Trump Appoints Son-In-Law as Senior White House Adviser
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump appointed his influential son-in-law Jared Kushner as a White House senior adviser Monday, putting the young real estate executive in position to exert broad sway over both domestic and foreign policy, particularly Middle East issues and trade negotiations.
China’s Xinjiang Tightening Border Amid Threats of Extremism
BEIJING — China says it is tightening border controls in its northwestern Xinjiang region amid rising terrorism threats.
Zygmunt Bauman, Sociologist who Coined ‘Liquid Modernity,’ 91
WARSAW, Poland — Zygmunt Bauman, one of the most prominent and prolific European sociologists of recent decades, has died at the age of 91. The Polish-born left-wing thinker's works explored the fluidity of identity in the modern world, the Holocaust, consumerism and globalization.
Paris Police: 16 Arrested Over Kardashian West Jewelry Heist
PARIS — Police in Paris say 16 people have been arrested in connection with the October theft of more than $10 million worth of jewelry from Kim Kardashian West.
New Nokia Phone to Launch Exclusively in China
HELSINKI — The Nokia mobile phone is coming back.
‘La La Land,’ ‘Moonlight’ Top Golden Globes
"La La Land" steamrolled through a Jimmy Fallon-hosted Golden Globes that mixed the expected, Champagne-sipping Hollywood celebration with often-voiced concern over president-elect Donald Trump.
Streep Wins Globe DeMille Award, Excoriates Trump
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Actress Meryl Streep earned a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes Sunday and in accepting, turned the spotlight away from herself.
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ex-Iranian President, 82
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died Sunday after a decades-long career in the ruling elite, where his moderate views were not always welcome but his cunning guided him through revolution, war and the country's turbulent politics.
Golazo Puts Malaysian Faiz Subri on Puskas Award Shortlist (Video)
GEORGE TOWN, Malaysia — With one stunning goal, Faiz Subri has given himself the chance to put his name beside the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and James Rodriguez on the honor roll for Puskas Award winners.
Trump: Only ‘Stupid’ People, Fools Oppose Better Russia Ties
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that "only 'stupid' people or fools" would dismiss closer ties with Russia, and he seemed unswayed after his classified briefing on an intelligence report that accused Moscow of meddling on his behalf in the election that catapulted him to power.
