Category Archives: World

NEW YORK - CBS’ effort to brand itself as the home of hard-edged newscasts has been a success in the morning, not so much in the evening - and “CBS Evening News” anchor Scott Pelley ...

BEIRUT - Lebanese authorities banned the new “Wonder Woman” movie Wednesday hours before it was due to premiere in the capital and following a campaign against its lead actress, Gal Gadot,...

NICOSIA, Cyprus - United Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will meet the rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus at U.N. headquarters in New York amid faltering reunification talks, officials said...

WASHINGTON - The economy kept growing in April through late May, with more regions citing worker shortages across a widening range of occupations, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday. In its latest...

NEW YORK - A guitar that Jerry Garcia played everywhere from San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom to Egypt’s Great Pyramids is headed to auction on Wednesday night. The Grateful Dead frontm...

MACON, Ga. - A funeral for rock star Gregg Allman will be held Saturday in Macon, Georgia, where The Allman Brothers Band first won fame. Local news media report that a private memorial is scheduled f...

CAMDEN, N.J. - A mistrial was declared Wednesday in the case of a New Jersey man accused of killing his 3-year-old son, as jurors told a judge they couldn’t reach a verdict after five days of de...

BRUSSELS - The European Commission president on Wednesday said that it was the “duty of Europe” to stand up to the U.S. if President Donald Trump decides to pull his country out of the Par...

WASHINGTON - Americans retreated from signing contracts to buy homes in April for the second straight month, a possible sign that a declining number of homes on the market are stifling sales during th...

ROME - Riccardo Chailly celebrates 40 years at La Scala next season, which he will open by conducting the Italian opera “Andrea Chenier” starring soprano Anna Netrebko. Chailly says that o...