Category Archives: World
Attorney: Zimmerman will plead no contest in stalking case
SANFORD, Fla. - Former neighbourhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman will plead no contest to resolve a misdemeanour charge accusing him of stalking a private investigator working for a documentary f...
Oct 10, 2018
Canadian hospitality company to buy Alaska ski resort
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A ski resort near Anchorage has agreed to sell its properties to a Canada-based hospitality company. Pomeroy Lodging has entered a contract to buy Alyeska Resort and Hotel Alyeska ...
Oct 10, 2018
Steve McQueen's thriller 'Widows' opens London Film Festival
LONDON - The London Film Festival kicked off Wednesday with the European premiere of British director Steve McQueen’s whip-smart heist thriller “Widows.” The film stars Viola Davis, ...
Oct 10, 2018
Market forces put America's recycling industry in the dumps
ALBANY, N.Y. - America’s recycling industry is in the dumps. A crash in the global market for recyclables is forcing communities to make hard choices about whether they can afford to keep recycl...
Oct 10, 2018
NBC's 'Songland' contest to search for hit tunesmiths
LOS ANGELES - Songwriters get the spotlight in a new NBC talent contest. The network said Tuesday that its 11-episode series, “Songland,” will give undiscovered songwriters the chance to c...
Oct 10, 2018
Tropical storm watches issued for Mexico's Baja peninsula
MEXICO CITY - Authorities have issued a tropical storm watch for a stretch of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula, where Tropical Storm Sergio is forecast to arrive later this week. Sergio is exp...
Oct 10, 2018
McConnell to AP: Gender gap hurts GOP but Kavanaugh helps
WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell acknowledged Wednesday that Republicans have a longstanding gender gap when it comes to American women, but he stood by one key Senate woman, saying...
Oct 10, 2018
US wholesale prices rose just 0.2 per cent in September
WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale prices rose a mild 0.2 per cent last month, held down by lower food and energy costs, suggesting that inflation remains in check despite the economy’s robust growth. ...
Oct 10, 2018
Prince George, Princess Charlotte get royal wedding roles
LONDON - Prince George and Princess Charlotte will be among the pageboys and bridesmaids at the wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank. Five-year-old George and 3-year-old Charlotte, the elde...
Oct 10, 2018
Rohingya teen dreams of higher ed from squalid refugee camp
KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh - At an age when many young Rohingya women have children, Rahima Akter has other plans. From the refugee camp in southern Bangladesh where she was born, Akter, a 19-year-old wit...
Oct 10, 2018