Category Archives: World
Fresh questions for Sessions - and he'll answer in public
WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions, facing fresh questions about his Russian contacts during the election campaign and his role in the firing of James Comey, will be interrogated in a public ...
Jun 12, 2017
California winner of $447M Powerball can claim prize Monday
LOS ANGELES - The holder of the sole winning Powerball ticket worth $447.8 million can claim the prize as early as Monday morning, lottery officials said. The ticket matching all six numbers was sold ...
Jun 12, 2017
Opposition to Macron sweep may end up in French streets
PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron’s barely year-old party is set to upend politics as France knows it. But the rosy glow of a likely massive victory in next Sunday’s final round of French ...
Jun 12, 2017
Naval coalition steps up patrols around Yemen after attacks
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A multinational coalition of navies says it will step up patrols in waters around Yemen after several attacks there, including those launched by Somali pirates and others...
Jun 12, 2017
Preliminary result: Kosovo leaders of anti-Serb war win
PRISTINA, Kosovo - Nearly complete results in Kosovo’s national election are showing that a coalition of ethnic Albanian former leaders of a war of independence against Serbian troops in 1998-19...
Jun 12, 2017
Plane lands safely in Sydney with hole in engine casing
SYDNEY, Australia - A plane heading to Shanghai returned safely to Sydney after an in-flight problem left a gaping hole in an engine casing. China Eastern Airlines said the crew on Flight 736 noticed ...
Jun 12, 2017
State media: Iran kills 4 IS-linked gunmen
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s official IRNA news agency is reporting that police have killed four Islamic State group-linked gunmen in the country’s south. The Monday report quotes the chief of po...
Jun 12, 2017
May seeks to rally party lawmakers behind her leadership
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May sought Monday to rally lawmakers from her Conservative Party behind her leadership amid doubts over her ability to remain in power following last week’...
Jun 12, 2017
Thousands rally across Russia in new challenge to Kremlin
MOSCOW - Tens of thousands of protesters held anti-corruption rallies across Russia on Monday in a new show of defiance by an opposition that the Kremlin had once dismissed as ineffectual and marginal...
Jun 12, 2017
Elephant in Sri Lankan Buddhist procession kills monk
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - An elephant that was part of a Sri Lankan Buddhist procession attacked and killed a monk, police said Monday. Police spokesman Priyantha Jayakody said three elephants were walking...
Jun 12, 2017