Category Archives: World
Government: Judge postpones trial of Chinese billionaire
NEW YORK - The trial of a Chinese billionaire charged in a United Nations bribery case will not begin Tuesday after all, prosecutors said Sunday. U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick agreed to the ...
May 28, 2017
Cannes Palme d'Or goes to Ruben Ostlund's "The Square"
CANNES, France - The Cannes Film Festival awarded its coveted Palme d’Or award to Ruben Ostlund’s Swedish comedy “The Square” on Sunday, while Sofia Coppola became only the sec...
May 28, 2017
NKorean missile launch may be testing rivals, not technology
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea’s latest missile test Monday may have less to do with perfecting its weapons technology than with showing U.S. and South Korean forces in the region that ...
May 28, 2017
Sato holds off Helio to give Andretti another Indy 500 win
INDIANAPOLIS - At the end of 500 miles around Indianapolis Motor Speedway, it was a former Formula One driver who took the checkered flag. He even drove for Andretti Autosport. It just wasn’t Fe...
May 28, 2017
US official mulling greatly expanded airplane laptop ban
WASHINGTON - Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said Sunday he’s considering banning laptops from the passenger cabins of all international flights to and from the United States. That would ...
May 28, 2017
Correction: Mississippi Shooting story
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. - In a story May 29 about a series of shootings in Mississippi, The Associated Press reported erroneously, based on incorrect information from authorities, the middle name of the man...
May 28, 2017
Adieu, Angie! No. 1 Kerber out of French Open in 1st round
PARIS - A French Open already missing Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova is now without No. 1-ranked Angelique Kerber, too, lending even more of a feeling that the women’s championship is anyon...
May 28, 2017
German biker loses bag of cash, raining bills over Autobahn
BERLIN - German police say a businessman on a motorcycle lost a plastic bag stuffed with his day’s earnings while driving along a southern highway, sending a shower of cash across the Bavarian A...
May 28, 2017
More arrests in Manchester attack; UK remains on high alert
LONDON - British police made two more arrests and stormed three more locations Sunday as they hunted for suspects in the Manchester bombing, while a government minister said members of attacker Salman...
May 28, 2017
Frenchman and 3 Congolese hostages are released in Congo
KINSHASA, Congo - A French man and three Congolese men have been released after being kidnapped in March from a Canadian mining company in eastern Congo in March, Congo’s government said Sunday....
May 28, 2017