Category Archives: World
Mexico suspends charter company in Cuba airliner crash
MEXICO CITY - Mexican authorities temporarily suspended a charter company which owned a passenger jet that crashed in Cuba, while Cuban media said one of three survivors died Monday, increasing the de...
May 21, 2018
Trump discusses immigration agenda with GOP governors
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump dined Monday evening with Republican governors supportive of his immigration policies to discuss plans for border security and deporting people in the U.S. illegall...
May 21, 2018
Deadly Florida airport shooting results in plea deal for man
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Federal prosecutors filed court documents Monday in which an Alaska man agreed to plead guilty to a Florida airport shooting rampage that killed five people in exchange for a l...
May 21, 2018
Bassett, Tyson among those honoured at Yale graduation
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and actress Angela Bassett were among those honoured during Yale University’s 317th commencement. The school conferred more than 3,...
May 21, 2018
Police search past nightfall for suspects in officer's death
PERRY HALL, Md. - Rifle-toting police swarmed into a Baltimore suburb where a female officer was fatally injured Monday, searching for suspects believed to be armed after witnesses reported hearing a ...
May 21, 2018
Gunmen try to corner police reacting to shots in French city
PARIS - Police officials say a group of people, some armed with guns, shot into the air in the French city of Marseille and tried to corner officers who responded to the sound of gunfire. Christophe R...
May 21, 2018
Report: Markle nephew warned over knife at London nightclub
LONDON - Meghan Markle’s nephew was given a warning by police after trying to take a knife into a London nightclub, hours after the royal wedding, the Sun newspaper reported Monday. The tabloid ...
May 21, 2018
Ex-coal exec chases US Senate seat despite GOP primary loss
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Despite losing the Republican primary in a distant third place, convicted ex-coal baron Don Blankenship announced Monday that he will continue his bid for U.S. Senate as a third-pa...
May 21, 2018
UK government does not intend to block Comcast-Sky deal
LONDON - Britain’s government says it does not intend to refer U.S. media conglomerate Comcast’s22 billion pound ($30.7 billion) takeover offer for London-based Sky to competition authorit...
May 21, 2018
French stars Bardot, Marceau campaign for animal welfare
PARIS - Actresses Brigitte Bardot and Sophie Marceau are leading French campaigns for mandatory cameras in slaughterhouses and a ban on the sale of eggs from caged hens. The debate on a farming and fo...
May 21, 2018