Category Archives: World
Florida's US Sen. Marco Rubio seeks pardon for Groveland 4
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is calling on Florida officials to formally pardon four young African-American men who were wrongly accused of raping a white woman nearly 70 years ago. The F...
Dec 19, 2018
'Twas the Night before Christmas' is theme of Pence holiday
WASHINGTON - Christmas at Vice-President Mike Pence’s official residence literally jumps out of the pages of “Twas the Night Before Christmas.” Every room on the main floor of the Na...
Dec 19, 2018
Report: 53 journalist deaths tied to work so far in 2018
NEW YORK - The number of journalists killed in retaliation for their work nearly doubled this year, according to a report released Wednesday by the Committee to Protect Journalists. The New York-based...
Dec 19, 2018
Elections in the time of Ebola: Congo votes amid disease
BENI, Congo - What’s an election campaign without shaking hands with potential voters? Congolese candidates in the thick of an Ebola outbreak, now the second deadliest in history, are finding ou...
Dec 19, 2018
Madagascar counting votes in runoff presidential poll
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar - The counting of ballots has started in Madagascar’s runoff presidential election, after the polls closed to end the generally peaceful voting Wednesday. There was a re...
Dec 19, 2018
LA bishop resigns 13 years after church learned of sex claim
LOS ANGELES - Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a Los Angeles auxiliary bishop, Monsignor Alexander Salazar, following an allegation of sexual misconduct with a child in the 1990s, official...
Dec 19, 2018
Judge's rebuke of Flynn upends sentencing, prolongs case
WASHINGTON - A federal judge who described himself as disgusted by Michael Flynn’s behaviour upended a straightforward sentencing hearing, postponing punishment for President Donald Trump’...
Dec 18, 2018
Yemeni mom overcomes travel ban to finally hold dying son
SAN FRANCISCO - A Yemeni mother cradled her 2-year-old son in her lap, pressing her face close to his and clasping his hand as a series of tubes kept his small body alive. Shaima Swileh touched the bo...
Dec 18, 2018
Elon Musk unveils underground tunnel, offers rides to VIPs
LOS ANGELES - Elon Musk unveiled his underground transportation tunnel on Tuesday, allowing reporters and invited guests to take some of the first rides in the revolutionary albeit bumpy subterranean ...
Dec 18, 2018
US reviews report of imports from forced labour in China camp
BEIJING - The U.S. government said Tuesday that it is reviewing reports of forced labour at a Chinese internment camp where ethnic minorities are sewing clothes that have been shipped to the U.S. mark...
Dec 18, 2018