Category Archives: World
Mark Wahlberg buying auto dealership in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Mark Wahlberg wants you to see the U.S.A. in a Chevrolet. The 47-year-old actor, producer, businessman and former rapper on Thursday announced he’s launching his first car deale...
Jul 20, 2018
North Korea puts reunion of war-separated families in doubt
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea said Friday that an August reunion of Korean families separated by war may not happen if South Korea doesn’t immediately return some of its citizens who a...
Jul 20, 2018
Taliban launches 2 days of attacks in Afghanistan, 14 killed
KABUL - Taliban fighters launched a wave of attacks against security outposts in the east and south of Afghanistan over the last two days, even as efforts to jump-start peace talks were renewed. The v...
Jul 20, 2018
India's Parliament rejects no confidence against motion
NEW DELHI - Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi accused the government of failing to live up to its promises as the Indian Parliament on Friday debated and defeated a no-confidence motion moved by the ...
Jul 20, 2018
Pope removes Honduran bishop accused of sexual misdeeds
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Friday accepted the resignation of a Honduran bishop accused of sexual misconduct with seminarians, the latest in a series of high-ranking clergy implicated in sexual im...
Jul 20, 2018
Human Rights Watch urges Brazil to regulate pesticides more
SAO PAULO - Human Rights Watch urged the Brazilian government Friday to establish buffer zones nationwide when pesticides are sprayed and reduce the use of highly toxic products. The group said in a r...
Jul 20, 2018
A hairy issue: Sailors tell the US Navy, 'We want beards'
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Now that women in the Navy can wear ponytails, men want beards. The Navy said last week that servicewomen could sport ponytails, lock hairstyles, or ropelike strands, and wider hair...
Jul 20, 2018
Florida publication seeks FBI 9-11 records on family's ties
MIAMI - A Florida online publication asked a federal appeals court to order a trial be held on its Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking FBI documents that may reveal a U.S.-based support network...
Jul 20, 2018
Thailand seeks control over movies about cave ordeal
BANGKOK - Thailand’s military government wants to control how movies portray the ordeal of the young soccer players and their heroic rescue from a flooded cave that drew worldwide interest and t...
Jul 20, 2018
The Latest: 7 injured when tornado hits Iowa factory
DES MOINES, Iowa - The Latest on severe weather and tornadoes in Iowa (all times local): 8 p.m. Seven people inside a Pella manufacturing plant when it was struck by a tornado have been treated for in...
Jul 20, 2018