Corp. Q2 adjusted earnings Beat Estimates Hexcel Corp. (HXL) announced a profit for its second quarter that rose from last year. The company’s bottom line totaled $80.9 million, or $0.94 per share. This compares with $68.8 million, or $0.76 per share, in last year’s second quarter. Excluding items, Hexcel Corp. reported adjusted earnings of […]

A man swiped a knife from a Manhattan Target store — and then used it to threaten customers as he fled, police said Monday. The crook was at the East 14th Street location near Avenue A in Alphabet City at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday when he grabbed a kitchen knife along with a computer keyboard […]