Category Archives: World
UK Parliament opening date set, suggesting Tory deal reached
LONDON - The leader of Britain’s House of Commons says the state opening of Parliament will take place on June 21. The announcement by Andrea Leadsom suggests that Prime Minister Theresa May and...
Jun 15, 2017
Power outage hits Brussels airport, causing delays
BRUSSELS - A power outage has hit Brussels airport that is causing chaos during the morning rush hour and is set to delay planes throughout the day. Florence Muls of Brussels airport says the outage h...
Jun 15, 2017
Putin sarcastically offers Comey political asylum in Russia
MOSCOW - Wading into the furor surrounding the investigations of the Trump White House, President Vladimir Putin used a national call-in show Thursday to disparage what he called U.S. “political...
Jun 15, 2017
Scalise doctor hopes for 'excellent recovery' despite risk
WASHINGTON - Congressman Steve Scalise can hope to make an “excellent recovery,” his trauma surgeon said Friday, even though the lawmaker arrived at the hospital Wednesday at imminent risk...
Jun 15, 2017
Man who shot congressman was living in van, called a loner
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The gunman who wounded a top Republican congressman and several others during an early morning baseball practice had apparently been living out of a white cargo van for months and wa...
Jun 15, 2017
No problem on ship at after threat claim at Charleston port
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. - A person who raised alarms about a possible “dirty bomb” on a container ship approaching the port of Charleston in South Carolina was being questioned Thursday after...
Jun 15, 2017
Deadlocked jury in Cosby trial wraps up for the night
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Four days after getting the case, deadlocked jurors in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial struggled to end their impasse Thursday on charges he drugged and molested a woman in 2...
Jun 15, 2017
Rodman's gives Kim the gift of Trump: "The Art of the Deal"
PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of - Dennis Rodman has delivered a message from President Donald Trump to North Korea - sort of. On Thursday, the former NBA player gave the countr...
Jun 15, 2017
Boaters say group stole pigs off California Delta island
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Several pigs that were left four years ago on a small island within the California Delta have become the centre of residents’ debate after an animal-rights group took them o...
Jun 14, 2017
Sony will only release clean edits with directors' approval
LOS ANGELES - Sony is revising its plan to make sanitized versions of R and PG-13 rated movies available for home viewing after directors like Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen publicly expressed their disap...
Jun 14, 2017