Category Archives: World
Black Harvard students holding a graduation of their own
BOSTON - Black students at Harvard University are organizing a graduation ceremony of their own this year to recognize the achievements of black students and faculty members some say have been overloo...
May 17, 2017
Dubai firm dreams of harvesting icebergs for water
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A Dubai firm’s dream of towing icebergs from the Antarctic to the Arabian Peninsula could face some titanic obstacles. Where many see the crumbling polar ice caps a...
May 17, 2017
Puerto Rico militant leader emerges from 36 years in custody
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera emerged from house arrest Wednesday and was celebrated by supporters after decades in custody, freed in a case that made him a martyr...
May 17, 2017
US admiral: North Korea's actions 'recipe for disaster'
TOKYO - The top American military officer in the Pacific said Wednesday that North Korea’s recent military actions are “a recipe for a disaster” and warned against a sense of complac...
May 17, 2017
Clashes in Greece as thousands protest austerity
ATHENS, Greece - An anti-austerity rally in Greece’s capital turned violent Wednesday as a general strike halted flights, ferries and public transportation, and thousands joined protest marches ...
May 17, 2017
Georgia executes man who killed elderly neighbour in 1992
JACKSON, Ga. - Georgia on Wednesday carried out its first execution this year, putting to death a man convicted of killing his 73-year-old neighbour 25 years ago. J.W. Ledford’s time of death wa...
May 17, 2017
Intel spat adds to Israeli concerns about Trump visit
JERUSALEM - When Donald Trump was elected president, Israeli nationalists rejoiced that a reputed strong ally would be moving into the White House. But as Trump prepares to visit the region this weeke...
May 17, 2017
Voices of Iranians ahead of presidential election
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s presidential election is seen as a referendum on Hassan Rouhani’s outreach to Western nations and the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, which lifted crippling inte...
May 17, 2017
Ireland to get new leader as Enda Kenny steps down
DUBLIN - Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny announced Wednesday he is resigning as leader of the Fine Gael party, paving the way for his replacement as the country’s head of government. After meeti...
May 17, 2017
Daredevil Nik Wallenda's wife to dangle by her teeth over Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - The trapeze-artist wife of daredevil Nik Wallenda is planning her own stunt high above Niagara Falls. Five years after Nik Wallenda walked over the falls on a high wire, aerialis...
May 17, 2017