Category Archives: World
Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks at forum
BOSTON - Former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (BAHN’-gee-moon) has spoken at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum in Boston. The U.N.’s eighth secretary-gen...
Jun 27, 2017
Companies, governments assess damage from latest malware
PARIS - Companies and governments around the world on Wednesday counted the cost of a software epidemic that has disrupted ports, hospitals and banks. Logistics firm FedEx says deliveries by its TNT E...
Jun 27, 2017
Pennsylvania to set policy limiting release of police video
HARRISBURG, Pa. - The state is poised to set a policy exempting police audio and video recordings from its public-records law and giving police departments broad discretion over when to refuse request...
Jun 27, 2017
Trump administration plans border wall models in summer
SAN DIEGO - The agency in charge of U.S. border security plans to start building prototypes for President Donald Trump’s proposed wall with Mexico later this summer. Ronald Vitiello, Customs and...
Jun 27, 2017
Tillerson urges nations to negotiate to resolve Qatar crisis
WASHINGTON - The United States is urging Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries to stay “open to negotiation” with Qatar as they try to resolve a major diplomatic crisis with their neighbou...
Jun 27, 2017
One Hong Kong, two sentiments after 20 years of Chinese rule
Hong Kong is planning a big party as it marks 20 years under Chinese rule. But many people in the former British colony are not in the mood to celebrate. Fireworks, a gala variety show and Chinese mil...
Jun 27, 2017
Venezuela hunts for copter pilot behind 'terrorist attack'
CARACAS, Venezuela - Oscar Perez is a cop, pilot, action movie star and dog trainer. He’s now also a fugitive, accused of strafing two key Venezuelan government buildings from a helicopter in a ...
Jun 27, 2017
Clinton campaign chief has closed-door talk with House panel
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton’s former campaign chairman met Tuesday with a House committee investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. John Podesta spoke with me...
Jun 27, 2017
Activists take step to recall judge in sex assault case
SAN FRANCISCO - Activists seeking to recall a judge who sentenced a former Stanford University swimmer to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman say they believe voters will s...
Jun 27, 2017
Sarah Palin sues paper for tying her PAC ad to mass shooting
NEW YORK - Former vice-presidential nominee and Alaska governor Sarah Palin is accusing The New York Times of defamation over an editorial that linked one of her political action committee ads to the ...
Jun 27, 2017
