Category Archives: World
Royals Harry and Meghan arrive in Tonga on Pacific tour
NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga - The Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived Thursday in the tiny Pacific kingdom of Tonga, where people gathered at the airport to welcome them wearing traditional outfits, playin...
Oct 25, 2018
Typhoon crumbles homes, kills 1 in Northern Mariana Islands
The strongest storm to hit any part of the United States this year crumbled concrete houses, smashed cars and killed at least one person in the Northern Mariana Islands, shocking residents and officia...
Oct 25, 2018
What a break! Man's fall leads to hospital lottery pool win
STRATFORD, N.J. - A New Jersey man walking to buy a lottery ticket for this week’s massive Mega Millions jackpot fell and broke his hip, but the trip to the hospital turned into his lucky break....
Oct 25, 2018
Who won the lottery? Why some states allow winners secrecy
SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. - Like the location of Jimmy Hoffa’s body, the secret formula for Coca-Cola and the possibility of aliens in outer space, the identity of the winner of the second-biggest lott...
Oct 25, 2018
Estimated $750M Powerball jackpot would be 4th-largest win
Lottery players will have a chance at securing an estimated $750 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Powerball drawing - potentially the fourth-largest win in U.S. lottery history. A single tick...
Oct 25, 2018
No big Powerball winner; jackpot now up to $750 million
DES MOINES, Iowa - No one has won the big Powerball prize, so the estimated jackpot now grows to $750 million - potentially the fourth-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history. The next drawing will be...
Oct 25, 2018
Cambodian who killed as teen, faces deportation seeks pardon
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - By his own account, Borey Ai was a 14-year-old gangster when he killed a woman during a robbery that netted about $300. He spent 19 years in prison before parole officials decided...
Oct 25, 2018
Japan reporter freed from captivity in Syria returns home
TOKYO - A Japanese journalist returned to Tokyo on Thursday after being freed from more than three years of captivity in Syria, and was greeted at the airport with hugs from his wife and his favourite...
Oct 25, 2018
Japan's Abe in China as 2 nations try to mend ties
BEIJING - It’s taken nearly seven years, but a Japanese leader is finally returning to China on an official visit for bilateral talks. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Beijing on Thursday as...
Oct 25, 2018
Koreas, UN finish removing firearms from border village
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The rival Koreas and the U.S.-led U.N. Command finished removing firearms and troops from a jointly controlled area at a border village on Thursday, as part of agreements t...
Oct 25, 2018