Category Archives: World

WARSAW, Poland - Polish investigators questioned Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, for more than eight hours Thursday as a witness in an investigation into the 2010 plane crash that kill...

TOKYO - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reshuffled his Cabinet on Thursday, seeking to repair his tattered approval ratings by installing well-known moderates in key roles. Abe said he would focus on bread-...

LONDON - The Bank of England cut its growth forecast for Britain on Thursday, saying it expects a “sluggish” economy as household incomes are squeezed by a rise in inflation that followed ...

JOHANNESBURG - Al-Qaida’s North Africa branch has freed a South African man who was held hostage for six years in Mali and he is now home, South Africa’s government announced Thursday, den...

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - The Prague Zoo says five cheetah cubs that were recently born in the park are doing well. The zoo said Thursday the quintuplets - three male and two female - have survived the...

NASHVILLE - The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is opening an exhibit on the life and career of Hall of Famer Loretta Lynn in Nashville. “Loretta Lynn: Blue Kentucky Girl” opens Aug....

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - As the host of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s annual grants dinner, Chelsea Handler said she relished the chance to leave political talk aside for an evening o...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - A roundup of news from the Television Critics Association summer meeting, at which TV networks and streaming services are presenting details on upcoming programs. ___ A ‘...

PHILADELPHIA - Filmmakers have joined the national conversation about race, policing and social protest, and will gather this week in Philadelphia to showcase stories of global struggle at the sixth a...

PORTLAND, Ore. - People in the Pacific Northwest were enduring another scorching day Thursday as temperatures hit triple digits in Portland and other cities. The heat affected everything from transit ...