World

St. Jude music therapists organize backyard jams for kids

Amy Love had to leave the Memphis hospital where she brings music to severely ill children - she and other support staff couldn't take the risk of spreading COVID-19 to these frail patients. But she w...

May 2, 2020

N Korea's Kim Jong Un appears in public amid health rumours

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion of a fertilizer factory near Pyongyang, state media said Saturda...

May 1, 2020

Women's soccer claim of unequal pay tossed, can argue travel

A federal judge threw out the unequal pay claim by players on the U.S. women's national soccer team but allowed their allegation of discriminatory travel accommodations and medical support services to...

May 1, 2020

Indiana easing many coronavirus business restrictions

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Friday a relaxing of business restrictions imposed to slow the coronavirus spread for much of the state, allowing more manufacturers, retailers and s...

May 1, 2020

Alaska book controversy draws attention of hometown rockers

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Members of the Grammy-winning rock band Portugal. The Man are stepping into a banned book controversy in their Alaska home town. After the school board at the Matanuska-Susitna Bor...

May 1, 2020

Q&A: Director Brad Bird on choosing his 'essentials' for TCM

LOS ANGELES - As the youngest member of his family, Brad Bird would often get dragged along to films that may have been a little out of his depth for a child, like "2001: A Space Odyssey." But even if...

May 1, 2020

Biden on sexual assault allegation: 'never, never happened'

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday categorically denied allegations from a former Senate staffer that he sexually assaulted her in the early 1990s, saying "this never h...

May 1, 2020

Virus worries haunt workers demanding rights on May Day

ATHENS, Greece - No job at all, or a job without enough protections - millions of workers worldwide marked international labour day trapped between hunger and fear Friday, as more countries and states...

May 1, 2020

Work safety strike, virus lockdown protest set for May Day

LOS ANGELES - Essential workers will strike nationwide on May Day to demand safer conditions during the coronavirus outbreak, while other groups plan rallies against tight stay-at-home orders they say...

May 1, 2020

Bollywood mourns loss of two of its most versatile actors

GURUGRAM, India - Two of India's most beloved movie stars, Irrfan Khan and Rishi Kapoor, died within a day of each other this week, and though they came from two very different worlds and two very dif...

May 1, 2020