Category Archives: World
See this? Doctors find 27 contact lenses in woman's eye
LONDON - Doctors intending to perform cataract surgery on a 67-year-old woman in Britain found something rather unexpected: 17 contact lenses mashed together in her right eye. In a case report publish...
Jul 17, 2017
Joe Biden memoir coming out Nov. 14
NEW YORK - Joe Biden’s memoir is coming out Nov. 14 and will be called “Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose.” Flatiron Books, which acquired the book in April, ann...
Jul 17, 2017
New York manufacturing activity slows sharply in July
WASHINGTON - Manufacturing in New York state grew for a second month in July but at a much slower pace, as new orders and shipments both slipped. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Monday that ...
Jul 17, 2017
British royals feted on visit to Poland with their children
WARSAW, Poland - The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended a reception in Poland on Monday where Prince William read out a letter from Queen Elizabeth II praising good bilateral ties, at the start of...
Jul 17, 2017
Aaron Carter explains DUI arrest, criticizes brother Nick
CORNELIA, Ga. - Aaron Carter feels his “celebrity was targeted” during his arrest on DUI and drug charges in Georgia over the weekend. The Habersham County Sheriff’s Office says the ...
Jul 17, 2017
EU to increase Syria sanctions, targeting 16 more officials
BRUSSELS - Britain says the European Union will sanction 16 Syrians it is convinced are involved in chemical weapons attacks against civilians there, targeting military and scientific officials. Briti...
Jul 17, 2017
UN reports rise in Afghan war deaths, blames insurgents
KABUL - Afghanistan’s protracted war killed a record number of civilians during the first six months of this year, according to a U.N. report released Monday, which blamed the majority of the de...
Jul 17, 2017
Terminally ill British man in right-to-die court fight
LONDON - A British man who is terminally ill with motor neuron disease asked the High Court in London on Monday to let him end his life. Noel Conway is challenging Britain’s ban on assisted suic...
Jul 17, 2017
Royal tradition: Counting the swans on the River Thames
LONDON - The annual count of swans belonging to Queen Elizabeth II has begun on the River Thames. The five-day event known as Swan Upping dates back to the 12th century and began as a ritual to ensure...
Jul 17, 2017
Pakistan bans tourists from Kashmir area after troops drown
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan has banned tourists from a valley in Pakistani-controlled part of Kashmir a day after it said four of its soldiers drowned after their vehicle was hit by Indian gunfi...
Jul 17, 2017
