Category Archives: World
Historical injustices threaten another violent Kenya vote
NAIROBI, Kenya - Jane keeps the well-worn sarong wrap neatly folded in her home in a Nairobi slum, a memento of a life-altering event a decade ago. She was draped with it after two policemen raped her...
Aug 03, 2017
Nearly 2 tons of seized ivory to be crushed in Central Park
ALBANY, N.Y. - Nearly two tons of trinkets, statues and jewelry crafted from the tusks of at least 100 slaughtered elephants are heading for a rock crusher in New York City’s Central Park to dem...
Aug 03, 2017
Scaramucci memo shows ambitious plans for press office
WASHINGTON - Ousted White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci had high hopes for improved relationships with reporters, according to a memo posted online Wednesday. The memo list five pri...
Aug 03, 2017
Florida women trash Chick-fil-A during argument over order
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Two women trashed a Florida Chick-fil-A restaurant during an argument over an order. Allison Music, who was in the restaurant and posted videos of the tirade online, tells Action ...
Aug 03, 2017
'Dukes of Hazzard' star faces indecent assault, drug charges
WALTHAM, Mass. - The actor who played Luke Duke in the 1980s television show “The Dukes of Hazzard” is facing indecent assault and battery and drug charges in Massachusetts. The Middlesex ...
Aug 03, 2017
Music festival opens in Poland despite pressure from govt
WARSAW, Poland - Young people have gathered for a major annual music festival in Poland that celebrates diversity and tolerance - and which has faced pressure recently from the conservative government...
Aug 03, 2017
US factory orders rose in June as demand for aircraft soared
WASHINGTON - Orders at U.S. factories increased in June as demand surged for aircraft. The Commerce Departments said Thursday that factory orders increased 3 per cent in June, a solid rebound after de...
Aug 03, 2017
N. Korean missile tests spook neighbours, but 'what to do?'
YOKOSUKA, Japan - North Korea’s flurry of missile launches - 20 of them just in the past year - is a new and alarming fact of life for Japan and its other neighbours. But Pyongyang’s recen...
Aug 03, 2017
Seeking a dream, Indonesian family finds nightmare in Raqqa
AIN ISSA, Syria - The 17-year-old Indonesian girl made a persuasive case to her family: Lured by what she had read online, she told her parents, sisters, aunts, uncles and cousins they should all move...
Aug 03, 2017
PSG signing Neymar a PR coup for isolated Qatar
LONDON - If world soccer’s transfer record is obliterated by Neymar’s move to Paris Saint-Germain, it will be a coup for the French club - and the tiny energy-rich emirate of Qatar. By sig...
Aug 03, 2017