Category Archives: World

Fox News host: Graphic posted at wrong point of show
NEW YORK - A Fox News host says that a graphic showing the station lagging other cable news networks in trustworthiness was taken down because it was posted at the wrong time. “Media Buzz”...
Apr 09, 2018

Lawyer tells Australian court Geoffrey Rush barely eating
SYDNEY, Australia - Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush has become virtually housebound, barely eats and wakes each morning with a “terrible sense of dread” since a Sydney newspaper alleged ...
Apr 09, 2018

Strong quake cracks streets in western Japan, injuring 5
TOKYO - A strong earthquake hit western Japan early Monday, cracking streets, cutting water and power to a number of homes and injuring five people. The Meteorological Agency said the magnitude 6.1 qu...
Apr 09, 2018
NY high school students injured when bus strikes overpass
LAKEVIEW, N.Y. - A charter bus carrying teenagers returning from a spring break trip Sunday night struck a bridge overpass on Long Island, seriously injuring six passengers and mangling the entire len...
Apr 09, 2018

US official says North Korean leader ready to discuss nukes
WASHINGTON - North Korea’s government has communicated with the United States to say that leader Kim Jong Un is ready to discuss his nuclear weapons program with President Donald Trump, official...
Apr 09, 2018

Tensions rachet up as Israel blamed for Syria missile strike
BEIRUT - A suspected poison gas attack in a Syrian rebel-held town and airstrikes on a Syrian air base that Damascus and Moscow blamed on U.S. ally Israel escalated tensions in the already volatile Mi...
Apr 09, 2018

3 still in critical condition after German van rampage
BERLIN - Three people remain in critical condition after the deadly van rampage in the western German city of Muenster, a hospital official said Monday. A 48-year-old German killed two people and inju...
Apr 09, 2018
Hamas leader, Israel PM dig in on Gaza border flare-up
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - The leader of Gaza’s ruling Hamas group and Israel’s prime minister staked out tough positions Monday, making de-escalation on the Israel-Gaza border in the n...
Apr 09, 2018
France copes with more rail strikes as labour unions dig in
PARIS - Commuters coped with another day of disrupted train service in France as labour unions insisted Monday they would not back down from a series of strikes that is expected to continue later in t...
Apr 09, 2018

Another former South Korean leader charged with corruption
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korean prosecutors formally charged jailed ex-President Lee Myung-bak with a range of corruption charges on Monday, making him the country’s fourth leader to fa...
Apr 09, 2018