Category Archives: World
Q&A: Idlib battle a climactic end to Syria rebellion?
BEIRUT - The Syrian army, backed by allies Iran and Russia, is preparing for a military offensive to retake the country’s last major rebel stronghold -the province of Idlib. The battle could bri...
Sep 13, 2018
Activists: Turkey beefing up its troops in Syria's Idlib
BEIRUT - Turkey sent in military reinforcements Thursday to beef up its positions inside Syria’s last rebel bastion Idlib, activists reported, even as the Turkish defence minister said Ankara is...
Sep 13, 2018
No progress as US, Cuba meet on mysterious 'health attacks'
WASHINGTON - Cuba said Thursday the United States is continuing to withhold important information that could help in the investigation into mysterious incidents that have injured some two dozen Havana...
Sep 13, 2018
David Hockney painting expected to break auction records
NEW YORK - One of David Hockney’s famous “pool paintings” is coming to auction and is expected to sell in the $80 million range, easily breaking the record for a work by a living art...
Sep 13, 2018
San Francisco to remove statue depicting Native American
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco board decided Wednesday to remove a 19th century statue that activists say is racist and demeaning to indigenous people. The decision by the San Francisco Board of Appe...
Sep 13, 2018
California school board member apologizes for Hitler remark
CHINO, Calif. - A Southern California school board member has apologized for saying that Hitler wasn’t bad during a hearing over state sex education requirements. The Inland Valley Daily Bulleti...
Sep 13, 2018
Eurovision says Tel Aviv will host 2019 song contest
JERUSALEM - The Eurovision Song Contest announced Thursday that next year’s competition will be held in Tel Aviv, clearing up some of the political controversy surrounding Israel’s hosting...
Sep 13, 2018
Senator gives federal investigators information on Kavanaugh
WASHINGTON - Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Thursday she has notified federal investigators about information she received - and won’t disclose p...
Sep 13, 2018
Gunman kills ex-wife, 4 others and himself in California
LOS ANGELES - A gunman in Southern California fatally shot his ex-wife and a man at a trucking company before chasing after another man, killing him, and then driving to a home where he killed a fathe...
Sep 13, 2018
Puerto Rican evacuees hunt for housing as vouchers expire
ORLANDO, Fla. - Like many Puerto Ricans who fled to the mainland after Hurricane Maria, Jose Santiago has been scrambling to find a place to live. The federal vouchers that pay for his hotel room near...
Sep 13, 2018