Category Archives: World
Police nationwide work on tactics for far-right rallies
SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. - Snipers perched on rooftops. Police helicopters and drones hovered overhead. Officers in riot gear lined the streets. White nationalists and counterprotesters screamed at each oth...
Nov 06, 2017
Amid booming economy, homelessness soars on US West Coast
SEATTLE - In a park in the middle of a leafy, bohemian neighbourhood where homes list for close to $1 million, a tractor’s massive claw scooped up the refuse of the homeless – mattresses, ...
Nov 06, 2017
Brazile strains Dem unity ahead of key gov race in Virginia
WASHINGTON - Democrats are having trouble surmounting differences over the bitter 2016 election amid revelations of a contemplated effort to replace Hillary Clinton as the presidential nominee, deepen...
Nov 06, 2017
UN weather agency: 2017 set to be among top 3 hottest years
GENEVA - The U.N.’s weather and climate agency says 2017 is set to become the hottest year on record aside from those impacted by the El Nino phenomenon. The World Meteorological Organization sa...
Nov 06, 2017
New Argentina probe says prosecutor Nisman was murdered
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A new police report has dramatically revived one of the greatest criminal mysteries in Argentine history - the possible murder of a crusading prosecutor that has roused grave...
Nov 06, 2017
Officials: Possible tornado injures 8 in small Ohio city
CELINA, Ohio - At least eight people have been injured after a possible tornado hit a small Ohio city. Mercer County officials say six people were hurt when a restaurant in Celina (suh-LEYE’-nuh...
Nov 06, 2017
Trump could face thorny issues on South Korea visit
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - President Donald Trump arrived in South Korea on Tuesday on the second leg of his first official Asian tour. While Trump will be looking to use his trip to strengthen Washi...
Nov 06, 2017
3 Britons kidnapped in Nigeria are freed; 1 is killed
LONDON - A British missionary who was kidnapped in Nigeria last month has been killed, but three others have been freed, the U.K. government said Monday. The Foreign Office said that Alanna Carson, Da...
Nov 06, 2017
Susan Linnee, ex-AP bureau chief in Madrid and Nairobi, dies
MINNEAPOLIS - Susan Linnee, who rose from a radio stringer in Latin America to become a groundbreaking Associated Press bureau chief in Spain and Kenya, has died at age 75. Linnee, who had recently be...
Nov 06, 2017
Uber tackles sex assault problem by pledging $5m to training
DETROIT - Uber is pledging $5 million over the next five years to seven organizations that work to prevent sexual assaults, a move aimed at helping the ride-hailing service combat its own problems as ...
Nov 06, 2017