Category Archives: World
Populist business tycoon inaugurated as Mongolia's president
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia - A populist business tycoon and ex-judo star has been inaugurated as Mongolia’s new president, pledging greater benefits for the county’s 3 million people from their...
Jul 10, 2017
Ukraine says it will focus on reforms, not NATO membership
MOSCOW - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says his country will focus on reforms and will not seek NATO membership for the time being. Poroshenko was elected in 2014 after a pro-Western government...
Jul 10, 2017
UK court sets new hearing in case of terminally ill baby
LONDON - A British court on Monday gave the parents of 11-month-old Charlie Gard a chance to present fresh evidence that their terminally ill son should receive experimental treatment. The decision ca...
Jul 10, 2017
UK's struggling May urges opponents to support government
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May is urging the opposition to help shore up her minority government as it leads the U.K. out of the European Union. The appeal comes nearly a year after May t...
Jul 10, 2017
Bomb kills police chief, 2 others in southwest Pakistan town
CHAMAN, Pakistan - A suicide bomber riding on a motorcycle struck a vehicle carrying a police chief in the southwestern Pakistani town of Chaman near the Afghan border on Monday, killing the officer, ...
Jul 10, 2017
Hospital: Ailing China Nobel laureate in critical condition
BEIJING - Chinese doctors were working to treat critically ill Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, as the government hardened its position against growing pleas to allow China’s best-known po...
Jul 10, 2017
1st day of Penn Station repairs: crowds, delays, mostly OK
NEW YORK - For hundreds of thousands of commuters heading into New York on Monday, the first day of disruptions due to extensive repair work at Penn Station, brought some confusion, some overcrowding ...
Jul 10, 2017
Afghan students denied US visa to attend robot competition
KABUL - Six female students from war-torn Afghanistan who had hoped to participate in an international robotics competition in the U.S. this month will have to watch via video link after their visa ap...
Jul 10, 2017
Afghanistan combat vet charged with killing wife, trooper
A New York state police trooper responding to reports of gunfire was shot to death by a soldier who had just killed his wife at their home near his Army base, authorities said Monday. Trooper Joel Dav...
Jul 10, 2017
Austria denies Turkish minister's visit, Ankara critical
VIENNA - Burdening already strained bilateral relations, Austria on Monday denied a Turkish government minister’s request to enter the country to mark the anniversary of the failed presidential ...
Jul 10, 2017
