Category Archives: World
Comedian Jerry Lewis hospitalized for infection
LAS VEGAS - A publicist for Jerry Lewis says the comedian is recovering after being treated at a Las Vegas hospital for a urinary tract infection. The 91-year-old comedian and actor was taken to the h...
Jun 05, 2017
NewsAlert: Police name 2 of the London Bridge attack suspects as Khuram Shazad Butt and Rachid Redouane
LONDON - Police name 2 of the London Bridge attack suspects as Khuram Shazad Butt and Rachid Redouane. More coming. The Associated Press
Jun 05, 2017
The Latest: Apple's HomePod speaker coming this year
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The Latest on Apple’s annual conference in California (all times local): 12:35 p.m. Apple is transplanting its digital assistant Siri into an internet-connected speaker that w...
Jun 05, 2017
Amid tear gas, Venezuela violinist symbolizes hope for peace
CARACAS, Venezuela - Playing amid clouds of tear gas and flurries of rubber bullets, a young violinist bedecked in the bright colours of Venezuela’s flag serenades anti-government protesters and...
Jun 05, 2017
US services firms expanded at solid but slower pace in May
WASHINGTON - U.S. services companies expanded at a slightly slower pace in May compared with the previous month, a sign that modest economic growth is likely to continue. The Institute for Supply Mana...
Jun 05, 2017
50 years on, Israel keeps tight grip on Palestinian economy
SALFIT, Palestinian Territory - Fuad Maraita’s alarm goes off at 3:30 a.m. His hometown of Salfit, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, still lies in darkness. He drinks a cup of strong Arabic cof...
Jun 05, 2017
South Sudan's war leaves disabled, elderly at special risk
BENTIU, South Sudan - More than 1 million disabled people are vulnerable to the increasing violence of South Sudan’s brutal civil war. Mary Nyakwas lost her leg to a crocodile while fleeing the ...
Jun 05, 2017
Timeline: How events unfolded in London's latest attack
LONDON - Britain suffered its third major extremist attack in three months on Saturday night when three men using a van and knives killed seven people in a busy area of London. This is how the attack ...
Jun 05, 2017
'Oi, terrorists, cowards!' Fighting back in London's chaos
LONDON - For eight agonizing minutes, the orders came from all directions, frantic and contradictory. Crowds scattered, sometimes directly into the path of the men trying to kill them. Police cars scr...
Jun 05, 2017
London attack victims include Canadian woman, French citizen
LONDON - The London vehicle and knife attack left seven dead and dozens wounded. Only one of the dead has been identified so far, a Canadian woman who moved to Europe to be with her fiance. An unident...
Jun 05, 2017