Category Archives: World
AP Interview: China to lead in organ transplants by 2020
BEIJING - China is on track to lead the world in organ transplant surgeries by 2020 following its abandonment of the much-criticized practice of using organs from executed prisoners, the architect of ...
Jul 26, 2017
The Arctic is unforgiving; riding in this icebreaker isn't
While it may be frigid and wet on deck, the crew of a modern icebreaker can expect creature comforts inside the ship, even saunas. Cabins on board the MSV Nordica are small but functional, with a desk...
Jul 26, 2017
Rights groups ask Duterte to retract threat to bomb schools
MANILA, Philippines - Human rights groups asked the Philippine president on Wednesday to retract a threat of airstrikes against tribal schools he accused of teaching students to become communist rebel...
Jul 26, 2017
Burundi's exiles call world's attention to deadly crisis
KIGALI, Rwanda - Burundi-born Eric Ndayisenga and his friends in exile religiously listen to a radio station that urges liberation from the deadly political violence back home. One day the report brou...
Jul 26, 2017
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's tweets about Clinton, Sessions, FBI
WASHINGTON - In invoking Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server, and complaining that his own attorney general is not holding her accountable, President Donald Trump rehashed concerns t...
Jul 26, 2017
Center called 'powerful first step' as Ferguson still mends
FERGUSON, Mo. - The National Urban League president helped christen a new job training and education centre in Ferguson on Wednesday, calling the site a “powerful first step” in helping th...
Jul 26, 2017
US Muslims see friendly neighbours, but a foe in White House
NEW YORK - U.S. Muslims say they have experienced widespread suspicion about their faith in the first months of Donald Trump’s presidency, but also have received more support from individual Ame...
Jul 26, 2017
'Pharma Bro' won't stop talking, except to jury in trial
NEW YORK - “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli has kept up his trademark trolling on social media during his securities fraud trial - calling the case “bogus” - but the jury won’...
Jul 26, 2017
Child killer put to death in first Ohio execution in 3 years
LUCASVILLE, Ohio - A child killer was put to death with no apparent complications Wednesday in Ohio’s first execution since a problem-plagued one 3 1/2 years ago triggered an uproar over the rel...
Jul 26, 2017
New York eyes textalyzer to bust drivers using cellphones
ALBANY, N.Y. - Police in New York state may soon have a high-tech way of catching texting drivers: a device known as a textalyzer that allows an officer to quickly check if a cellphone has been in use...
Jul 26, 2017
