Category Archives: World
WWI centenary to be marked in London and Paris, not Berlin
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I on French soil, and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will be in London for a ceremony in West...
Nov 04, 2018
Voters in Pacific territory choose to keep ties with France
NOUMEA, New Caledonia - A majority of voters in the South Pacific territory of New Caledonia chose to remain part of France instead of backing independence Sunday, a watershed moment that led French P...
Nov 04, 2018
Pakistan blasphemy case: Husband appeals to Trump, UK PM
MULTAN, Pakistan - The husband of a Christian woman acquitted eight years after being sentenced to death for blasphemy, but not released after countrywide protests, appealed on Sunday to U.S. Presiden...
Nov 04, 2018
Data recovered from crashed Lion Air data recorder: official
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Investigators succeeded in retrieving hours of data from a crashed Lion Air jet’s flight recorder as Indonesian authorities on Sunday extended the search at sea for victims ...
Nov 04, 2018
Storms, floods in Sicily kill at least 12 people; 2 missing
ROME - Storm-related floods killed at least 12 people in Sicily, Italian authorities said Sunday, including nine members of two families who were spending a long weekend together when water and mud fr...
Nov 04, 2018
Parkland survivors vote for 1st time, months after massacre
PARKLAND, Fla. - Nine months after 17 classmates and teachers were gunned down at their Florida school, Parkland students are finally facing the moment they’ve been leading up to with marches, s...
Nov 03, 2018
Report: Spice Girls to reunite for tour, but without Beckham
LONDON - A report says the Spice Girls are about to give fans what they really, really want: a reunion. The Sun newspaper said Saturday that the 1990s girl group is about to announce a new tour, but w...
Nov 03, 2018
Correction: Migrant Caravan story
JUCHITAN, Mexico - In a story Oct. 31 about Central American migrants travelling in a caravan through southern Mexico, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a woman who gave birth had been 28...
Nov 02, 2018
Police: 3 dead, including shooter, at Florida yoga studio
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A gunman killed two people and wounded five others at a yoga studio in Florida’s capital before killing himself Friday evening, officials said. Tallahassee Police Chief Micha...
Nov 02, 2018
Reality TV's Farrah Abraham pleads to resisting police
LOS ANGELES - Reality TV star Farrah Abraham has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanour stemming from a scuffle with security at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Abraham pleaded guilty in a Los Angeles court Friday...
Nov 02, 2018