Category Archives: World
Jailbreak: Inmates used peanut butter to fool guard
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A dozen inmates escaped from an Alabama jail by using peanut butter to change the numbers above a door and trick a new employee into opening another door that led outside, a sheriff...
Jul 31, 2017
Authorities capture alligator roaming around upstate NY town
WHITNEY POINT, N.Y. - Authorities in upstate New York have captured an alligator that got loose. According to Animal Adventure Park, New York state Department of Environmental Conservation crews captu...
Jul 31, 2017
Award-winning French actress Jeanne Moreau dies at 89
PARIS - French actress Jeanne Moreau, the smoky-voiced femme fatale of the French New Wave who starred in Francois Truffaut’s love triangle film “Jules and Jim” and worked with many ...
Jul 31, 2017
Russia urges US to fix ties as it cuts US diplomatic staff
MOSCOW - Amid a major diplomatic retaliation unseen since the Cold War era, Russia urged the United States on Monday to show the “political will” to repair ties. President Vladimir Putin&#...
Jul 31, 2017
Sunrise police fund free BBQs with recovered drug money
SUNRISE, Fla. - A South Florida police department is using money recovered in drug stings in a savory way: they’re hosting free public barbecues. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports that poli...
Jul 31, 2017
Uganda says al-Shabab kills 12 soldiers in Somalia ambush
KAMPALA, Uganda - Twelve Ugandan soldiers were killed and seven others injured in an ambush by al-Shabab Islamic extremists in southern Somalia on Sunday, Uganda’s military said Monday. The troo...
Jul 31, 2017
Inflation remains weak in eurozone despite stronger growth
BRUSSELS - Inflation in the 19-country eurozone was at an annual rate of 1.3 per cent in July, a below-target figure that’s likely to make the European Central Bank cautious about phasing out it...
Jul 31, 2017
Qatar takes fight with boycotting Arab bloc to trade body
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Qatar has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization against three of the four Arab countries that are isolating it, opening up a possible new path for negotiati...
Jul 31, 2017
Study finds aardvarks suffering as African climate heats up
JOHANNESBURG - Little is known about Africa’s elusive aardvarks, but new research says they are vulnerable to climate change like many other species. Hotter temperatures are taking their toll on...
Jul 31, 2017
Venezuelan leader defiant as US imposes sanctions on him
CARACAS, Venezuela - President Nicolas Maduro claimed a popular mandate Monday to dramatically recast Venezuela’s political system, dismissing U.S. sanctions imposed on him and condemnations by ...
Jul 31, 2017
