Category Archives: World
Trump returns to Arizona - and a chaotic political landscape
PHOENIX - Donald Trump was just a few weeks into his candidacy in 2015 when he came to Phoenix for a speech that ended up being a bigger moment in his campaign than most people realized at the time. T...
Aug 21, 2017
Chile court rules in favour of abortion in some cases
SANTIAGO, Chile - Chile’s constitutional Court on Monday upheld a measure that would end the country’s absolute ban on abortions. The court’s 6-4 vote accepted the constitutionality ...
Aug 21, 2017
Charter defines role of Macron's wife - still not first lady
PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron’s office published a charter Monday detailing the role his wife will play during his term, a first for France but a step down from his initial plan to give her ...
Aug 21, 2017
60 immigrants found in refrigerated truck trailer in Texas
FALFURRIAS, Texas - Sixty immigrants have been found in a load of ice-covered broccoli in a refrigerated trailer that was searched at a South Texas border checkpoint, federal officials said Monday. A ...
Aug 21, 2017
Appeals court revives suit over US military base in Japan
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court Monday revived a lawsuit that seeks to block construction of a U.S. military base in Okinawa, Japan over concerns about its impact on the Okinawa dugong, an end...
Aug 21, 2017
NTSB: Worker urged evacuation before Minnesota school blast
MINNEAPOLIS - A maintenance worker at a Minneapolis school that partially collapsed after an explosion earlier this month had smelled natural gas and used a radio to tell others to evacuate less than ...
Aug 21, 2017
Yemen blames Iran for war, says it can't be part of solution
Yemen’s foreign minister blamed Iran and its support for Houthi Shiite rebels on Monday for causing the country’s civil war and said it can’t be part of the solution. Abdulmalik Al-M...
Aug 21, 2017
Artist 'Yulier P' detained in Cuba, told to erase murals
HAVANA - A Cuban street artist said Monday that he was detained by police and told to erase the more than 200 or so murals that have gained him widespread attention throughout the country. Yulier Rodr...
Aug 21, 2017
LA Times ousts editor-publisher and other top managers
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Times ousted its editor-publisher and several top newsroom executives Monday in what its parent company says is a shake-up aimed at moving one of the nation’s flags...
Aug 21, 2017
3 Afghan prison workers missing during training in Colorado
DENVER - Three Afghan prison employees who went missing over the weekend from a Colorado training facility weren’t believed to pose a threat, a state prison official said Monday, and authorities...
Aug 21, 2017