Category Archives: World
Bollywood star Salman Khan gets 5 years for poaching deer
NEW DELHI - Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was convicted Thursday of poaching rare deer in a wildlife preserve two decades ago and sentenced to five years in prison, with the judge describing him as ...
Apr 05, 2018
Jury selection wraps up in Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Prosecutors and the defence wrapped up jury selection in the Bill Cosby sexual assault case Thursday, setting the stage for the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. All six a...
Apr 04, 2018
Oil spill that caused Indonesia fire was due to broken pipe
JAKARTA, Indonesia - An oil spill that caused a fire that killed five people and sickened hundreds in an Indonesian port city came from a broken pipe the state-owned energy company was using to transf...
Apr 04, 2018
Sierra Leone declares opposition leader the new president
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - Sierra Leone’s election commission declared main opposition candidate Julius Maada Bio as the West African nation’s new president Wednesday, giving the opposition ...
Apr 04, 2018
Cynthia Nixon: Democrats need to let black women lead party
ALBANY, N.Y. - “Sex and the City” star Cynthia Nixon said Wednesday black women are the cornerstone and backbone of the Democratic Party, and “we need to let them lead.” Appear...
Apr 04, 2018
On the brink: US and China threaten tariffs as fears rise
WASHINGTON - The world’s two biggest economies stand at the edge of the most perilous trade conflict since World War II. Yet there’s still time to pull back from the brink. Financial marke...
Apr 04, 2018
US seizes pot-growing houses tied to China-based criminals
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Hundreds of federal and local law enforcement agents have seized roughly 100 Northern California houses purchased with money wired to the United States by a Chinese-based crime or...
Apr 04, 2018
Visa difficulties force Cuban symphony to cancel US tour
CHICAGO - The difficulties that Cubans are having getting visas to travel to the United States has forced the national orchestra to cancel a planned U.S. tour that included an appearance in Chicago. I...
Apr 04, 2018
Hawaii mansion made famous in TV series set to be demolished
HONOLULU - The house made famous in the “Magnum P.I.” TV series has been scheduled for demolition. Hawaii News Now reported Tuesday that a demolition permit was issued last week because th...
Apr 04, 2018
NewsAlert: Britain's Prince Philip recovering from surgery
LONDON - Buckingham Palace says Prince Philip is recovering after a successful hip replacement operation. The 96-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II had the surgery at King Edward VII Hospital on W...
Apr 04, 2018