Category Archives: World
Space capsule with 3 astronauts blasts off to orbiting lab
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A Soyuz space capsule successfully blasted off for the International Space Station on Friday, carrying an American astronaut, a Russian cosmonaut and an Italian astronaut. NASA&...
Jul 28, 2017
North Korea says 2nd ICBM test puts 'entire' US in range
PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Saturday the second flight test of an intercontinental ballistic missile demonstrated his country can hit...
Jul 28, 2017
NewsAlert: Japan says North Korea has fired what appears to be a missile, could land in waters off Japan
TOKYO - Japan says North Korea has fired what appears to be a missile, could land in waters off Japan. More coming. The Associated Press
Jul 28, 2017
Teens bond over shared history of suffering from terrorism
WATERVILLE, Maine - Diana Macharia never knew Sri Lanka was an island shaped like a teardrop when she was growing up in Kenya. Now, after meeting fellow victims of terror from the tiny Asian country, ...
Jul 28, 2017
Dull, Boring and Bland communities forge international bond
LONDON - Dull and Boring, meet Bland. Dull, Scotland and Boring, Oregon, two small communities united by unexciting names, have joined forces with a third: Bland Shire, Australia. Dull and Boring beca...
Jul 28, 2017
Texas executes man for killing woman in 2004 after break-in
HUNTSVILLE, Texas - A Texas prisoner was executed Thursday evening for killing a San Antonio woman after breaking into her apartment more than 13 years ago. TaiChin Preyor, 46, was put to death after ...
Jul 28, 2017
In Zimbabwe, Mugabe's wife positions as possible successor
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s wife once said the 93-year-old leader should run “as a corpse” in the 2018 elections if he dies before the vote. Now political...
Jul 28, 2017
South Korean leader adopts dog saved from possible slaughter
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea’s president has kept a campaign promise by adopting a shelter dog rescued from possible slaughter in a country where eating dogs is still popular. The 4-y...
Jul 28, 2017
1 dead, 6 injured after knife attack at German supermarket
BERLIN - A man armed with a kitchen knife fatally stabbed one person at a supermarket Friday in the northern German city of Hamburg and six others were injured as he fled, police said. He was overpowe...
Jul 28, 2017
AP Explains: What is Venezuela's constituent assembly?
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has provoked international criticism and enraged his political opponents by pushing for a special assembly to rewrite the troubled South American nation’s con...
Jul 28, 2017
