Category Archives: World
Mix-up: British Airways plane lands in Scotland, not Germany
LONDON - The flight on Monday seemed to go perfectly well, until passengers realized that their plane had landed in both the wrong city and the wrong country. The British Airways flight from London Ci...
Mar 25, 2019
UK lawmakers seize Brexit agenda in bid to break deadlock
LONDON - British lawmakers seized a measure of control over the stalled Brexit process from Prime Minister Theresa May’s foundering government Monday, setting up a series of votes that could dra...
Mar 25, 2019
UN makes urgent appeal to help victims of Mozambique cyclone
BEIRA, Mozambique - The United Nations is making an emergency appeal for $282 million for the next three months to help Mozambique start recovering from the devastation of Cyclone Idai. The U.N. fundi...
Mar 25, 2019
'It will get worse': Perilous times for kids hit by cyclone
BEIRA, Mozambique - Her name is Chuva, which in Portuguese means rain. For four days that was all she saw as she clung to her rooftop in the cyclone’s aftermath and prayed to be saved. Maria Chu...
Mar 25, 2019
Some Americans cheer Mueller's report, others feel let down
PHILADELPHIA - The first glimpse into the special counsel’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election did little to mend a gaping American political divide. The four-page summar...
Mar 25, 2019
Norway opens probe into why cruise ship ventured into storm
COPENHAGEN - Norwegian officials have opened an investigation into why a cruise ship carrying more than 1,370 people set sail along the country’s often wild western coast despite storm warnings,...
Mar 25, 2019
Scott Walker of the Walker Brothers dies at age 76.
LONDON - Influential singer, songwriter and producer Scott Walker, whose hits with the Walker Brothers in the 1960s included “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore,” has died. He was 76....
Mar 25, 2019
Pakistan charges former policeman in killing of male model
KARACHI, Pakistan - Pakistan has charged a former police officer in last year’s high-profile killing of a 27-year-old aspiring male model whose death triggered nationwide protests by members of ...
Mar 25, 2019
Russia savors Mueller's report but expects tensions to stay
MOSCOW - Russia savored an “I told you so” moment Monday after special counsel Robert Mueller found no collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Moscow. Government offi...
Mar 25, 2019
Afghan official: Taliban killed 33 troops, police in Helmand
KABUL - A devastating Taliban attack over the weekend on an Afghan army outpost in southern Helmand province killed 26 soldiers and seven policemen, a provincial official said Monday - casualties the ...
Mar 25, 2019