Category Archives: World
Sprint and T-Mobile agree to combine in $26.5 billion deal
NEW YORK - T-Mobile and Sprint reached a $26.5 billion merger agreement Sunday that would reduce the U.S. wireless industry to three major players - that is, if the Trump administration’s antitr...
Apr 29, 2018
Central Americans will seek asylum at southern US border
TIJUANA, Mexico - U.S. immigration lawyers are telling Central Americans in a caravan of asylum-seekers that travelled through Mexico to the border with San Diego that they face possible separation fr...
Apr 28, 2018
Trump gives thumbs-down to comic who roasted his spokeswoman
WASHINGTON - The reviews are in: President Donald Trump gave a thumbs-down Sunday to the comedian who roasted his chief spokeswoman at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, ...
Apr 28, 2018
Fruit's pungent smell mistaken for gas leak, prompts panic
MELBOURNE, Australia - The pungent smell of the rotten durian fruit at an Australian university library has been mistaken for a gas leak, prompting an evacuation of the building. Specialist crews wear...
Apr 28, 2018
North Korea offers to give up nukes if US vows not to attack
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told his South Korean counterpart at their historic summit that he would be willing to give up his nuclear weapons if the U.S. commits to a ...
Apr 28, 2018
MMA fighter with links to Trump, Cohen is questioned by FBI
ROSEMONT, Ill. - A Russian mixed martial arts fighter who has connections with President Donald Trump, the president’s personal attorney Michael Cohen and Russian President Vladimir Putin was qu...
Apr 28, 2018
Documentary chronicles New York Times' year covering Trump
NEW YORK - Liz Garbus’ first day shooting inside The New York Times newsroom was President Donald Trump’s inauguration day. Her final day was April 16, when the Pulitzer Prizes announced t...
Apr 28, 2018
Saudis apologize for 'indecent' images at wrestling event
JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi sports officials are apologizing after images of scantily clad women appeared on big screens during a world wrestling event held in the kingdom, which hosted women and chi...
Apr 28, 2018
Trump says Democrat should quit over VA nomination brouhaha
WASHINGTON - A furious President Donald Trump on Saturday called for the resignation of the Democratic senator who assembled and released what he called “false” allegations that scuttled t...
Apr 28, 2018
Fitted with ankle bracelet, Cosby to be prisoner inside home
PHILADELPHIA - Two days after his conviction, Bill Cosby has already started life as an inmate - though his surroundings are far nicer than they likely will be in a few months. A judge says Cosby will...
Apr 28, 2018