Category Archives: World
Disruptive passenger in Trump cap delays Shanghai flight
BEIJING - A disruptive passenger on a United Airlines flight from Shanghai to New Jersey was asked to get off the plane in a politically tinged altercation, resulting in an unscheduled stop in San Fra...
May 23, 2017
High court ruling may give voter rights groups a strong tool
RALEIGH, N.C. - The Supreme Court’s ruling that two North Carolina congressional districts relied too heavily on race should give voting-rights advocates a potent tool to fight other electoral m...
May 23, 2017
In Syria's devastated twin towns, tears mix with rubble
ZABADANI, Syria - Arriving with her husband and 10-year-old daughter to check on their home for the first time in five years, Adibeh Ghosn had trouble recognizing the neighbourhood. In disbelief, she ...
May 23, 2017
Only on AP: CEO pay climbed faster last year, up 8.5 per cent
NEW YORK - The typical CEO at the biggest U.S. companies got an 8.5 per cent raise last year, raking in $11.5 million in salary, stock and other compensation last year, according to a study by executi...
May 23, 2017
Stephen King calls Islamic State 'rogue cult' on Twitter
BANGOR, Maine - Horror author Stephen King says Islamic State is a “rogue cult” and that the group’s bombings will eventually lead to its undoing. King made the comments via his Twit...
May 23, 2017
Lawsuit: Mississippi fails to educate black children equally
JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi is denying good schools to African American students in violation of the federal law that enabled the state to rejoin the union after the Civil War, a legal group alleged ...
May 23, 2017
US new-home sales drop 11.4% in April, most in 2 years
WASHINGTON - U.S. sales of new homes last month registered the biggest drop in more than two years. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that new-home sales skidded 11.4 per cent in April to a seasona...
May 23, 2017
Polish couple among those killed in Manchester blast
LONDON - The names of the 22 victims killed by a suicide bomber at a Manchester concert on Monday night have not been officially released, but here what’s known about them so far: ___ A Polish c...
May 23, 2017
11 people seated on Cosby jury; defence sees race bias
PITTSBURGH - Bill Cosby’s lawyers accused Pennsylvania prosecutors of trying to systematically keep blacks off the jury Tuesday after prosecutors used their strikes to send two black women home....
May 23, 2017
Cannes festival holds moment of silence for Manchester
CANNES, France - The Cannes Film Festival paused Tuesday for a moment of silence to honour the victims of the attack at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England. Thierry Fremaux, director of t...
May 23, 2017