Category Archives: World
US first loosened limits on lion trophies, then elephants
WASHINGTON - One month before the Trump administration sparked outrage by reversing a ban on trophies from threatened African elephants, federal officials quietly loosened restrictions on the importat...
Nov 21, 2017
Trump, Putin discuss Syria, NKorea, more in hour-plus call
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin discussed efforts to bring peace to war-torn Syria during an hour-plus phone call on Tuesday. Iran, North Korea and Ukraine also w...
Nov 21, 2017
A look at the 4 countries the US says sponsor terrorism
TOKYO - North Korea is on its way back onto a very short list of countries the United States says sponsor terrorism. The designation, announced by President Donald Trump on Monday, will expand the alr...
Nov 21, 2017
Myanmar treatment of Rohingya called apartheid in new report
BANGKOK - Myanmar has subjected Rohingya Muslims to long-term discrimination and persecution that amounts to “dehumanizing apartheid,” Amnesty International said Tuesday in a report that r...
Nov 21, 2017
Coming out as trans just start of journey for teen, family
HOMESTEAD, Fla. - It was May of seventh grade, and 14-year-old Theo Ramos was in a new school. Perhaps because it was an arts magnet program, or because it was a diverse place, kids and adults seemed ...
Nov 21, 2017
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu working on book about race
NEW YORK - New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu is working on a book about his views on race and his support for taking down four Confederate monuments earlier this year. Viking told The Associated Press ...
Nov 21, 2017
Man arrested in cop killing; mom accused of helping him flee
NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. - Tips from informants helped lead law enforcement to the man accused of fatally shooting a rookie police officer, and the suspect’s mother is accused of helping him evade ar...
Nov 21, 2017
Bombing at Nigeria mosque kills at least 50
LAGOS, Nigeria - A teenage suicide bomber attacked worshippers as they gathered for morning prayers Tuesday at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria, killing at least 50 people, police said, in one of the ...
Nov 21, 2017
CBS News and PBS cut ties to Rose following sex allegations
NEW YORK - CBS News and PBS both cut ties to Charlie Rose on Tuesday, less than 24 hours after several women who worked with him on his PBS interview show alleged a pattern of sexual misconduct, inclu...
Nov 21, 2017
Robert Mugabe resigns as Zimbabwe's president after 37 years
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, who once vowed to rule for life, resigned on Tuesday, succumbing to a week of overwhelming pressure from the military that put him under ho...
Nov 20, 2017