Category Archives: World
Trump sends troops to border, an issue that fires up base
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is planning to dispatch at least 800 active duty troops to the southern border at the direction of a president who has sought to transform fears about immigration...
Oct 25, 2018
Norwegian crown princess has pulmonary fibrosis
COPENHAGEN - Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit says she has a lung-scarring disease which may occasionally “limit the exercise of her official program.” Mette-Marit said that she h...
Oct 25, 2018
Megyn Kelly absent from show following blackface comments
NEW YORK - Megyn Kelly was absent from her NBC News morning show on Thursday following this week’s controversy over her comments about blackface, amid indications that her time at the network co...
Oct 25, 2018
Florida Trump supporter charged in chilling mail-bomb plot
WASHINGTON - Federal authorities on Friday captured a Florida man with a criminal history and a fervour for President Donald Trump and accused him of sending at least 13 mail bombs to prominent Democr...
Oct 25, 2018
Russian rocket puts satellite into orbit, 1st since failure
MOSCOW - A Russian Soyuz rocket put a military satellite in orbit on Thursday, its first successful launch since a similar rocket failed earlier this month to deliver a crew to the International Space...
Oct 25, 2018
Bomb threats put spotlight on vitriolic political rhetoric
NEW YORK - The discovery of pipe bombs targeting prominent Democratic politicians and CNN is raising the threat of election-season violence largely unknown in the U.S. - and prompting uncomfortable qu...
Oct 25, 2018
Turkey seeks extradition of suspects in Khashoggi killing
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey on Friday intensified its demands for Saudi Arabia to extradite 18 suspects in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a call that is likely to be met with resistance from t...
Oct 25, 2018
Buckle up: Wall Street volatility is back with a vengeance
NEW YORK - Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the market. If you’re an investor who was lulled to sleep by the stock market’s calm, steady gains this summer, you’re wide...
Oct 25, 2018
Mexican towns rally for migrants, who try to be good guests
MAPASTEPEC, Mexico - As long lines of migrants shuffled past his cheese shop Thursday on the far-distant journey north, Cesar Cabuqui was ready, handing out scores of homemade bean and cheese sandwich...
Oct 25, 2018
Georgia mayor wants to detain sex offenders on Halloween
GROVETOWN, Ga. - A Georgia mayor says the roughly 30 sex offenders on probation in his city will be held at city hall on Halloween to ensure the safety of local children. News outlets report Grovetown...
Oct 25, 2018