SINGAPORE — In a year in which the United States mounted an unprecedented effort to undermine China’s largest telecommunications company, Huawei made sure it got the last word. The firm announced Tuesday that its revenue surged 18% to more than $120 billion in 2019 despite a ban on U.S. exports to the company starting in May. […]
Longboards aren’t just for surfers. In the mid-1800s, half a century before surfing ever came to the Golden State, longboard skiing took off among the young, athletic men in Sierra mining camps who liked to drink, gamble and carouse in their spare time. They strapped on what were called Norwegian “skates” or “snowshoes” — those […]
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas — A man who trained others in his Texas church to use guns to protect the congregation fatally shot a gunman seconds after he opened fire during a service, the Texas attorney general said Monday. Jack Wilson fired a single shot, quickly ending the attack that killed two people at the West Freeway […]
MOSCOW — Twenty years ago on New Year’s Eve, Lucia and Alexander Orlov had gathered a dozen or so family and friends around a table full of food, wine and vodka to ring in the year 2000 in their central Moscow apartment. New Year’s Eve is Russia’s biggest holiday. It’s a family affair, when Russia’s version […]
WASHINGTON — As a candidate for the White House, Donald Trump repeatedly promised that he would “immediately” replace President Obama’s healthcare law with a plan of his own that would provide “insurance for everybody.” Back then, Trump made it sound as if his plan — “much less expensive and much better” than the Affordable Care Act […]
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia’s interim president says her government is expelling the top Mexican and Spanish diplomats in the country over an alleged attempt by members of Bolivia’s former government to leave their refuge in the Mexican Embassy with Spanish help and flee the country. Spain expelled three Bolivian officials Monday in response. Interim President […]
I believe in the rule of three. Within a narrow space of time I suffered Stage 4 lymphoma, beating the odds by surviving, and was strongly encouraged, albeit with financial incentives, to take early retirement. Then, my marriage ended. Armed with the temporary immunity that comes with the rule of three, it was time to […]
Alfa Romeo team boss Frédéric Vasseur has dismissed awarding any testing mileage to Mick Schumacher in 2020. As a member of Ferrari’s Driver Academy, Schumacher was given F1 seat time earlier this year in Bahrain, both with the Scuderia and with Alfa Romeo. While the Hinwil-based squad remains affiliated with the House of Maranello and […]
EDMONTON ― Staff in the Alberta government’s so-called war room should stop calling themselves reporters, says the president of the Canadian Association of Journalists. “Don’t pretend that you’re doing journalism ― because you’re not,″ Karyn Pugliese said Tuesday from Winnipeg. “When the government hires its own PR firm, that’s fine. But when you pretend that […]
From dangerous rains, flooding and extreme temperatures, Canadians saw active, and sometimes surprising, weather patterns throughout 2019. To cap off the year, Environment and Climate Change Canada has curated a list of the ten top weather stories of 2019. Ottawa River flood Atlantic hurricane season – Hurricane Dorian Fall snow in the Prairies February’s polar vortex Record […]