Category Archives: World

Pitbull to speak at United Nations about global water crisis
NEW YORK - Grammy Award-winning rapper Pitbull is heading to the United Nations to discuss the global water crisis on World Water Day. The organization Clean Water Here announced on Monday that the in...
Mar 19, 2018

Scottish cardinal who recused himself from conclave dies
LONDON - Cardinal Keith O’Brien, the first cardinal in history to recuse himself from a papal election over a personal scandal, has died, his archdiocese in Scotland said Monday. He was 80 and h...
Mar 19, 2018
Century-old shipwreck found in Lake Erie, 8 died in sinking
TOLEDO, Ohio - The wreckage of a steamer that sank in Lake Erie over a century ago and eluded shipwreck hunters for decades has finally been found off the Ohio shore, according to the National Museum ...
Mar 19, 2018

Fear mounts in Austin as serial bomber uses tripwire
AUSTIN, Texas - The hunt for the serial bomber who has been leaving deadly explosives in packages on Austin doorsteps took a new, more sinister turn Monday when investigators said the fourth and lates...
Mar 18, 2018

Facebook's Zuckerberg comes under fire from UK, US lawmakers
LONDON - Lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic criticized Facebook and its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, after reports surfaced that another company, Cambridge Analytica, improperly harvested in...
Mar 18, 2018

A frustrated Trump lashes out at special counsel Mueller
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Sunday took out his frustrations over the intensifying Russia investigation by lashing out at special counsel Robert Mueller, signalling a possible shift away fr...
Mar 18, 2018
Hundreds of Brazilians protest murder of councilwoman
RIO DE JANEIRO - At least 1,000 people marched in Brazil’s second largest city Sunday to protest the murder of councilwoman and human rights activist Marielle Franco. Franco and her driver, Ande...
Mar 18, 2018
Putin calls UK accusations over ex-spy poisoning 'nonsense'
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday dismissed British accusations of Russia’s involvement in an ex-spy’s poisoning as “nonsense,” but added that Moscow is ready...
Mar 18, 2018
Police: Suspect accused of fatally stabbing 2 men was drunk
ROCHESTER, Minn. - Two men were fatally stabbed at a Salvation Army apartment building in Minnesota, and police arrested a suspect who tried to leave through a rear stairway. The stabbings were report...
Mar 18, 2018

Report: Italians seize NGO migrant rescue ship in Sicily
ROME - The Italian news agency ANSA says a Spanish non-governmental organization’s migrant rescue ship has been sequestered in Sicily by prosecutors’ orders. The seizure took place Sunday ...
Mar 18, 2018