Category Archives: World
Pompeo takes US anti-Iran message to Gulf Arab states
CAIRO - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo brought the Trump administration’s anti-Iran message to Gulf Arab states on Friday, arriving in Bahrain to continue a nine-nation tour of the Middle E...
Jan 11, 2019
Poland: Huawei exec, Polish security expert spied for China
WARSAW, Poland - Poland has arrested a director at the Chinese tech giant Huawei and one of its own former cybersecurity experts and charged them with spying for China, authorities said Friday. The de...
Jan 11, 2019
AP Interview: Catalan leader says 'No' to Spain govt budget
BARCELONA, Spain - The Spanish government’s bid to pass a national budget is doomed unless it bends to the demands of Catalonia’s separatists for a referendum on secession, the leader of t...
Jan 11, 2019
Bernie Sanders faces questions about political future
NEW YORK - Allies of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders are rallying behind the embattled presidential prospect even as they reluctantly begin to ponder the painful possibility of a 2020 campaign without him...
Jan 11, 2019
911 audio shows shock, panic after comatose woman gave birth
PHOENIX - Panicking staff members at a long-term care facility scrambled to save a baby born to an Arizona woman in a vegetative state amid their shock to learn she was pregnant, according to dramatic...
Jan 11, 2019
Judge: Women would lose birth control coverage under rules
OAKLAND, Calif. - A “substantial number” of women would lose birth control coverage under new rules by the Trump administration that allow more employers to opt out of providing the benefi...
Jan 11, 2019
Keyboardist Geraci leads Blues Music Awards nods with 6
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Keyboard player Anthony Geraci, singer Shemekia Copeland, and guitarist and songwriter Nick Moss lead the nominations for the annual Blues Music Awards. The awards are scheduled on Ma...
Jan 11, 2019
US official says withdrawal from Syria has begun
BAGHDAD - After days of conflicting statements about a timeline for President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw American forces from Syria, a U.S. defence official said Friday the process has ...
Jan 11, 2019
China broadcasts spacecraft pictures from moon's far side
BEIJING - China on Friday broadcast pictures taken by its rover and lander on the moon’s far side, in what its space program hailed as another triumph for the groundbreaking mission to the less-...
Jan 11, 2019
Myanmar court rejects appeal of jailed Reuters reporters
YANGON, Myanmar - A court in Myanmar on Friday rejected the appeal of two Reuters journalists convicted of violating the country’s Official Secrets Act during their reporting on the country̵...
Jan 10, 2019