Category Archives: World
UN: 10,000 children killed, maimed in conflicts worldwide
CAMEROON, Cameroon - More than 10,000 children were killed or maimed amid armed conflicts worldwide last year, while others were raped, forced to serve as soldiers or caught in attacks on schools and ...
Jun 28, 2018
Woman rides paddleboard from Cuba to Florida Keys
KEY WEST, Fla. - A Florida woman has completed a more than 100-mile (160-kilometre) voyage from Cuba to the Florida Keys on a standup paddleboard. Victoria Burgess arrived in Key West on Wednesday, pa...
Jun 28, 2018
Thai rescuers search for other entrances to flooded cave
MAE SAI, Thailand - Rescuers punched a hole into the side of a mountain on Thursday in a desperate attempt to drain rising water from a flooded cave in northern Thailand where 12 boys and their soccer...
Jun 28, 2018
5 of 7 nations hit by US travel ban are majority Muslim
The seven nations under the Trump administration’s travel ban - upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court - include five majority Muslim countries, prompting dissenting Justice Sonia Sotomayor to assert ...
Jun 28, 2018
Melania Trump returns to border state amid separation outcry
PHOENIX - First lady Melania Trump made a second visit to a border state Thursday, meeting face to face with people directly affected by her husband’s hard-line immigration policies. This time, ...
Jun 28, 2018
Merkel defends migrant record, calls for European solution
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed the need Thursday for a European approach to dealing with the influx of asylum seekers, as she sought to fend off critics from within her own conserva...
Jun 28, 2018
Fire sweeps through market in Kenya's capital, killing 15
NAIROBI, Kenya - A fire swept through one of Nairobi’s largest open-air markets early Thursday, killing 15 people and sending 70 injured to hospitals, an official said, as traders who lived ther...
Jun 28, 2018
Mexicans want to throw out status quo in presidential vote
MEXICO CITY - Mexicans fed up with corruption and violence say their country is poised for a historic transformation in Sunday’s presidential election, while others fear the vote will bring a fr...
Jun 28, 2018
VP Pence tells Central America to do more to stop migrants
GUATEMALA CITY - U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence told the leaders of three Central American nations Thursday that they must do more to stop the flow of migrants who enter the United States illegally. H...
Jun 28, 2018
Putin, Trump to hold summit in Helsinki on July 16
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a summit in Helsinki on July 16, a long-expected encounter that comes amid spiraling tensions between Moscow and Was...
Jun 28, 2018