Category Archives: World

Plant dines during the midnight sun where the hot food flows
RALEIGH, N.C. - Babe, I’m gonna feed you, one top North Carolina eatery reassured Led Zeppelin’s famished frontman. The News & Observer reports that Robert Plant and his backing band, ...
Feb 13, 2018

Erdogan warns Greece, Cyprus over gas search, Aegean islets
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a warning Tuesday to neighbouring Greece, Cyprus and international companies exploring for gas in the eastern Mediterranean not to “...
Feb 13, 2018
China to pick 5,000 movie theatres for propaganda screenings
BEIJING - China plans to select 5,000 movie theatres to screen propaganda films and will boost their box offices with group sales, discounted tickets and other financial backing. China’s film re...
Feb 12, 2018

Official: US believes ex-Venezuela oil czar took bribes
BOGOTA - U.S. prosecutors believe that Venezuela’s former oil czar and ambassador to the United Nations received bribes as part of an alleged multibillion-dollar graft scheme in the South Americ...
Feb 12, 2018

Rep: Smashing Pumpkins tried to include bassist in reunion
NEW YORK - A spokesperson for The Smashing Pumpkins says the band has tried to include ex-bassist D’arcy Wretzky in its upcoming reunion though she claims she has been excluded. The representati...
Feb 12, 2018
Dog show's young handlers take a grown-up sport in stride
NEW YORK - Fenric Towell isn’t nervous about his first time competing at the nation’s top dog show. After all, he’s heading to the Westminster Kennel Club ring this week with 100-plu...
Feb 12, 2018

Judge schedules 6-day hearing in Penn State frat death case
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Penn State fraternity brothers facing refiled charges in a pledge’s hazing death are scheduled for a second hearing on whether prosecutors have enough evidence to send the most...
Feb 12, 2018
North Korea: US criticism of its rights shows fear of nukes
North Korea on Monday sharply criticized President Donald Trump for inviting a defector to attend the State of the Union address and Vice-President Mike Pence for taking the father of Otto Warmbier to...
Feb 12, 2018

Powerball winner who demands anonymity to get money
NASHUA, N.H. - A New Hampshire woman who won a $559.7 million Powerball jackpot should be able to collect the winnings soon while a judge decides whether to let her remain anonymous. A judge in Nashua...
Feb 12, 2018

Cyclone destroys Parliament House, homes on Tonga, Fiji next
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The Pacific nation of Tonga began cleaning up damage Tuesday from a cyclone that destroyed its Parliament House, as well as homes and churches, and was intensifying as it hea...
Feb 12, 2018