Category Archives: World
Jason Kander, rising Democratic Party star, has book deal
NEW YORK - An Afghanistan war veteran, former Missouri state official and rising star in the Democratic Party has a book deal. Jason Kander’s “Outside the Wire: Ten Lessons I’ve Lear...
Apr 10, 2018
South African court dismisses Pistorius appeal
JOHANNESBURG - Legal experts say Olympian Oscar Pistorius has finally run out of options to appeal his 13-year prison sentence for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp. South Africa’s highest court dis...
Apr 10, 2018
Report: Man tied to Nobel body leaked winner names
COPENHAGEN - A Swedish newspaper says the husband of a member of the academy awarding the Nobel Literature Prize violated century-old Nobel rules by repeatedly leaking the names of winners of the pres...
Apr 10, 2018
Poor People's Campaign to begin 40 days of action next month
RALEIGH, N.C. - As organizers rekindle an economic justice effort the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was planning when he was killed, they are looking at people like Amy Jo Hutchison to lead the way. Hut...
Apr 10, 2018
China files trade complaint against US over steel tariffs
GENEVA - China has filed a World Trade Organization complaint challenging U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff hike on imported steel and aluminum, the trade body said Tuesday. The tariff spat i...
Apr 10, 2018
Ruble plunges for 2nd day following US sanctions
MOSCOW - The ruble plunged for the second day in a row on Tuesday following fresh U.S. sanctions against Russia. The Russian currency hit lows against the dollar and euro last seen in 2016, while the ...
Apr 10, 2018
Oldest man likes soaking in Japan hot springs, eating sweets
TOKYO - Masazo Nonaka has enjoyed soaking in northern Japan’s hot springs for many years - probably longer than most people. The supercentenarian, whose family has run a hot springs inn for four...
Apr 10, 2018
Iranian TV: Tehran city council accepts mayor's resignation
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s state TV says the Tehran city council has accepted the resignation of Mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi who resigned last month after hard-liners criticized him for attending a sch...
Apr 10, 2018
Yulia Skripal, poisoned daughter of ex-spy, out of hospital
LONDON - The spy saga that set off international tumult last month took a positive turn Tuesday as Yulia Skripal was released from a British hospital more than a month after she and her father were po...
Apr 10, 2018
13 humanities grants in 4 Deep South states
NEW ORLEANS - The Delta Blues Museum is getting $460,000 to help add sound to exhibits about the history and influence of American blues and the music’s Mississippi Delta connections. It’s...
Apr 10, 2018