Category Archives: World
Thousands gather for memorial for Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
JOHANNESBURG - Emotional tributes to anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela poured in on Wednesday during an hours-long memorial service attended by thousands at Soweto’s Orlando Stad...
Apr 11, 2018
As numbers dwindle, Jews who fought Nazis recall struggle
KFAR SABA, Israel - While most of his fellow Jews were being killed or brutalized in Nazi death camps and ghettos, Baruch Shub and his friends were hiding in the forests of the former Soviet Union, tr...
Apr 11, 2018
North Korea parliament to convene to approve national agenda
TOKYO - North Korea’s parliament was scheduled to convene on Wednesday amid a series of diplomatic moves by leader Kim Jong Un that could have a major impact on the direction the country takes i...
Apr 11, 2018
Indonesia alcohol deaths exceed 100 as police vow crackdown
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Deaths from drinking toxic bootleg alcohol in Indonesia have surpassed 100 this month, police said Wednesday as they vowed a “scorched earth” crackdown on the makers a...
Apr 11, 2018
Myanmar court refuses to dismiss charges against journalists
YANGON, Myanmar - A Myanmar court on Wednesday refused to dismiss a case against two Reuters journalists after the reporters’ lawyers insisted last week that the evidence doesn’t support t...
Apr 11, 2018
Sherpa guide tries to reach top of the world for 22nd time
KATHMANDU, Nepal - Three men have climbed to the top of the world 21 times, all of them mountain guides who grew up in the shadow of Mount Everest. Two of these famed Sherpa guides have retired. But 4...
Apr 11, 2018
Arizona teachers demanding raise protest at schools
PHOENIX - Thousands of Arizona teachers wearing red shirts and carrying signs protested outside more than a thousand schools Wednesday, demanding higher salaries and better school funding. The “...
Apr 11, 2018
Report: Missouri Gov. Greitens initiated unwanted sex acts
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens initiated a physically aggressive unwanted sexual encounter with his hairdresser and threatened to distribute a partially nude photo of her if she spo...
Apr 11, 2018
Judges weigh scope of Trump sanctuary cities order
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court on Wednesday scrutinized whether President Donald Trump’s executive order to withhold funding from so-called “sanctuary cities” threatened hun...
Apr 11, 2018
Sacramento police unveil body cam policy after protests
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sacramento police have issued their first written policy on when officers can turn off body cameras after two officers muted their microphones following the fatal shooting of an u...
Apr 11, 2018