Category Archives: World

DALLAS - A white Dallas police officer who fatally shot her black neighbour inside his own apartment was fired Monday, the same day the man was being buried in his Caribbean homeland. Police Chief U. ...

Las Vegas will soon have to find a way to go on without Celine Dion, who announced Monday that her concert residency will end next year. The Canadian music star took to social media to confirm that sh...

NORTH SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Patrons and employees of a diner in the upstate New York village where actor Richard Gere grew up got a surprise over the weekend when he stopped by the restaurant with his new ...

NEW YORK - Weight Watchers is trimming its name to just two letters: WW. The company says it is renaming itself to focus more on overall wellness and not just dieting. Its app, for example, will offer...

MINNEAPOLIS - Actor James Woods has been locked out of his Twitter account over a tweet he sent out months ago that was found to be in violation of Twitter’s rules. The tweet was posted July 20 ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - At the end of the 1991 movie “Thelma & Louise,” the two leading ladies - fugitives cornered by authorities in the Grand Canyon - decide against surrendering and inst...

KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan pop star and opposition figure Bobi Wine said on Monday he is concerned about his safety four days after returning from the United States, where he sought medical care for in...

BERLIN - Birds are a well-known hazard for airport operators, but Vienna airport officials have had to deal with different winged intruders: a swarm of bats. Airport spokesman Peter Kleemann told the ...

COPENHAGEN - The man at the centre of a sex abuse and financial crimes scandal that is tarnishing the academy awarding the Nobel Literature Prize was remanded in custody Monday, pending the verdict in...

BRUSSELS - The European Union said Monday it has decided to take Poland to the bloc’s top court over the overhaul of the country’s judicial system and also ask the European Court of Justic...