Category Archives: World
Facebook exec disavows his own his provocative memo
NEW YORK - The author of a provocative Facebook memo declaring that growth is justified even if it costs lives says he doesn’t actually agree with the memo and wrote it to provoke debate. The 20...
Mar 30, 2018
Security high in Pakistan's Swat but Malala visit uncertain
MINGORA, Pakistan - A Pakistani women’s activist said Friday that Malala Yousafzai, who has returned to Pakistan’s capital Islamabad for the first time since a Taliban militant shot her in...
Mar 30, 2018
Long-maligned Mary Magdalene now seen as stalwart disciple
MAGDALA, Israel - If there’s a feminist figure from the Bible for the #MeToo era, it could very well be Mary Magdalene. The major character in the life of Jesus was long maligned in the West and...
Mar 30, 2018
Deadly clashes in Gaza mark start of Palestinian campaign
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - Thousands of Palestinians marched to Gaza’s border with Israel on Friday in the largest such demonstration in recent memory, and 15 were killed by Israeli fire on t...
Mar 30, 2018
Polish president vetoes bill demoting communist-era officers
WARSAW, Poland - Poland’s president vetoed a bill Friday that would have made it possible for authorities to strip communist-era officers of their ranks. Andrzej Duda argued that bill was not fa...
Mar 30, 2018
Russia tests new intercontinental ballistic missile
MOSCOW - Russia has successfully tested its latest intercontinental ballistic missile, the country’s military said Friday. The Defence Ministry said the launch from Plesetsk in northwestern Russ...
Mar 30, 2018
As China, Vatican talk, bishop's fate shows party's power
SAIQI, China - The twin-spired church in this southern Chinese village was packed with more than a thousand Catholics observing Good Friday, but the bishop who tends to the congregation was not among ...
Mar 30, 2018
Afghan official says bomb kills provincial council member
KABUL - A suicide bomber killed a provincial council member in northeast Kunar province, while a daylong gun battle in neighbouring Badakhshan province left four civilians dead and another eight wound...
Mar 30, 2018
Belgian parliament cuts endowment to Prince Laurent
BRUSSELS - The Belgian parliament has cut the endowment of the ever-controversial Prince Laurent after he showed up at a Chinese diplomatic function in military uniform without the consent of the gove...
Mar 30, 2018
Manchester mayor: Front line firefighters did nothing wrong
LONDON - Manchester’s mayor said Friday the city’s firefighters do not need to apologize for the delayed response to the suicide bombing at the Manchester Arena. Mayor Andy Burnham said fr...
Mar 30, 2018