Category Archives: World
RNC votes to condemn white supremacists over groans of some
NASHVILLE - The Republican National Committee walked the tightrope Friday in carefully but resolutely denouncing white supremacist groups without criticizing President Donald Trump, who waffled in his...
Aug 25, 2017
French President Macron's makeup costs prompt criticism
PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron’s office has confirmed a report that the French leader spent 26,000 euros ($30,695) on makeup during his first three months in power, and says it’s trying...
Aug 25, 2017
10 civilians, including kids, dead in US-backed Somalia raid
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Ten civilians, including three children, were killed in a raid by foreign and Somali forces on a farm in southern Somalia, a deputy governor said Friday, as the U.S. military conf...
Aug 25, 2017
Weekly anti-Netanyahu rallies grow larger in Israel
JERUSALEM - Engulfed in a string of scandals, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finds himself facing a growing grassroots protest movement demanding his indictment and removal from office. Weekly anti...
Aug 25, 2017
Historians warn against rushing to take down statues
NEW YORK - It’s not just about Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. The national soul-searching over whether to take down monuments to the Confederacy’s demigods has extended to other hist...
Aug 25, 2017
Rosa Parks' house may be returned to US from Germany
BERLIN - Section by section, American artist Ryan Mendoza painstakingly disassembled the small wood-frame home of civil rights icon Rosa Parks after learning that the struggling city of Detroit was go...
Aug 25, 2017
AP Was There: Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding
LONDON - Before all of the drama that characterized Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s relationship - the estrangement, divorce and her tragic death 20 years ago this month - there was the fair...
Aug 25, 2017
US durable goods orders post biggest drop since August 2014
WASHINGTON - Orders for long-lasting manufactured goods sank 6.8 per cent in July, the biggest fall in nearly three years, led by a drop in the volatile category of civilian aircraft. But a gauge of b...
Aug 25, 2017
Navy IDs 2 dead, 8 missing sailors from the USS John McCain
The U.S. Navy has found the remains of two of the 10 sailors missing after the USS John McCain collided with an oil tanker near Singapore. Divers recovered the remains of Electronics Technician 3rd Cl...
Aug 25, 2017
Danish submarine death: Inventor faces another charge
COPENHAGEN - Danish authorities on Friday filed another charge against the inventor of a home-made submarine who is suspected in the death of Swedish journalist Kim Wall whose headless torso was found...
Aug 25, 2017