Category Archives: World
JetBlue will offer fewer frills on its cheapest tickets
NEW YORK - JetBlue is following the lead of larger rivals by offering a stripped-down ticket with fewer options than regular economy fares. The airline says customers who take the cheapest fare might ...
Sep 28, 2018
Tsunami sweeps away homes on Indonesian island of Sulawesi
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A powerful earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday, triggering a 3-meter-tall (10-foot-tall) tsunami that an official said swept away houses in at least two ...
Sep 28, 2018
Jury verdict tossed in 'Stairway to Heaven' copyright suit
SAN FRANCISCO - A U.S. appeals court has thrown out a jury’s verdict that Led Zeppelin did not copy an obscure 1960s instrumental for the intro to its classic 1971 rock anthem “Stairway to...
Sep 28, 2018
Facebook says 50M user accounts affected by security breach
NEW YORK - Facebook says it recently discovered a security breach affecting nearly 50 million user accounts. The hack is the latest setback for Facebook during a year of tumult for the global social m...
Sep 28, 2018
NewsAlert: Facebook says 50 million accounts affected by a security breach
NEW YORK – Facebook says it recently discovered a security breach affecting nearly 50 million user accounts. In a blog post , the company says hackers exploited its “View As” feature...
Sep 28, 2018
US consumer spending up modest 0.3 per cent in August
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer spending edged up a moderate 0.3 per cent in August as sales of cars and other durable goods fell. A key gauge of inflation slowed slightly after its biggest annual gain in ...
Sep 28, 2018
New military jet crashes, pilot ejects in S Carolina
BEAUFORT, S.C. - A military jet a short distance from its base crashed in South Carolina on Friday with the pilot ejecting safely and no one on the ground injured, authorities said. The 2nd Marine Air...
Sep 28, 2018
Treated water at Fukushima nuclear plant still radioactive
TOKYO - The operator of Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant said Friday that much of the radioactive water stored at the plant isn’t clean enough and needs further treatment if it is t...
Sep 28, 2018
India's top court lifts temple's ban on women who menstruate
NEW DELHI - India’s Supreme Court on Friday lifted a temple’s ban on women of menstruating age, holding that equality is supreme irrespective of age and gender. The historic Sabarimala tem...
Sep 28, 2018
Thousands of travellers affected in Europe by Ryanair strike
MADRID - Thousands of travellers in Europe saw their plans disrupted Friday after airline Ryanair cancelled more than 200 flights because of strikes by cabin crew in Spain, Belgium, Holland, Portugal,...
Sep 28, 2018