MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The European Union and Australia on Tuesday agreed on the final text of a free trade agreement, two years after negotiations broke down over Australian demands for more red meat market access and complaints about Australian products labeled with traditionally European names such as prosecco. European Commission President Ursula von der …
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 1.1% in morning trading to 52,093.02, recovering some of the losses it suffered the previous day. Toyota Motor Corp.’s stock price gained 1.1% in morning trading after it announced overnight that it was investing $1 billion in its Kentucky and Indiana auto plants. That’s part of a plan to invest …
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Park Police officer was seriously wounded Monday evening in a shooting in Washington, federal law enforcement officials said. The unidentified officer was airlifted by U.S. Park Police helicopter to an area hospital, said Vito Maggiolo, public information officer for the the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Service Department. He said …
SAN JOSE, March 23 (Reuters) – The U.S. and Costa Rica have signed an initial agreement for Costa Rica to accept migrants deported by the U.S. from other countries, Costa Rica’s presidency said on Monday. Costa Rica can make a final decision on whether to accept the migrants, the presidency said in a statement, with …
Watch CBS News Investigation underway after plane slams into fire-rescue truck while landing at LaGuardia; Trump delays deadline for Iran power plant strikes.
Investigation underway after plane slams into fire-rescue truck while landing at LaGuardia – CBS News Watch CBS News Two pilots were killed and dozens of people were injured at New York’s LaGuardia Airport when an arriving Air Canada Express plane and a fire-and-rescue vehicle collided on a runway. Tom Hanson and Kris Van Cleave have …
Worried travelers arrive extra early to wait in huge security lines – CBS News Watch CBS News With no deal to end the partial government shutdown in sight, growing security lines at many airports often take more time to get through than the flight itself. Nicole Sganga reports.
Despite the chaos at some of the nation’s airports, President Trump urged Republicans not to make a deal to end the partial shutdown unless Democrats back a voter ID bill known as the SAVE America Act. Meanwhile, the president appeared more optimistic about reaching a deal with Iran. Nikole Killion has the latest.
Federal officials are on scene at New York’s LaGuardia Airport following Sunday night’s deadly ground collision involving a commercial jet and a fire-rescue truck. Steven Wallace, former director of the Office of Accident Investigation at the Federal Aviation Administration, joins CBS News to preview the probe.
The Defense Department said Monday it will remove media outlets’ office spaces from the Pentagon after a federal judge sided with The New York Times in a lawsuit challenging limits on reporters’ access to the building. An area of the Pentagon known as “Correspondents’ Corridor” that reporters have used for decades to cover the U.S. …