Category Archives: World
Miracle on the Hudson hero makes case against privatization
WASHINGTON - Who are you going to trust when it comes to what’s best for the flying public? Members of Congress or the hero of the Miracle on the Hudson, retired Capt. Chesley “Sully”...
Aug 02, 2017
Fires are torching Montana, and the money is running out
HELENA, Mont. - Montana’s worst fire season in years is expected to scorch the drought-stricken landscape well into fall, long after the state’s firefighting reserves run out thanks to pol...
Aug 02, 2017
2 Thai ex-PMs acquitted of abusing power in quelling protest
BANGKOK - A Thai court acquitted two former prime ministers of abuse of power on Wednesday in a case involving the deadly dispersal of an anti-government protest in 2008. A division of the Supreme Cou...
Aug 02, 2017
Brazil embattled president survives vote on bribery charge
BRASILIA, Brazil - Brazil’s embattled president survived a key congressional vote that could have suspended him over a bribery charge, mustering enough support Wednesday night to stay in office ...
Aug 02, 2017
Anti-India strike, security lockdown shuts disputed Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India - A fresh strike called by anti-India separatists to protest the killings of two top rebels and a civilian shut down disputed Kashmir Wednesday while a teenage boy died a day after he ...
Aug 02, 2017
ASEAN wants talks on nonaggression pact with China soon
MANILA, Philippines - Southeast Asia’s top diplomats will seek talks “as soon as possible” on a proposed nonaggression pact with China aimed at preventing clashes in the South China ...
Aug 02, 2017
Bus driver's inattentiveness led to German crash, killing 18
BERLIN - Prosecutors in Germany say a bus driver’s inattentiveness led to a collision with a truck on a highway last month that killed 18 people. The bus carrying German seniors on vacation to I...
Aug 02, 2017
US test-launches unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - The U.S. Air Force successfully launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from California, the fourth such test this year. The 30th Space Wing says the...
Aug 02, 2017
German prosecutors: ex-Auschwitz guard, 96, fit for prison
BERLIN - A 96-year-old former Auschwitz death camp guard who was convicted as an accessory to murder is fit to go to prison, German prosecutors said Wednesday. His lawyer said he will contest their de...
Aug 02, 2017
Malaysia seizes ivory, pangolin scales from Africa
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian authorities said Wednesday that they seized 23 pieces of elephant tusks and 301 kilograms (664 pounds) of pangolin scales believed to have been smuggled from Africa ...
Aug 02, 2017