Category Archives: World
More than spectacle: Eclipses create science and so can you
WASHINGTON - The sun is about to spill some of its secrets, maybe even reveal a few hidden truths of the cosmos. And you can get in on the act next week if you are in the right place for the best sola...
Aug 14, 2017
Trump seeks probe by his trade office of China's practices
BEDMINSTER, N.J. - Even as he seeks Beijing’s help on North Korea, President Donald Trump asked his trade office on Monday to consider investigating China for the alleged theft of American techn...
Aug 14, 2017
Israeli tycoon among several arrested for bribery, fraud
JERUSALEM - Israeli police on Monday arrested a prominent Israeli billionaire businessman and four other suspects on an array of charges, including money laundering, obstruction of justice and bribery...
Aug 14, 2017
Skydiver rescued after spending hours stuck in tree
DUNSTABLE, Mass. - A skydiver who was blown off course in Massachusetts has been rescued after spending hours stuck about 70 feet (21 metres) up in a tree. Dunstable police said late Sunday that the m...
Aug 14, 2017
Questions about lawyers' fees put El Chapo defence in limbo
NEW YORK - Private lawyers seeking to represent Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in his U.S. drug-trafficking case failed to get assurances Monday that they’ll get paid, leaving the Mexican...
Aug 14, 2017
Simone Askew is first black woman to lead West Point cadets
WEST POINT, N.Y. - Simone Askew marched into history Monday as the first black woman to lead the Long Gray Line at the U.S. Military Academy. After an early-morning 12-mile march back to the grey ston...
Aug 14, 2017
Arctic voyage finds global warming impact on ice, animals
VICTORIA STRAIT, Nunavut - The email arrived in mid-June, seeking to explode any notion that global warming might turn our Arctic expedition into a summer cruise. “The most important piece of cl...
Aug 14, 2017
Science Says: Fast-melting Arctic sign of bad global warming
WASHINGTON - One of the coldest places on Earth is so hot it’s melting. Glaciers, sea ice and a massive ice sheet in the Arctic are thawing from toasty air above and warm water below. The northe...
Aug 14, 2017
Rescuers pull out 46 bodies after landslide hits north India
DHARAMSALA, India - Soldiers and volunteers resumed rescue operations Monday morning after pulling 46 bodies from the mud left by a landslide that trapped two buses and washed away houses in northern ...
Aug 14, 2017
North Korean tensions aren't deterring tourists from Guam
HAGATNA, Guam - Tourists haven’t been deterred from visiting the tropical island of Guam even though the U.S. territory has been the target of threats from North Korea during a week of angry wor...
Aug 14, 2017