Category Archives: World
Queen Latifah to perform for first time at 2018 Essence Fest
NEW ORLEANS - A performance by rapper-singer-actress Queen Latifah has been added to this year’s Essence Festival in New Orleans. Queen Latifah is scheduled to appear in the Superdome on Saturda...
Apr 26, 2018
Libyan strongman returns to country after treatment abroad
BENGHAZI, Libya - Libyan strongman Gen. Khalifa Hifter returned to the country’s eastern city of Benghazi on Thursday, after much speculation over his treatment for an unknown ailment in France....
Apr 26, 2018
Israel: 9 teenagers die in flash floods; 1 still missing
JERUSALEM - Flash floods killed nine Israeli teenagers who were hiking south of the Dead Sea on Thursday, Israel’s rescue service said. The casualties were all 18 years old. Israeli media said e...
Apr 26, 2018
Smoky fire that forced evacuations out at Wisconsin refinery
Authorities said Thursday that a fire at a northwestern Wisconsin refinery where an explosion injured at least 11 people was out, but that an evacuation order for residents of Superior would remain an...
Apr 26, 2018
Netflix documentary explores RFK's legacy 50 years later
BOSTON - He was once called the most likely American in the 20th century to become president. But Robert F. Kennedy’s bid to follow in his older brother’s footsteps as commander in chief w...
Apr 26, 2018
Italy reports 'positive' talks on 5-Star-Democratic alliance
ROME - Italy reported the first glimpse of progress on forming a possible government after inconclusive March 4 elections, with the latest round of exploratory talks between the populist 5-Star Moveme...
Apr 26, 2018
Trump says rapper Kanye West has 'good taste' for liking him
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump praised Kanye West on Thursday for having “good taste” for supporting the president. Trump said in an interview with “Fox & Friends” tha...
Apr 26, 2018
Federal agency says it lost track of 1,475 migrant children
Federal officials lost track of nearly 1,500 migrant children last year after a government agency placed the minors in the homes of adult sponsors in communities across the country, according to testi...
Apr 26, 2018
Rival Koreas' leaders face high stakes at historic summit
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - It may lack the punch of President Donald Trump’s vow to unleash “fire and fury” and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s “nuclear button” ...
Apr 26, 2018
Korea leaders avoid specific measures to address nuke crisis
GOYANG, Korea, Republic Of - The leaders of North and South Korea played it safe Friday, repeating a previous vow to rid the Korean Peninsula of nuclear weapons but failing to provide any specific mea...
Apr 26, 2018