Category Archives: World
8 injured after man drives into LA motel swimming pool
LOS ANGELES - Eight people were injured Sunday night after an SUV crashed into a motel swimming pool, Los Angeles police said. The driver lost control of his vehicle about 7:30 p.m. in front of the Va...
Jun 26, 2017
Toll from oil tanker fire in Pakistan climbs to 157
MULTAN, Pakistan - Pakistan’s prime minister cut short a trip abroad to rush to the side of victims of a massive fuel tanker fire as authorities on Monday raised the death toll to 157. The truck...
Jun 26, 2017
Melania Trump takes to Washington in her own understated way
WASHINGTON - Two weeks into her new life as a full-time Washingtonian, Melania Trump is staying true to her reputation as more homebody than social butterfly. Not that she hasn’t been busy fulfi...
Jun 26, 2017
Supreme Court last day notable for what was and wasn't said
WASHINGTON - The last day of the Supreme Court’s term was notable not only for what was announced but also for what wasn’t. There had been speculation that Supreme Court Justice Anthony Ke...
Jun 26, 2017
Mongolia's presidential election tightens, runoff likely
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia - Mongolia’s presidential election appeared headed for a runoff with the latest vote count early Tuesday showing a business tycoon leading the ruling party’s candidat...
Jun 26, 2017
Armed Services panel chairman seeks $696 billion DOD budget
WASHINGTON - Declaring the U.S. military in dire need of rebuilding, an influential House committee chairman pressed his case Monday for $696 billion defence budget in 2018 - more military spending th...
Jun 26, 2017
Coal on the rise in China, US, India after major 2016 drop
BEIJING - The world’s biggest coal users - China, the United States and India - have boosted coal mining in 2017, in an abrupt departure from last year’s record global decline for the heav...
Jun 26, 2017
China landslide site evacuated over concerns of 2nd slide
BEIJING - Rescue crews were ordered on Monday to evacuate the site of a deadly landslide in southwestern China over concerns of a second landslide, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. The order ...
Jun 26, 2017
Trump eager for big meeting with Putin; some advisers wary
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is eager to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin with full diplomatic bells and whistles when the two are in Germany for a multinational summit next month. But the...
Jun 26, 2017
Albania's governing Socialists far ahead in early vote count
TIRANA, Albania - Albania’s left-wing Socialist Party appeared headed for a new governing mandate based on preliminary election results Monday from an election seen as crucial to the countryR...
Jun 26, 2017