Category Archives: World
Friend of ousted S. Korean president gets 3 years in prison
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A South Korean court on Friday sentenced a longtime friend of ousted President Park Geun-hye to three years in prison for using her presidential ties to unlawfully get her ...
Jun 22, 2017
South Korea's infrastructure boondoggle a boon for cyclists
SANGJU, Korea, Republic Of - In a country where bikes are either a poor man’s transportation or a weekend workout for spandex-clad racers, the longest and most highly engineered network of car-f...
Jun 22, 2017
Huge stuffed cow saves 2-year-old boy after fall out window
CHELSEA, Mass. - Police in Massachusetts are crediting a huge stuffed cow with saving 2-year-old boy who fell out of a second-story window and onto concrete below. It happened Wednesday in Chelsea. Po...
Jun 22, 2017
Qatar's neighbours issue steep list of demands to end crisis
WASHINGTON - Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries that have cut ties to Qatar issued a steep list of demands Thursday to end the crisis, insisting that their Persian Gulf neighbour shutter Al-Jazeera...
Jun 22, 2017
Trump's bright idea: a solar wall at the US-Mexico border
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump wants to add solar panels to his long-promised southern border wall - a plan he says would help pay for the wall’s construction and add to its esthetic appeal...
Jun 22, 2017
Detroit judge halts deportation of Iraqi Christians
DETROIT - A judge on Thursday temporarily halted the deportation of more than 100 Iraqi Christians living in the Detroit area who fear torture and possible death if sent back to Iraq. U.S. District Ju...
Jun 22, 2017
Spokesman: Cosby plans tour to educate youth on misbehaviour
LOS ANGELES - Bill Cosby will organize a series of town hall meetings to help educate young people about problems their misbehaviour could create and other issues, a spokesman for Cosby said. Cosby is...
Jun 22, 2017
Bernie Mac, Snoop Dogg to get Hollywood Walk of Fame stars
LOS ANGELES - Snoop Dogg, Shonda Rhimes, “Weird Al” Yankovic and late entertainers Bernie Mac and Steve Irwin will be receiving stars on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame next year. The Holly...
Jun 22, 2017
Chile police declassify World War II-era files on Nazi plots
SANTIAGO, Chile - The Chilean equivalent of the FBI declassified World War II-era files on Thursday that show Nazi agents in the South American country’s main port of Valparaiso plotted to destr...
Jun 22, 2017
Man indicted for hate crime for Texas mosque fire
VICTORIA, Texas - A man has been indicted on a hate crime charge for a January fire that destroyed a Texas mosque, authorities announced on Thursday. Marq Vincent Perez is accused by federal prosecuto...
Jun 22, 2017
