Category Archives: World
Pelosi defends leadership following special election loss
WASHINGTON - Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi defended her leadership, and her job, on Thursday in the face of needling from President Donald Trump and grumbling from fellow House Democrats exasperated af...
Jun 22, 2017
Police: Father arrested after beating daughter over Snapchat
PEABODY, Mass. - Police say a Massachusetts man grabbed his 11-year-old daughter by the neck and beat her with a belt after she installed the Snapchat app on her cellphone. Sean Nguyen, of Peabody, ha...
Jun 22, 2017
Fake quake: Report of major California temblor a false alarm
LOS ANGELES - The only tremors from a reported major earthquake off the California coast came on the internet. Seismologists said Wednesday’s automatically generated report of a magnitude 6.8 qu...
Jun 22, 2017
France probes reported death from whipped cream explosion
PARIS - French authorities are investigating the death of a fitness blogger reportedly hit by an exploding whipped cream canister that was withdrawn from the market in 2013, officials and the company ...
Jun 22, 2017
London police link 51-year-old man's death to mosque attack
London police have linked the death of a 51-year-old man to the mosque attack, saying he died of “multiple injuries” after a van plowed into worshippers near two mosques in north London. M...
Jun 22, 2017
Archbishop: Church of England 'colluded' to hide sex abuse
LONDON - The Church of England “colluded” with and helped to hide the long-term sexual abuse of young men by one of its former bishops, the head of the church said Thursday. Archbishop of ...
Jun 22, 2017
London council evacuates residents amid fire safety concerns
LONDON - One London community is evacuating some 800 households from five publicly owned apartment towers because of safety concerns following the devastating fire that killed 79 people in a west Lond...
Jun 22, 2017
Prince Harry: No one in royal family wants to rise to throne
LONDON - Britain’s Prince Harry has suggested that no one in the royal family really wishes to rise to the throne - and that it is duty, rather than desire, that prompts them to continue serving...
Jun 22, 2017
AP Newsbreak: US, EU urge China to limit food import control
BEIJING - Food exporters including the United States and European Union are stepping up pressure on China to scale back plans for intensive inspections of imports that they say would hamper access to ...
Jun 22, 2017
The Latest: 7 UK buildings found with combustible cladding
LONDON - The Latest on the London high-rise fire (all times local): 4:40 p.m. British Prime Minister Theresa May’s office says combustible cladding has so far been found on seven high-rise block...
Jun 22, 2017
