Category Archives: World
At Pyongyang trade fair, North Korea is ready to make a deal
PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of - Vendors selling everything from car batteries to “kangaroo essence” health pills have descended on Pyongyang for an international ...
Sep 17, 2018
Amazon launches small business shop
NEW YORK - Amazon wants you to shop small. The online retailer launched a new section of its site Monday called Amazon Storefronts, which only lists products sold by small- and medium-sized businesses...
Sep 17, 2018
Sotomayor tells kids: Reading helped me reach Supreme Court
NEWARK, N.J. - Justice Sonia Sotomayor says reading helped her reach the Supreme Court. Sotomayor on Sunday celebrated the release of her two children’s books by speaking to parents and children...
Sep 17, 2018
Hope fades in Philippines for dozens buried in landslides
ITOGON, Philippines - Dozens of people believed buried in a landslide unleashed by Typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines probably did not survive, a mayor said Monday, although rescuers kept digging thr...
Sep 17, 2018
Emergency crews throw supply lifeline to isolated Wilmington
WILMINGTON, N.C. - Throwing a lifeline to a city surrounded by floodwaters, emergency crews delivered food and water to Wilmington on Monday as rescuers picked up more people stranded by Hurricane Flo...
Sep 17, 2018
Witness: Circus camel that hurt 7 spooked by thrown shovel
PITTSBURGH - A startled camel started bucking during a circus when a child apparently threw a shovel at its feet, injuring six children and an adult and causing frightened circusgoers to flee the aren...
Sep 17, 2018
'Game of Thrones,' 'Mrs. Maisel' triumph at Emmys
LOS ANGELES - Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” became the first streaming series to win top Emmy comedy honours and HBO’s “Game of Thrones” recaptured the best ...
Sep 17, 2018
7 die of suspected drug overdoses at Vietnam music festival
HANOI, Vietnam - Seven people have died of suspected drug overdoses during a music festival in Vietnam. The Capital Police newspaper said five other people were still in comas Monday after overdosing ...
Sep 17, 2018
Soon-Yi Previn defends husband Woody Allen, attacks mother
NEW YORK - Soon-Yi Previn, the wife of Woody Allen and the estranged adopted daughter of Mia Farrow, defended her husband against what she contends is unfair treatment in the #MeToo era and attacked h...
Sep 16, 2018
7 injured when startled camel bucks at Pittsburgh circus
PITTSBURGH - Seven people, most of them children, were injured when a startled camel started bucking during a Pittsburgh circus. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that two children and an adult were...
Sep 16, 2018