Category Archives: World
Fiji calls for urgency in talks to implement climate accord
BONN, Germany - Fiji’s prime minister called for a sense of urgency in the fight against global warming Monday, telling negotiators “we must not fail our people,” as he opened two we...
Nov 06, 2017
US first lady learns calligraphy at Japanese primary school
TOKYO - U.S. first lady Melania Trump tried her hand Monday at Japanese calligraphy at a Tokyo elementary school. She visited the Kyobashi Tsukiji school with her Japanese counterpart, Akie Abe. About...
Nov 06, 2017
The Latest: UN official warns of famine threat for Yemen
SANAA, Yemen - The latest on the conflict in Yemen (all times local): 4:10 a.m. The head of the U.N. World Food Program is warning that hundreds of thousands of children in Yemen will be “on the...
Nov 06, 2017
Violence followed Texas church gunman after high school
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas - Wherever Devin Patrick Kelley went after graduating from high school, a trail of violence followed. In New Mexico, Kelley was kicked out of the Air Force following a court-marti...
Nov 06, 2017
House tax panel adopts GOP changes after day of bickering
WASHINGTON - After a day of partisan bickering over whether the Republicans’ sweeping tax plan would truly help the middle class, a key House panel on Monday approved late changes. Lawmakers res...
Nov 06, 2017
Qatar Airways pays $662M for 10 per cent of Cathay Pacific
HONG KONG - Qatar Airways is buying nearly 10 per cent of Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific Airways for about $662 million, the companies said Monday, in a deal making it Cathay’s third-biggest s...
Nov 06, 2017
Trucks tangle traffic in Paris to protest holiday fair spat
PARIS - Carnival workers are creating traffic chaos in Paris to protest the city’s ban on a popular Christmas fair on the iconic Champs-Elysees Avenue. The French road authority reported increas...
Nov 06, 2017
Trump stands with Japan, denounces North Korean aggression
TOKYO - President Donald Trump ratcheted up the pressure on North Korea Monday, refusing to rule out eventual military action and declaring that the United States “will not stand” for Pyon...
Nov 06, 2017
1.25 million face starvation in war-torn South Sudan
JUBA, South Sudan - In war-torn South Sudan 1.25 million people are facing starvation, double the number from the same time last year, according to a report by the United Nations and the government re...
Nov 06, 2017
Anthony Weiner reports to prison for sexting conviction
AYER, Mass. - Former Rep. Anthony Weiner reported to prison Monday to begin a 21-month sentence for sexting with a 15-year-old girl. Weiner is being held at the Federal Medical Center Devens in Massac...
Nov 06, 2017