Category Archives: World
Taliban attack Afghan military base, killing 12
KABUL - A Taliban assault on a military base and police training centre in a province just outside the Afghan capital on Monday killed at least 12 people and wounded more than 30, officials said. Sale...
Jan 20, 2019
Singapore actor Aloysius Pang injured in military exercise
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Singapore’s defence ministry says actor Aloysius Pang has been seriously injured during a military training exercise in New Zealand. The ministry said the 28-year-old a...
Jan 20, 2019
2-for-1: Total lunar eclipse comes with supermoon bonus
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The only total lunar eclipse this year and next came with a supermoon bonus. On Sunday night, the moon, Earth and sun lined up to create the eclipse, which was visible throughou...
Jan 20, 2019
Blown call, Zuerlein's 57-yard FG send Rams to Super Bowl
NEW ORLEANS - A big comeback. A blown call. And, finally, a booming kick that sent the Los Angeles Rams to the Super Bowl. After rallying from an early 13-0 deficit, the Rams stunned the New Orleans S...
Jan 20, 2019
Patriots make 3rd straight Super Bowl, beat Chiefs 37-31 OT
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - It’s the dead of winter, meaning the weather in New England can be brutal. And that the Patriots are headed to the Super Bowl. It took them overtime and more of Tom Brady̵...
Jan 20, 2019
China's economic growth sinks to 3-decade low in 2018
BEIJING - China’s economic growth fell to a three-decade low in 2018 as business activity lagged amid a tariff war with Washington. The world’s second-largest economy expanded by 6.6 per c...
Jan 20, 2019
School where fans displayed Trump flag pulls out of MLK game
MINNEAPOLIS - A Minnesota high school where fans displayed a President Donald Trump re-election flag has pulled out of a basketball invitational hosted by a Minneapolis school on Martin Luther King Jr...
Jan 20, 2019
Deputies shoot man after he kills 4, including baby daughter
PORTLAND, Ore. - A rural Oregon man killed four members of his family at the home they shared and was shot by sheriff’s deputies as he tried to kill a girl, authorities said. Mark Leo Gregory Ga...
Jan 20, 2019
Hard terrain slows rescue of Spanish boy trapped in borehole
MADRID - Rescuers in southern Spain said Sunday that the frantic effort to reach a two-year-old boy who fell into a narrow, deep borehole seven days ago has again been slowed by difficult terrain. Pro...
Jan 20, 2019
UK police speak to Prince Philip about not wearing seatbelt
LONDON - British police have spoken with Prince Philip after the husband of Queen Elizabeth II was photographed apparently driving without wearing a seatbelt - just two days after he was involved in a...
Jan 20, 2019