A U.S. judge on Wednesday rejected Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s bid for a new trial, finding that misconduct by jurors during the Mexican crime lord’s drug trafficking case…
U.S. launches Mideast peace plan in Bahrain with bid to solicit $50B for region
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump launched its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan on Tuesday with a bid to drum up $50 billion US to fund…
Governments spent $17.7M on Calgary’s scrapped Olympic bid: report
Governments spent a total of $17.7 million on Calgary’s scrapped bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics, according to the city’s final report on the project.…
Swedish bid to extradite Julian Assange is dealt setback
A Swedish court has ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is now jailed in Britain and suspected of rape in Sweden, shouldn’t be detained…
Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar announces 2020 presidential bid
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Sunday joined the growing group of Democrats jostling to be president and positioned herself as the most prominent Midwestern candidate…
Democrat Elizabeth Warren officially launches campaign for 2020 presidential bid
Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has officially launched her campaign for the Democratic nomination for U.S. president in 2020. Warren picked the working-class city of Lawrence,…