Category Archives: World
MTV Awards salute 'Beauty and the Beast,' 'Stranger Things'
LOS ANGELES - Film hit “Beauty and the Beast” and Netflix newcomer “Stranger Things” were the night’s big winners with two trophies apiece as MTV partied with its Movie &...
May 8, 2017
Plan to help save southern New England lobsters up for vote
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. - A plan to try to stem the decline of the southern New England lobster population is coming up for a vote in front of an interstate regulatory board. The population of lobsters off...
May 8, 2017
New Hamas chief tours native Gaza, highlights power shift
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - The newly elected leader of Hamas paid tribute in Gaza on Monday to Palestinian prisoners being held in Israel, his first appearance in the new role and a sign of the gro...
May 8, 2017
Nicki Minaj pays college costs for Twitter fans
Nicki Minaj is putting some fans on scholarship. After a fan asked the hip-hop star if she would pay his college tuition on Twitter on Saturday night, Minaj agreed to pay fans’ school costs - on...
May 8, 2017
Nigeria identifies 82 freed Chibok girls; parents await word
ABUJA, Nigeria - Nigerian newspapers published the names Monday of 82 Chibok schoolgirls set free three years after being kidnapped by Islamic extremists, but they remained behind closed doors and the...
May 8, 2017
UN climate talks begin amid uncertainty over US position
BONN, Germany - Despite uncertainties about whether the United States will remain committed to the Paris climate accord under President Donald Trump, envoys convened talks Monday in Germany on impleme...
May 8, 2017
MTV Awards salute 'Beauty and the Beast,' 'Stranger Things'
LOS ANGELES - Film hit “Beauty and the Beast” and Netflix newcomer “Stranger Things” were the night’s big winners with two trophies apiece as MTV partied with its Movie &...
May 8, 2017
Gas leak in coal mine in central China kills 18 miners
BEIJING - A gas leak in a coal mine in central China has killed 18 people, local authorities said Monday. The leak happened on Sunday morning when miners were working in the shaft of the mine in Youxi...
May 8, 2017
Plan to help save southern New England lobsters up for vote
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. - A plan to try to stem the decline of the southern New England lobster population is coming up for a vote in front of an interstate regulatory board. The population of lobsters off...
May 8, 2017
Hassan, Shaheen say GOP health bill hurts drug fight
CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire’s Democratic U.S. senators are warning the health care overhaul passed by the U.S. House will weaken the fight against the opioid crisis. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and M...
May 8, 2017