Category Archives: World
Porn star Stormy Daniels sues President Trump for defamation
WASHINGTON - The porn actress alleging a sexual encounter with President Donald Trump is escalating her legal fight, suing the president for defamation. Stormy Daniels filed the complaint in federal c...
Apr 30, 2018
Detroit released from active state oversight of finances
Detroit reached a key step in fiscal redemption on Monday by reclaiming control of its own finances roughly three years after exiting the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. A state review c...
Apr 30, 2018
Will there be a Nobel in literature this year? Stay tuned
COPENHAGEN - For the first time since 1943, there’s a notable risk that no Nobel Prize in literature will be awarded this year. And that’s not because the world’s authors, poets, ess...
Apr 30, 2018
'Empire' actor acquitted of Chicago domestic violence charge
CHICAGO - An actor on the television show “Empire” has been acquitted of domestic battery in Chicago. Morocco Omari took the stand during a two-day trial that ended with his acquittal Frid...
Apr 30, 2018
Pelicans crash California graduation, 1 lands on red carpet
MALIBU, Calif. - A pair of pelicans majoring in curiosity crashed a graduation ceremony at Pepperdine University in Malibu. The brown, dive-bombing birds joined the class of 2018 on Saturday as gradua...
Apr 30, 2018
Time's Up takes aim at R. Kelly over sex misconduct claims
NEW YORK - The Time’s Up campaign is taking aim at R. Kelly over allegations he has sexually abused women. The organization devoted to helping women in the aftermath of sexual abuse issued a sta...
Apr 30, 2018
Iran's top leader: US pushing Saudis toward war with Iran
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s top leader said Monday the United States is pushing Saudi Arabia into a war against Iran. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on his website that the “American...
Apr 30, 2018
In Trump era, the death of the White House press conference
WASHINGTON - The presidential news conference, a time-honoured tradition going back generations, appears to be no longer. More than a year has passed since President Donald Trump held the only solo ne...
Apr 30, 2018
For Palestinians, Israeli permits a complex tool of control
More than 300 Palestinians showed up at an Israeli military base in the West Bank recently, hoping they could win the lifting of security bans that prevent them for entering Israel. But they were also...
Apr 30, 2018
Danish citizen jailed under new Malaysian anti-fake news law
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A Malaysian court on Monday sentenced a Danish citizen to a week in jail after he pleaded guilty to maliciously publishing false information, the first person to be punished u...
Apr 30, 2018