Category Archives: World
Zimbabwe's few female candidates face scathing abuse
HARARE, Zimbabwe - “Are you married?” The frequent question for Fadzayi Mahere, a Zimbabwe opposition politician, isn’t from men trying their luck. Instead, people of all genders app...
Jul 27, 2018
China: Qualcomm failed to resolve anti-monopoly worries
BEIJING - Qualcomm Inc. failed to resolve China’s anti-monopoly concerns about its proposed acquisition of NXP Semiconductors, the government said Friday, in a case analysts warned would worsen ...
Jul 27, 2018
Before Lost Colony, he started 1st science lab in New World
RALEIGH, N.C. - In North Carolina’s colonial history, the best known tales concern the legendary Lost Colony of English settlers who had vanished mysteriously by 1590. Less widely known, but per...
Jul 27, 2018
'Technical issue' forces Hard Rock to cancel Pat Benatar
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Atlantic City’s newest hotel and casino has cancelled a Pat Benatar concert minutes before the show was to start. An “unforeseen technical issue” is blamed for ...
Jul 27, 2018
Global whiskey industry leaders unite to denounce tariffs
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Top global whiskey associations put aside their marketplace competition Thursday to show a united front in denouncing tariffs and urging world leaders to end their disputes before tr...
Jul 27, 2018
World shares mostly higher, defying Facebook-led tech slump
BANGKOK - World shares were mostly higher Friday as investors shrugged off Facebook’s nearly $120 billion overnight plunge in market value, the biggest-ever one-day loss in dollar value for a U....
Jul 27, 2018
2 New Yorker artists bring colours, smiles to Rohingya camps
KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh - With his blond dreads tied in a ponytail and baggy jeans caked with paint smudges, Max Frieder first arrived at the cramped Rohingya refugee camps last December. Unlike many o...
Jul 27, 2018
Khan, once a cricket star, now pious, anti-poverty reformer
ISLAMABAD - Former cricket star Imran Khan, whose political party was formally declared the winner Friday in Pakistan’s parliamentary election, has promised to fight corruption and help millions...
Jul 27, 2018
Pakistan's Khan begins trying to form a coalition government
ISLAMABAD - With Pakistani election officials declaring the party of Imran Khan to be the winner of parliamentary balloting, the former cricket star turned Friday to forming a coalition government, si...
Jul 26, 2018
Roseanne Barr on racist tweet: 'I wish I worded it better'
LOS ANGELES - In Roseanne Barr’s first TV interview since her ABC sitcom was cancelled for a racist tweet, the comedian apologized for her “ill-worded” post and insisted she isn̵...
Jul 26, 2018