Category Archives: World
Hospital: Chinese Nobel Peace laureate's health worsens
BEIJING - Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo’s health is further deteriorating as his liver function worsens and abdominal fluid accumulates, a friend and the hospital that is treatin...
Jul 06, 2017
Police investigate Indonesian president's son for blasphemy
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian police are investigating allegations of blasphemy and hate speech against the youngest son of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. Police plan to summon Kaesang ...
Jul 06, 2017
Germany shuts down darknet child porn site, makes arrests
BERLIN - German authorities say they have shut down an online child porn site that had more than 87,000 members and arrested the man suspected of running it. The Federal Criminal Police Office said Th...
Jul 06, 2017
Mother charged with killing 4 of her kids and their father
LOGANVILLE, Ga. - Four young children and their father were found slain in a home outside Atlanta early Thursday, and police say the mother - now charged with their deaths - was the one who called 911...
Jul 06, 2017
Finder of potential game-changing Earhart pix tells story
NEW YORK - The retired federal agent who discovered what he believes is the first photographic evidence of Amelia Earhart alive and well after crash-landing in the Pacific Ocean during her attempted r...
Jul 06, 2017
Former 'Hills' star Lauren Conrad welcomes baby boy
LOS ANGELES - Lauren Conrad is a new mom. The former MTV reality star writes on her website that Liam James Tell was born Wednesday, weighing in at 6 pounds, 14 ounces. Conrad shared pictures of an em...
Jul 06, 2017
Physicists find new particle with a double dose of charm
WASHINGTON - Scientists have found an extra charming new subatomic particle that they hope will help further explain a key force that binds matter together. Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in ...
Jul 06, 2017
At least 19 killed after bus flips on highway in south China
BEIJING - Chinese state media say a bus has flipped over while travelling on a highway in the southern province of Guangdong, killing at least 19 people. State broadcaster CCTV said the bus appeared t...
Jul 06, 2017
Malaysia, Indonesia Muslim groups call for Starbucks boycott
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Muslim groups in Malaysia and Indonesia have called for a boycott of Starbucks because of the coffee chain’s support for LGBT rights. Malaysian group Perkasa, which supports...
Jul 06, 2017
Philippine quake damages power plant, causes landslides
TACLOBAN, Philippines - A strong earthquake damaged a power plant, caused landslides and cracked buildings and roads in the central Philippines, injuring scores of people and cutting off outlying vill...
Jul 06, 2017
