Category Archives: World
Long johns to short sleeves: Rapid thaw follows polar blast
CHICAGO - In Illinois, temperatures could rise by 80 degrees within days. In Michigan, melting snow and rain and a 17-mile ice jam could lead to flooding. Across the Midwest, the sudden warmth was sur...
Jan 31, 2019
Trump breaks brief public silence during border negotiations
WASHINGTON - After days sequestered behind closed doors, President Donald Trump let loose Thursday, holding forth on border security negotiations, North Korea and other topics from the Oval Office. Tr...
Jan 31, 2019
Report: Afghan forces still shrinking, security gaps growing
WASHINGTON - As the Trump administration pushes for peace in Afghanistan, a new U.S. watchdog report says Afghan security forces are shrinking, gaps in security are growing, and the Taliban are largel...
Jan 31, 2019
ICE force-feeding detainees on hunger strike
Immigrants have gone on hunger strikes over the past month to protest conditions inside detention facilities, prompting officials to force-feed six of them through plastic nasal tubes at a Texas locat...
Jan 31, 2019
Mariah Carey shakes off boycott calls for her Saudi concert
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Mariah Carey, one of the world’s most celebrated artists, is performing in Saudi Arabia on Thursday for the first time, but there’s a growing chorus of Saudi ...
Jan 31, 2019
China must treat detained Canadians fairly: NATO chief
BUCHAREST, Romania - NATO’s chief is calling on China to treat two Canadians detained in the country “fairly and with due process.” In his first public comments about the case, Secre...
Jan 31, 2019
Australian rugby league team proud of Huawei sponsorship
CANBERRA, Australia - An Australian rugby league team wants to continue Huawei’s longest-ever sports sponsorship despite the Chinese communication giant’s ban from Australia’s 5G net...
Jan 31, 2019
Asia shares mostly higher on upbeat China factory data
BANGKOK - Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday after a survey of Chinese manufacturers showed factory activity improved slightly in December. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 index gai...
Jan 30, 2019
'Good Fight' season 3 resumes Trump-era stories, with tunes
PASADENA, Calif. - “The Good Fight” will be musical as well as combative in its third season. Creators Robert and Michelle King said the drama will continue to play off current events and ...
Jan 30, 2019
Report: Toddler bruised after fall into rhino exhibit at zoo
MELBOURNE, Fla. - A toddler who fell into a rhinoceros exhibit at a Florida zoo earlier this month suffered bruises to her chest, stomach, back and behind her right ear after being bumped by two rhino...
Jan 30, 2019