Category Archives: World
Huge cyberattack ebbs as investigators work to find culprits
NEW YORK - The global cyberattack that took computer files hostage appeared to slow on Monday as authorities worked to catch the extortionists behind it - a difficult task that involves searching for ...
May 15, 2017
New York manufacturing shrank in May as new orders fall
WASHINGTON - Manufacturing in New York state shrank for the first time in seven months in May, as new orders fell and shipments grew more slowly. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Monday that ...
May 15, 2017
Zeman says he wished to 'liquidate' press; critics unamused
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - The Czech presidential office said President Milos Zeman’s latest shot at the media was a joke. Politicians and journalists just don’t seem to get it. Before meeti...
May 15, 2017
JFK home renovation castoffs are transformed into art
HYANNIS PORT, Mass. - What once were pieces of John F. Kennedy’s home are now pieces of art. Floorboards, window panes, shingles, electrical fixtures, faded wallpaper, rusted nails and even a me...
May 15, 2017
Ugandan troops face sexual abuse charges in central Africa
KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan soldiers in Central African Republic have sexually exploited or abused at least 13 women and girls since 2015, including at least one rape, Human Rights Watch said Monday. Th...
May 15, 2017
Man thanks iPhone's "Siri" for saving his life in explosion
WILMOT, N.H. - A New Hampshire man who was injured in a house explosion is thanking “Siri” for saving his life. Christopher Beaucher says he was checking on his mother’s vacant cotta...
May 15, 2017
Malaysia seizes 330 exotic tortoises from Madagascar
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian authorities said Monday that they have seized 330 exotic tortoises from Madagascar worth 1.2 million ringgit ($276,721), in the latest heist of illegal wildlife and ...
May 15, 2017
Comey's deep convictions, eloquence make him tough adversary
WASHINGTON - James Comey cut an unorthodox path as FBI director, time and again compelled by what he described as strongly held convictions to speak with unusual candour and eloquence about the bureau...
May 15, 2017
Trump, GOP control FBI chief pick despite Democrats' calls
WASHINGTON - While Democrats may trot out any number of demands or manoeuvrs to influence the selection of the next director of the FBI, here’s a reality check: Republican President Donald Trump...
May 15, 2017
German neo-Nazi who fled to avoid prison arrested in Hungary
BERLIN - A notorious German neo-Nazi was arrested Monday in Hungary, where he had been seeking asylum after fleeing to avoid serving a prison sentence for Holocaust denial and anti-Semitic incitement,...
May 15, 2017