Category Archives: World
UN investigator: Genocide still taking place in Myanmar
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. - Genocide is still taking place against Rohingya Muslims remaining in Myanmar and the government is increasingly demonstrating it has no interest in establishing a fully function...
Oct 25, 2018
China building boom uncovers buried dinosaurs, makes a star
YANJI, China - At the end of a street of newly built high-rises in the northern Chinese city of Yanji stands an exposed cliff face, where paleontologists scrape away 100 million-year-old rock in searc...
Oct 25, 2018
Papadopoulos wraps up lengthy interview with House panels
WASHINGTON - George Papadopoulos made his first appearance Thursday before congressional investigators, part of an effort to clear his name after pleading guilty in special counsel Robert Mueller̵...
Oct 25, 2018
Water out of thin air: California couple's device wins $1.5M
LOS ANGELES - It started out modestly enough: David Hertz, having learned that under the right conditions you really can make your own water out of thin air, put a little contraption on the roof of hi...
Oct 25, 2018
European Central Bank sticks to plan to end stimulus
FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank said Thursday it is staying on course to wrap up its 2.5 trillion euro ($2.85 trillion) stimulus program at the end of the year, even as risks from trade protecti...
Oct 25, 2018
Jailed Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov wins EU rights award
BRUSSELS - The European Union on Thursday awarded its top human rights prize to Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian filmmaker imprisoned in Russia accused of plotting acts of terrorism, calling him a symbol of ...
Oct 25, 2018
UK fines Facebook over data privacy scandal, EU seeks audit
LONDON - British regulators slapped Facebook on Thursday with a fine of 500,000 pounds ($644,000) - the maximum possible - for failing to protect the privacy of its users in the Cambridge Analytica sc...
Oct 25, 2018
UN: Death toll from Saudi airstrike in Yemen at 21
SANAA, Yemen - A Saudi-led coalition airstrike at a fruit-and-vegetable market near Yemen’s flashpoint Red Sea port of Hodeida killed at least 21 civilians, including children, the U.N. humanita...
Oct 25, 2018
Stocks recover in European trading; Wall Street seen rising
BANGKOK - Stock markets turned higher in European trading Thursday as investors settled somewhat after steep declines in Asia and the U.S. spurred by worries over trade and the U.S. economy. Futures f...
Oct 25, 2018
Price pitches Red Sox past Dodgers 4-2 for 2-0 Series lead
BOSTON - From playoff flop to October ace in two legacy-shifting starts, David Price earned his second post-season victory in a row and moved the Boston Red Sox halfway to yet another World Series tit...
Oct 24, 2018