Category Archives: World
10 dead in Bangladesh garment factory explosion
DHAKA, Bangladesh - A boiler explosion at a garment factory in Bangladesh owned by export-oriented Multifabs Ltd. has killed 10 people and injured 50, officials said Tuesday. Local police chief Aminul...
Jul 04, 2017
Heavy rain in Southern China causes floods, killing 56
BEIJING - At least 56 people have been killed and another 22 reported missing as heavy rains continue to pummel southern China, flooding towns, cutting off power and halting traffic, China’s Min...
Jul 04, 2017
US-backed forces breach wall around IS-held Raqqa in Syria
BEIRUT - U.S.-backed forces in Syria have breached the wall around Raqqa’s Old City, the U.S. military said on Tuesday, marking a major advance in the weeks-old battle to drive Islamic State mil...
Jul 03, 2017
Christie signs $34.7B budget, ends state government shutdown
TRENTON, N.J. - A budget impasse that shuttered government and state parks and beaches for three days ended on the Fourth of July when Republican Gov. Chris Christie signed a deal he and the Democrati...
Jul 03, 2017
Hot dogs, parades, fireworks: US celebrates Fourth of July
NEW YORK - Americans celebrated the United States’ 241st birthday in both joyous and serious ways, from flashy firework displays for massive crowds to small-town parades. Tuesday’s events ...
Jul 03, 2017
N. Korea vows more 'gift packages' of missile tests for US
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Grinning broadly, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delighted in the global furor created by his nation’s first launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, vowing ...
Jul 03, 2017
Prosecutors ask judge to gag ex-pharmaceuticals CEO Shkreli
NEW YORK - Prosecutors want a judge to make “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli stop talking and filed a motion on Monday asking that he and all attorneys in his criminal case be ordered to refrai...
Jul 03, 2017
Scientists baffled by strange sea creatures near Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska - Strange sea creatures that resemble large pink thimbles are showing up on the coast of southeast Alaska for the first time after making their way north along the West Coast for the la...
Jul 03, 2017
Town of Newtown asks judge to throw out wrongful death suit
HARTFORD, Conn. - The town of Newtown and its Board of Education asked a judge to throw out the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of two children killed during the Sandy Hook shootings in De...
Jul 03, 2017
AP seeks dismissal of libel lawsuit from Russian billionaire
WASHINGTON - The Associated Press on Monday asked a judge to dismiss a libel lawsuit brought by a Russian billionaire with ties to President Vladimir Putin, calling the case “intrusive, expensiv...
Jul 03, 2017
