Category Archives: World

HANOI, Vietnam - Japan is gearing up to accept more foreign workers as its own population is on the brink of a steep decline, Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Friday. Kono told a World Economic Forum m...

BEIJING - The death toll has risen to 11 with another 44 people hospitalized after a man allegedly drove an SUV deliberately into a crowd in central China before jumping out and attacking victims with...

LARGO, Fla. - The day before a Florida toddler was found dead, a case manager warned his parents that he could once again be taken from them and placed in foster care. The Tampa Bay Times reported Wed...

MOSCOW - Russian news reports say a member of Russian punk protest group Pussy Riot has been hospitalized in grave condition for what could be a possible poisoning. Ekho Moskvy radio and online news p...

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican has opened an investigation into alleged diversion of funds by the directors of the Sistine Chapel Choir, the world’s oldest choir. A Vatican press statement Wednesday...

LOS ANGELES - Thousands of pounds of empty beverage containers were intercepted this summer while being smuggled into California from Arizona and Nevada to defraud the state’s recycling program,...

BOGOTA - Colombia’s last-remaining rebel group freed six people it took captive last month amid demands from President Ivan Duque that it release all hostages and cease kidnapping in order for p...

NEW YORK - A video of Harvey Weinstein aired on television Wednesday showing him boldly propositioning a woman who later accused him of rape and repeatedly touching her and stroking her arm and back d...

ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C. - As a potentially catastrophic Hurricane Florence steamed toward the Carolinas, Josh Dais watched the weather reports on the TV in his barber shop and listened for updates fro...

WASHINGTON - Ports are closing. Farmers are moving hogs to high ground. Dealers are parking cars in service bays for refuge. And up to 3 million energy customers in North and South Carolina could lose...