Category Archives: World

NEW YORK - Joey “Jaws” Chestnut extended his reign as champion eater at the Nathan’s Famous July Fourth hot dog eating contest Wednesday, downing a record 74 wieners and buns in 10 m...

FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. - A 92-year-old Arizona woman has been arrested and accused of fatally shooting her son who wanted to put her in an assisted living facility, authorities said Tuesday. Anna Mae B...

TIRANA, Albania - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck off western Albania Wednesday, authorities said. No injuries or damage were reported. The Institute of Geosciences, Energy, W...

BEIJING - The co-chairman of HNA Group, a conglomerate that operates China’s fourth-largest airline and racked up tens of billions of dollars in debt as it went on a global buying spree, died in...

BOGOTA - As a meeting last August in the Oval Office to discuss sanctions on Venezuela was concluding, President Donald Trump turned to his top aides and asked an unsettling question: With a fast unra...

TAMPA, Fla. - After a Florida radio station’s general manager told hosts they didn’t have to put an obnoxious repeat caller on the air a couple of months ago, the man stood on the sidewalk...

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration said the government would no longer encourage schools to use race as a factor in the admissions process, rescinding Obama-era guidance meant to promote diversity ...

NEW YORK - With backyard barbecues and fireworks, Americans celebrated Independence Day by participating in time-honoured traditions that expressed pride in their country’s 242nd birthday. But t...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is making an unsubstantiated assertion that the Obama administration granted 2,500 Iranians citizenship as part of a 2015 nuclear deal that sought to limit Tehran&#...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Relatives of people killed in a 2016 California warehouse fire say others besides the two men who agreed to plea deals are responsible for their losses. They are suing the city of Oa...