Category Archives: World
Turkey set for international probe into Khashoggi death
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says Turkey is preparing to take steps to launch an international investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. In comm...
Jan 22, 2019
Spain probing if borehole that boy fell into was illegal
MADRID - Spain’s Civil Guard said Tuesday it is investigating whether a narrow, deep borehole that a 2-year-old boy fell into last week was drilled illegally, as authorities struggle to reach th...
Jan 22, 2019
Jon Bon Jovi's restaurant feeds furloughed workers
RED BANK, N.J. - A restaurant owned by musician and New Jersey native Jon Bon Jovi served 71 free meals to furloughed federal employees and their families. JBJ Soul Kitchen in Red Bank served up soups...
Jan 22, 2019
Russian police detain drunken man who hijacked plane
MOSCOW - Russian police detained a drunken man who threatened the crew of an passenger plane flying Tuesday from a Siberian city to Moscow, forcing it to land shortly after take-off. The Russian Inves...
Jan 22, 2019
Singer Chris Brown released in Paris after rape complaint
PARIS - U.S. singer Chris Brown and two other people were released Tuesday from police custody after a woman filed a rape complaint against them, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. The Grammy-w...
Jan 22, 2019
'I still weep': Parkland survivors write book on shooting
PARKLAND, Fla. - “Parkland Speaks: Survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas Share Their Stories” needed to be written, its authors believe, but wish desperately it hadn’t. The book by...
Jan 21, 2019
Afghan security service suffers heavy toll in Taliban attack
KABUL - Dozens of people killed in a brazen Taliban attack on a military base were members of Afghanistan’s intelligence agency, officials said Tuesday, in a severe blow to the government that a...
Jan 21, 2019
Police: 1 person killed at Illinois mall, shooter at large
ORLAND PARK, Ill. - Authorities say a man was shot and killed at a suburban Chicago mall and the suspect remains at large. Orland Park police say the 19-year-old was shot in the centre of Orland Squar...
Jan 21, 2019
UN forecasts global economic growth around 3 per cent in 2019
The global economy will grow around 3 per cent annually in 2019 and 2020, but waning support for multilateralism, escalating trade disputes, increasing debt and rising climate risks are clouding prosp...
Jan 21, 2019
Inside a big top, Dior puts on circus-themed couture
PARIS - Dior drew inspiration from the top of the big top for a playful couture show held Monday in Paris, where models inside a circus-style tent walked through a human arch made of moving acrobats. ...
Jan 21, 2019