Category Archives: World
US charges China-controlled company in trade secrets theft
LOS ANGELES - The United States has charged a government-controlled company in China with stealing trade secrets from an American semiconductor company, the Justice Department said Thursday as it outl...
Nov 01, 2018
Depp relists Kentucky horse farm at lower asking price
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Johnny Depp has relisted his Kentucky horse farm with a lower asking price after his portfolio managers rejected an offer for the 42-acre (17-hectare) property. The Lexington Herald-L...
Nov 01, 2018
Venezuela's vanishing red bird gets a coffee pick-me-up
CARAYACA, Venezuela - Images of a tiny red bird that barely fills the palm of one’s hand appear everywhere in Venezuela - printed on money, labels of craft beer bottles and the cover of children...
Nov 01, 2018
A growing toll: 56,800 migrants dead and missing in 4 years
JOHANNESBURG - One by one, five to a grave, the coffins are buried in the red earth of this ill-kept corner of a South African cemetery. The scrawl on the cheap wood attests to their anonymity: “...
Nov 01, 2018
New details highlight Lion Air jet's problems before crash
JAKARTA, Indonesia - New details about the crashed Lion Air jet’s previous flight cast more doubt on the Indonesian airline’s claim to have fixed technical problems, as hundreds of personn...
Nov 01, 2018
Venice floodwaters ease; Italian storms kill 2 more people
VENICE, Italy - Wearing colorful disposable boots, tourists enjoyed outdoor cafes Thursday in St. Mark’s Square in Venice as waters receded from an exceptional high tide. With their feet in wate...
Nov 01, 2018
Mexican agents nibble at edges of migrant caravans
JUCHITAN, Mexico - Thousands of Central American migrants resumed their slow trek through southern Mexico on Thursday, as immigration agents and police nibbled at the edges of the two caravans current...
Nov 01, 2018
Drunk baggage handler falls asleep in hold, flies to Chicago
CHICAGO - Police say a baggage handler told them he was drunk when he fell asleep in a cargo hold and flew from Kansas City to Chicago. American Airlines says the Piedmont Airlines employee was workin...
Nov 01, 2018
Video of cop killer becomes Trump campaign push
WASHINGTON - The widows of two police officers the Mexican immigrant murdered were invited to President Donald Trump’s 2017 address to Congress. The conservative Breitbart News faithfully chroni...
Nov 01, 2018
Prince Charles praises Gambians for regime change
BANJUL, Gambia - Britain’s Prince Charles is applauding Gambians for overturning two decades of autocratic rule during his first stop on a West African tour. On Thursday, Prince Charles called t...
Nov 01, 2018