Category Archives: World
Agents arrest man at airport after meth found in underwear
LOS ANGELES - Federal agents have arrested a man in Los Angeles for allegedly trying to smuggle nearly four pounds of crystal methamphetamine in his underwear. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says ...
Jun 15, 2017
Britain-EU Brexit talks to start Monday as planned
LONDON - The British government says that the talks to leave the European Union will start Monday, as planned. David Davis, who leads the Department for Exiting the European Union, says in a joint sta...
Jun 15, 2017
Pennsylvania family rebuilding after skunk spray ruins home
LATROBE, Pa. - A Pennsylvania family is slowly rebuilding their life and their home seven months after a skunk sneaked into their home and ruined it. Latrobe resident Scott Gray tells WPXI-TV (http://...
Jun 15, 2017
French girl mistakenly abandoned at German school on holiday
BERLIN - In a cross-border cultural mix-up, authorities say a little French girl was found alone, crying in the playground of her school in Germany after her parents forgot it was a holiday in the nei...
Jun 15, 2017
Doctors say US student freed by North Korea has brain damage
WYOMING, Ohio - An American college student who emerged from prison in North Korea in a coma has severe brain damage, but doctors don’t know what caused it, a medical team treating him in Ohio s...
Jun 15, 2017
Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito starts 5-day visit to Denmark
COPENHAGEN - Japan’s future sovereign, Crown Prince Naruhito, has started a five-day visit to Denmark after the Japanese parliament last week passed a law allowing his father, Emperor Akihito, t...
Jun 15, 2017
Swimming robot to probe damage at Japan nuclear plant
YOKOSUKA, Japan - A Japanese industrial group unveiled Thursday a robot designed for underwater probes of damage from meltdowns at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant after the March 2011 earthquake ...
Jun 15, 2017
Georgia official discounts threat of exposed voter records
ATLANTA - After a researcher notified officials of a major security lapse at the centre managing Georgia’s election technology, leading computer scientists urged the state’s top elections ...
Jun 15, 2017
Trump attends Gorsuch's Supreme Court ceremony
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump paid a brief visit Thursday to the Supreme Court, where he had a front-row seat but no formal role in a courtroom ceremony honouring his high court pick and the new...
Jun 15, 2017
Gov't report: Health care deductibles higher under GOP bill
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump promised to make health care more affordable but a government report finds that out-of-pocket costs - deductibles and copayments - would average 61 per cent higher ...
Jun 15, 2017