Category Archives: World
Professor to student mom: Just bring your baby to class
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A professor in Tennessee has a solution for a student who missed class after she couldn’t find someone to babysit her 3-year-old girl: Just bring the child to class. The Knoxv...
Jun 24, 2017
CIA chief: Intel leaks on the rise, cites leaker 'worship'
WASHINGTON - CIA Director Mike Pompeo says he thinks disclosure of America’s secret intelligence is on the rise, fueled partly by the “worship” of leakers like Edward Snowden. “...
Jun 24, 2017
Ohio agency finds evidence of racial complaints at UPS hub
MAUMEE, Ohio - The Ohio Civil Rights Commission says it has found evidence to support 25 complaints that UPS Inc. engaged in illegal discriminatory practices at an Ohio distribution centre. The Blade ...
Jun 24, 2017
Town settles with families of men in wrong burial plots
TIVERTON, R.I. - A Rhode Island town has reached a settlement with the families of two men who were buried in the wrong cemetery plots. A lawyer for one of the two families tells WPRI-TV (http://bit.l...
Jun 24, 2017
UAE: Arab states don't seek 'regime change' in Qatar
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A top United Arab Emirates official said Saturday the Arab countries isolating Qatar do not seek to force out the country’s leadership over allegations it supports ...
Jun 24, 2017
Yemen to probe alleged interrogation abuses by UAE, US
SANAA, Yemen - Yemen’s internationally-recognized government on Saturday ordered the creation of a committee to investigate allegations of human rights violations, following reports that U.S. mi...
Jun 24, 2017
Turkey bans Istanbul Pride, organizers vow to march anyway
ISTANBUL - Turkish authorities announced Saturday they will not allow the Istanbul Pride march to take place on Sunday - the third year in a row the celebration has been banned. The move prompted crit...
Jun 24, 2017
UK Parliament investigates cyberattack on user accounts
LONDON - British officials were investigating a cyberattack Saturday on the country’s Parliament after discovering “unauthorized attempts to access parliamentary user accounts.” A st...
Jun 24, 2017
Berlin gives celebrity welcome to 2 giant pandas from China
BERLIN - Two giant pandas - Meng Meng and Jiao Qing - received a celebrity welcome Saturday in Berlin from the German capital’s mayor and the Chinese ambassador after they safely weathered a lon...
Jun 24, 2017
8 coal miners killed in Colombia from underground blast
BOGOTA - At least eight people have died and five are missing after an underground explosion at a coal mine in central Colombia. Rescuers are attempting to locate possibly trapped survivors, but as th...
Jun 24, 2017
