Category Archives: World
Short on solutions, long on blame in 2nd shutdown weekend
WASHINGTON - Cooped up in the White House after cancelling a vacation to his private Florida club, President Donald Trump fired Twitter barbs at Democrats on Saturday as talks to end a weeklong partia...
Dec 29, 2018
Trump EPA orders rollback of Obama mercury regulations
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has targeted an Obama-era regulation credited with helping dramatically reduce toxic mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants, saying the benefits to human ...
Dec 29, 2018
Anak Krakatau volcano now a quarter of its pre-eruption size
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Scientists say Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano island, which erupted and collapsed a week ago triggering a deadly tsunami, is now only about a quarter of its pre-eruption ...
Dec 29, 2018
Anti-India protests erupt in Kashmir after 4 rebels killed
SRINAGAR, India - Anti-India protests and clashes erupted in disputed Kashmir on Saturday after a gunbattle between militants and government forces killed four rebels, police and residents said. The f...
Dec 29, 2018
UK honours cave rescue divers, Twiggy, Monty Python's Palin
LONDON - British divers who rescued young soccer players trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand are among those being recognized in Britain’s New Year’s Honors List, along with 1960s model ...
Dec 29, 2018
Yemen's rebels say they left Hodeida port, claim disputed
SANAA, Yemen - Yemen’s Shiite rebels on Saturday said they handed over control of the main port in the Red Sea city of Hodeida to the coast guard and local administrators, but the government den...
Dec 29, 2018
Insurgents suspected in fourth day of south Thailand attacks
HAT YAI, Thailand - Violence presumed to have been carried out by Muslim separatists has hit southern Thailand for the fourth day in a row, with three paramilitary soldiers wounded and a female civili...
Dec 29, 2018
Mumia Abu-Jamal case could return to spotlight
PHILADELPHIA - A court ruling this week puts the police murder case of former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal back in the spotlight years after it drew the attention of Amnesty International, Hollywood ...
Dec 28, 2018
UK honours cave rescue divers, Twiggy, Monty Python's Palin
LONDON - British divers who rescued young soccer players trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand are among those being recognized in Britain’s New Year’s Honors List, along with 1960s model ...
Dec 28, 2018
Kevin Spacey asks to skip Massachusetts court appearance
BOSTON - Lawyers for Kevin Spacey are asking a judge to allow the actor to skip his arraignment on sexual assault charges in a Massachusetts courthouse next month. The Boston Globe reports that Spacey...
Dec 28, 2018