Category Archives: World
At Trump-Kim summit, don't expect N. Korea to foot the bill
TOKYO - When North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump hold their summit at an exclusive venue in Singapore, one of the priciest destinations in Asia, they will no doubt run up quite ...
Jun 04, 2018
Analysis: Qatar crisis widens fissures among US allies
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - At a time when the United States hopes to exert maximum pressure on Iran, a regional bloc created by Gulf Arab countries to counter Tehran looks increasingly more divided...
Jun 04, 2018
Mrs. Trump skipping G7, North Korea summits
WASHINGTON - First lady Melania Trump isn’t joining her husband at the G7 summit in Quebec this week or planning to accompany him to the expected meeting with North Korea’s leader in Singa...
Jun 04, 2018
Netanyahu heads to Europe with Iran on his mind
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is heading to Europe in a bid to rally support from key allies for amending the international nuclear deal with Iran and for pushing Iranian force...
Jun 04, 2018
Hong Kong remembers Tiananmen as US calls for accounting
HONG KONG - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has urged China to disclose the details of people killed, detained or missing during the Chinese military’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters ...
Jun 04, 2018
In India, a trio of unlikely heroes wages war on plastic
NEW DELHI - For more than 25 years, Ram Nath has lived on the banks of the Yamuna River under a 19th-century iron bridge. Each morning, the wiry man walks a few steps from his makeshift hut and enters...
Jun 04, 2018
Suspect in 6 slayings targeted people connected to divorce
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - A hunch from a retired detective helped lead police to a man suspected of shooting six people to death in the Phoenix area, some of whom were connected to his divorce, authorities ...
Jun 04, 2018
AP FACT CHECK: Trump on opioids; his critics on immigrants
WASHINGTON - Boasting in vague terms about the numbers being “way down,” President Donald Trump may have offered false hope that the opioid epidemic is subsiding. His critics on immigratio...
Jun 04, 2018
SpongeBob wants to know how 'The Rock' became 'The Rock'
NEW YORK - Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has a new friend on social media and he lives under the sea. SpongeBob Squarepants on Friday tagged Johnson in a tweet asking what inspired his nicknam...
Jun 04, 2018
Bill Clinton bristles at questions on Lewinsky, #MeToo
WASHINGTON - Former President Bill Clinton says the #MeToo movement is overdue. Just don’t ask him about Monica Lewinsky. In an interview with NBC’s “Today Show” released Monda...
Jun 04, 2018