Category Archives: World
It's a girl: Japan zoo's star panda baby gets a checkup
TOKYO - The baby panda who has become an overnight celebrity in Japan is a girl. Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo said Friday the panda, born June 12, was ruled a female by examining experts. It’s difficu...
Jun 23, 2017
A timeline of events in the Brendan Dassey case
MILWAUKEE - A federal appeals panel affirmed a lower court’s ruling that Brendan Dassey’s confession was improperly obtained in a Wisconsin killing that was the focus of the Netflix series...
Jun 23, 2017
Rolling sequoia: Idaho tree tied to John Muir set for move
BOISE, Idaho - Not very often does a 10-story-tall, 800,000-pound (362,877-kilogram) landmark change locations. Especially one that’s alive. But workers in Idaho will attempt just that starting ...
Jun 23, 2017
Cindy's remnants: Street flooding from South to the Midwest
NASHVILLE - Rain bands reeling away from Tropical Depression Cindy spread drenching rains from the Southeast to the Midwest, triggering flash flood warnings over several states including West Virginia...
Jun 23, 2017
North Korea says it's 'biggest victim' in US student's death
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea on Friday called itself the “biggest victim” in the death of an American student who was detained for more than a year and died days after being rel...
Jun 23, 2017
Huge, homely mastiff named Martha wins world's ugliest dog
PETALUMA, Calif. - Martha is big, ugly, lazy and gassy. And a world champion. In a competition annually dominated by the old, the tiny, and the hairless, the 3-year-old, 125-pound Neapolitan Mastiff u...
Jun 23, 2017
China tightens online video controls, jolting investors
BEIJING - Three popular Chinese internet services have been ordered to stop streaming video after censors complained it contained improper comments on sensitive issues. The move prompted a sell-off in...
Jun 22, 2017
Taliban leader: Afghan war will end only when NATO leaves
KABUL - The leader of the Afghan Taliban said on Friday that a planned U.S. troop surge will not end the protracted war in the country and vowed to fight on until a full withdrawal of NATO troops from...
Jun 22, 2017
List of demands on Qatar by Saudi Arabia, other Arab nations
Acting as a mediator, Kuwait has presented Qatar a long-awaited list of demands from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, four Arab nations that cut ties with Qatar in early June...
Jun 22, 2017
Friend of ousted S. Korean president gets 3 years in prison
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A South Korean court on Friday sentenced a longtime friend of ousted President Park Geun-hye to three years in prison for using her presidential ties to unlawfully get her ...
Jun 22, 2017