Category Archives: World
Prince Charles turns 70 with party, new family photos
LONDON - Britain’s Prince Charles is turning 70 with a family birthday party, and a firm commitment to his environmentalist views. Charles is due to have tea on Wednesday with a group of people ...
Nov 14, 2018
Pence says Myanmar's handling of Rohingya 'without excuse'
SINGAPORE - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi rebuffed criticism from U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence and other leaders Wednesday over her government’s treatment of its ethnic Rohingya Muslims. In ...
Nov 13, 2018
BTS's agency apologizes over band member's A-bomb shirt
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The agency for K-pop superstars BTS apologized Wednesday for members wearing a T-shirt depicting the explosion of an atomic bomb and a hat with a Nazi emblem. Japanese TV b...
Nov 13, 2018
Expensive APEC summit sows division in host Papua New Guinea
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - After three decades of promoting free trade as a panacea to poverty, the APEC grouping of nations that includes the U.S. and China is holding its lavish annual leaders...
Nov 13, 2018
Democrat Harder upsets California GOP US Rep. Denham
LOS ANGELES - First-time candidate Josh Harder defeated four-term Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham Tuesday in California’s farm belt, giving Democrats their fourth pickup of a GOP House seat in ...
Nov 13, 2018
Chancellor sorry for media storm over porn star visit
LA CROSSE, Wis. - The chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is apologizing for the attention he generated by inviting a porn star to speak on campus. Chancellor Joe Gow invited adult fil...
Nov 13, 2018
Nigerian ISP's configuration error disrupted Google services
BOSTON - A Nigerian internet service provider said Tuesday that a configuration error it made during a network upgrade caused a disruption of key Google services, routing traffic to China and Russia. ...
Nov 13, 2018
Gov: Amazon 'largest jobs commitment' in Tennessee history
NASHVILLE - Gov. Bill Haslam said Tuesday that an Amazon operations hub expected to create 5,000 jobs in Tennessee will be “the single largest jobs commitment made by a company in Tennessee̵...
Nov 13, 2018
Pink diamond sells for more than $50M, setting world record
GENEVA - Christie’s sold the “Pink Legacy” diamond at auction Tuesday for more than $50 million including fees, saying it’s a new world record price per carat for a pink diamon...
Nov 13, 2018
Actress Paz de la Huerta sues Harvey Weinstein, alleges sexual assault
LOS ANGELES - Actress Paz de la Huerta filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexually assaulting her in 2010 and then embarking on a campaign of harassment that ha...
Nov 13, 2018