Category Archives: World
Suit alleging Manning sold bogus memorabilia nears trial
HACKENSACK, N.J. - A New Jersey memorabilia dealer who claims New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning conspired with the team’s equipment staff to sell bogus “game-used” helmets to u...
May 06, 2018
Shatner to address graduates preparing to seek out new lives
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - William Shatner is boldly going where he has never gone before: the graduation ceremony at the New England Institute of Technology. The actor best known for his portrayal of Capt. J...
May 06, 2018
BBC's Andrew Marr to have surgery for malignant tumour
LONDON - Prominent BBC broadcaster Andrew Marr plans to have surgery to remove a malignant tumour on his kidney. Marr, 58, told viewers of his Sunday show that he will be off-the-air for “a coup...
May 06, 2018
Israeli PM steps up calls to end the Iranian nuclear deal
JERUSALEM - Israel’s prime minister on Sunday stepped up his calls for world powers to end the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran as President Donald Trump decides whether to withdraw from the agreemen...
May 06, 2018
Giraffe kills filmmaker at wildlife facility in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG - A giraffe has killed a South African filmmaker who was on assignment at a wildlife facility northwest of Johannesburg. Filming agency CallaCrew says Carlos Carvalho was filming a featur...
May 06, 2018
Low turnout worries politicians as Lebanon voting ends
BEIRUT - Lebanon’s first national elections in nine years were marked by a tepid turnout Sunday, reflecting voter frustration over endemic corruption and a stagnant economy. Politicians had urge...
May 06, 2018
Officials: 26 homes, 4 other buildings destroyed by volcano
PAHOA, Hawaii - The number of homes destroyed by Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano jumped to 26 on Sunday as scientists reported lava spewing more than 200 feet (61 metres) into the air. In revised figur...
May 06, 2018
2 found dead in quake-hit Polish coal mine; 3 still missing
WARSAW, Poland - Polish rescue workers on Sunday found the bodies of two miners after an earthquake hit a coal mine in southern Poland. Three other miners remain missing some 900 metres (2,950 feet) b...
May 06, 2018
Bombing at mosque in Afghanistan kills 14, wounds 33
KABUL - A bomb blast inside a mosque in eastern Afghanistan that was being used as a voter registration centre killed at least 14 people and wounded 33, officials said on Sunday. Talib Mangal, spokesm...
May 06, 2018
Suspected water contamination kills 10 Cambodians; 120 ill
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Ten Cambodian villagers have died and 120 others have been sickened after drinking water suspected to be contaminated with insecticide, a health official said Sunday. The dead a...
May 06, 2018