Category Archives: World

PHILLIPS, Wis. - In a story July 3 about a plane crash in northern Wisconsin that killed six people, The Associated Press erroneously reported an expert’s listing of factors that can contribute ...

ROME - Paolo Villaggio, a comic actor whose invented workplace characters interpreted Italians’ foibles, died Monday in Rome at 84. His children said Villaggio had been debilitated by complicati...

LONDON - A British teenager was sentenced Monday to at least 16 1/2 years in prison for plotting a bombing whose potential targets included an Elton John concert on the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 1...

WASHINGTON - U.S. factories expanded at a robust pace in June, a likely sign of strength for the U.S. economy as new orders, production and employment each improved. The Institute for Supply Managemen...

WASHINGTON - U.S. construction spending was flat in May with homebuilding falling again, even as buyers face climbing prices and a shortage of available properties on the market. The Commerce Departme...

LOS ANGELES - A SpaceX Dragon capsule that brought supplies to the International Space Station has splashed down as planned in the Pacific Ocean. SpaceX announced on Twitter that the Dragon hit the wa...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran on Monday signed a $5 billion agreement with France’s Total SA and a Chinese oil company to develop its massive offshore natural gas field, the first such deal with foreign c...

ROME - Doctors and nurses at the Vatican’s showcase pediatric hospital were angry: Corners were being cut. Safety protocols were being ignored. And sick children were suffering. The Vatican̵...

NEW YORK - Making bombastic boasts. Dropping signature catch phrases. Attaching insults to rivals’ names. Shouting down perceived enemies. If President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on tel...

BERLIN - A bus carrying German seniors on holiday slammed into the back of a truck that had slowed for a traffic jam and burst into flame Monday, killing 18 people on a major highway in Bavaria, autho...