Category Archives: World
US home price growth slowed in October
WASHINGTON - U.S. home price growth slowed in October, a likely consequence of higher mortgage rates having worsened affordability and causing sales to fall. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city...
Dec 26, 2018
Afghanistan postpones presidential election
KABUL - Afghanistan’s presidential election, initially scheduled for April, will be postponed for several months to allow time to fix technical problems that surfaced during October’s parl...
Dec 26, 2018
Congo delays Sunday's election for months in Ebola zone
KINSHASA, Congo - Congo’s already long-delayed election set for Sunday will be postponed for months in certain communities where a deadly Ebola virus outbreak has infected hundreds of people, th...
Dec 26, 2018
Quake from Mount Etna volcano jolts Sicily, sparks panic
ROME - An earthquake triggered by Mount Etna’s eruption jolted eastern Sicily before dawn Wednesday, injuring at least 10 people, damaging churches and houses on the volcano’s slopes and p...
Dec 26, 2018
Kentucky man charged with throwing Christmas ham at woman
LONDON, Ky. - Authorities say a Kentucky man has been arrested after he threw a ham at a woman during an argument over which day Christmas dinner should take place. WAVE-TV reports that David Brannon ...
Dec 26, 2018
CBP orders medical checks after second child's death
HOUSTON - U.S. Customs and Border Protection ordered medical checks on every child in its custody Tuesday after an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died, marking the second death of an immigrant child in...
Dec 25, 2018
At least 27 dead after bus, truck collide in Congo
KINSHASA, Congo - A Congolese health official says at least 27 people are dead after a bus and a truck collided west of the capital, Kinshasa. Dr. Sylvain Yuma with the health ministry says the accide...
Dec 25, 2018
Militants attack Libya's Foreign Ministry, 3 killed
BENGHAZI, Libya - A suicide bomber targeted the entrance of Libya’s Foreign Ministry in Tripoli on Tuesday, killing three people, including a prominent militia leader, according to security offi...
Dec 25, 2018
Indonesia tsunami survivors remain jittery as deaths hit 429
SUMUR, Indonesia - Panicked residents, police and soldiers in this remote fishing village clobbered by a devastating weekend tsunami ran to higher ground Tuesday, shouting “Water is coming! Wate...
Dec 24, 2018
Death toll from attack in Afghan capital climbs to 40
KABUL - The death toll from an attack in the Afghan capital has climbed to 40, the Health Ministry said Tuesday, as police and rescue workers combed through the smouldering public welfare building whe...
Dec 24, 2018