Category Archives: World
That stinks! Man seeking dropped phone falls in trash chute
WASHINGTON - A man looking for a dropped cellphone ended up in a stinky situation, tumbling into a building’s trash chute where he had to be rescued. Washington, D.C., Fire Spokesman Vito Maggio...
Jul 23, 2017
'Star Wars' fan clubs honour Carrie Fisher at Comic-Con
SAN DIEGO - Four “Star Wars” costuming clubs held a tribute to their favourite fallen princess at Comic-Con. The fan groups celebrated the life and work of Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia a...
Jul 23, 2017
Victory for 'Dunkirk' and 'Girls Trip' at the box office
LOS ANGELES - It’s victory for “Dunkirk” and “Girls Trip” at the box office this weekend. Both original and well-reviewed films smashed expectations and enticed diverse a...
Jul 23, 2017
Crews stop spread of huge California wildfire near Yosemite
LOS ANGELES - Crews contending with triple-digit temperatures slowed the spread of an aggressive wildfire that destroyed dozens of homes in a rural area of California near Yosemite National Park, offi...
Jul 23, 2017
Russian ambassador to US concludes assignment
WASHINGTON - Russian ambassador to the United States Sergei Kislyak - a high-profile figure in the controversy over Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election- has concluded his assignment in ...
Jul 23, 2017
Baby Charlie protesters rally as hospital reports threats
LONDON - Protesters who want critically ill British baby Charlie Gard to receive an experimental medical treatment rallied Sunday, while hospital officials say emotions are running so high in the hear...
Jul 23, 2017
Turkish leader wades into Qatar dispute with Gulf tour
KUWAIT CITY - Turkey’s president waded into the diplomatic crisis gripping Qatar and four other Arab nations on Sunday, travelling to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait as part of a three-country Gulf tour...
Jul 23, 2017
BBC women want wide gender pay gap fixed now, not in 3 years
LONDON - Some of the BBC’s most prominent female journalists and TV presenters are banding together to demand that the broadcaster fix its wide gender pay gap immediately rather than in several ...
Jul 23, 2017
No butts about it: tiger and goat cohabitate
MOSCOW - A neglectful mother whose partner’s unusual lifestyle became a sensation has taken over her mate’s home with an odd companion of her own. This isn’t lurid reality TV. ItR...
Jul 23, 2017
Immigrants wept, pleaded for water and pounded on the truck
SAN ANTONIO - The tractor-trailer was pitch-black inside, crammed with maybe 90 immigrants or more, and already hot when it left the Texas border town of Laredo for the 150-mile trip north to San Anto...
Jul 23, 2017
