Category Archives: World
Melinda Gates speaks on smoothing the shift to digital age
NUSA DUA, Indonesia - Instead of destroying jobs and leaving legions of people without work, the digital revolution can open doors to unseen opportunities and industries, but only if everyone has acce...
Oct 19, 2018
What's next for Paul Allen's big investments? It's not clear
SEATTLE - Prior to his death on Monday, billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen invested large sums in technology ventures, research projects and philanthropy, some of it eclectic and highly specu...
Oct 19, 2018
Global stocks mixed as Chinese economy slows
BEIJING - Global stocks were mixed Friday after data showed Chinese economic growth slowed more than expected but officials moved to shore up the country’s markets. KEEPING SCORE: Germany’...
Oct 19, 2018
Putin's ex-bodyguard rejects TV debate after duel challenge
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin’s former bodyguard has rejected an opposition leader’s invitation for a television debate after challenging him to a duel. Gen. Viktor Zolotov, chief of R...
Oct 19, 2018

Saudi account of Khashoggi killing is widely denounced
ISTANBUL - Turkey will “never allow a coverup” of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, a senior official in Turkey’s ruling ...
Oct 19, 2018

Copter crashes on USS Ronald Reagan in Asia, sailors hurt
TOKYO - A U.S. Navy helicopter crashed on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan on Friday, causing non-fatal injuries to a dozen sailors, the Navy said. The Navy’s 7th Fleet ...
Oct 19, 2018
Malaysia ex-deputy PM charged with graft, money laundering
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia’s former deputy prime minister was charged Friday with abuse of power, corruption and money laundering involving millions of dollars in another graft investigat...
Oct 18, 2018

China's growth slows as officials try to reassure investors
BEIJING - China reported economic growth sank to a post-global crisis low as finance officials launched a media blitz Friday to shore up confidence in its sagging stock market. Growth in the quarter t...
Oct 18, 2018

NTSB hasn't fully examined limo in NY crash that killed 20
WASHINGTON - Federal safety investigators have been unable to conduct a full examination of the limousine involved in a crash that killed 20 people nearly two weeks ago in upstate New York because of ...
Oct 18, 2018

Radio ad in Arkansas suggests 'lynching' if Democrats win
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A Republican congressman in central Arkansas and his challenger on Thursday condemned a political action committee’s radio ad that suggests white Democrats will lynch black A...
Oct 18, 2018