Category Archives: World
South Koreans watch vote count with Game of Thrones, hip hop
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Koreans don’t need to be bored by hours of vote-counting and punditry that fill airtime ahead of the announcement of a winner in the country’s presidentia...
May 09, 2017
Wish you were here? V&A museum puts Pink Floyd on show
LONDON - The Victoria & Albert Museum’s new exhibition is a psychedelic time capsule of a show devoted to the band Pink Floyd, complete with floating pigs, surreal animations and trippy proj...
May 09, 2017
Kidnapping survivor Michelle Knight writing second book
NEW YORK - Michelle Knight, one of three survivors from being kidnapped and held for years in a Cleveland house, is writing a follow-up to her bestselling memoir about her ordeal. Weinstein Books told...
May 09, 2017
Avalanche kills 3 people in French Alps
PARIS - French officials say that three people have died in an avalanche that struck the ski resort of Bonneval-sur-Arc in the Alps. The Savoie prefecture said the avalanche struck around noon (1000 G...
May 09, 2017
Germany arrests second soldier in alleged far-right plot
BERLIN - German authorities arrested a second soldier Tuesday on allegations he was part of a far-right plot to assassinate prominent political figures and blame the attack on refugees in a case that ...
May 09, 2017
'I do:" Bride rolls down aisle in wheelchair, hospital gown
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A West Virginia couple had their hearts set on their wedding date and they weren’t going to let a trip to the emergency room get in the way. WSAZ-TV (http://bit.ly/2q0XOuV) r...
May 09, 2017
Scientists in South Africa reveal more on human-like species
JOHANNESBURG - A species belonging to the human family tree whose remnants were first discovered in a South African cave in 2013 lived several hundred thousand years ago, indicating that the creature ...
May 09, 2017
South African wildlife officials locate escaped lions
JOHANNESBURG - Officials in South Africa are rounding up five male lions that escaped from Kruger National Park, the country’s biggest wildlife reserve. The national parks service said on Twitte...
May 09, 2017
Pepe croaks: Cartoonist kills off frog turned hate symbol
The cartoonist who created Pepe the Frog has killed off the character in a rebuke to far-right extremists who transformed a benevolent internet meme into a racist, anti-Semitic symbol. A Pepe cartoon ...
May 09, 2017
Germany arrests 2 suspected Islamic extremists from Syria
BERLIN - German authorities arrested two Syrians suspected of fighting for extremist groups in their homeland, including one who allegedly administered a strategically important dam in eastern Syria f...
May 09, 2017