Category Archives: World
Pope auctions Lamborghini to rebuild Christian Iraq
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis got the keys to a fancy new Lamborghini on Wednesday - but he won’t be tooling around the Vatican gardens in it. Instead, the special edition Huracan will be auctione...
Nov 15, 2017
Survey: New York factories grow at slower pace in November
WASHINGTON - Manufacturing activity in New York expanded at a slower pace this month but remains at a healthy level. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York says its Empire State Manufacturing Survey sli...
Nov 15, 2017
Iran earthquake survivors, sleeping on rubble, ask for help
SARPOL-E-ZAHAB, Iran - In a western Iranian town devastated by this week’s powerful earthquake, families are sleeping on the rubble of their homes and were fashioning reed shelters to offer prot...
Nov 15, 2017
Official: US would consider individual sanctions for Myanmar
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that the U.S. is deeply concerned by “credible reports” of atrocities committed by Myanmar’s security forces and ...
Nov 15, 2017
Merkel to address climate talks amid calls for coal exit
BONN, Germany - World leaders arrived at global climate talks in Germany on Wednesday to give the negotiations a boost going into the final stretch, as campaigners called for a strong signal from rich...
Nov 15, 2017
Sri Lanka official denies allegations of torture, rape
VANCOUVER - Sri Lanka’s defence secretary denied Tuesday that his country committed torture and rape of suspected rebels, as charged by more than 50 men of the island’s Tamil ethnic minori...
Nov 15, 2017
Managing overtourism an increasing feature of global travel
LONDON - Venice is planning to divert massive cruise liners. Barcelona has cracked down on apartment rentals. Both are at the forefront of efforts to get a grip on “overtourism,” a phenome...
Nov 15, 2017
Thousands mourn 8 family members killed in Texas church
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas - Three thousand people mourned eight members of a family who were among the more than two dozen killed in a shooting at a small Texas church Wednesday before the funeral pro...
Nov 15, 2017
'God is so good' says man freed after 5 decades in prison
BATON ROUGE, La. - A 65-year-old man who was arrested at 19 and sentenced to life without parole walked out of prison on Wednesday, saying “God is so good” after his rape conviction was ov...
Nov 15, 2017
Hawaii acknowledges failures after dangerous patient escapes
HONOLULU - A dangerous Hawaii psychiatric patient who escaped a state hospital and flew to California before being captured Wednesday has prompted an investigation into why employees appeared to fail ...
Nov 15, 2017