Category Archives: World
Russia says Trump is using 'Cold War rhetoric' on Cuba
MOSCOW - The Russian Foreign Ministry has criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze a detente with Cuba and his verbal attack on the Caribbean island’s leaders. Russia’s...
Jun 18, 2017
Thousands attend gay pride march in Ukraine's capital
KIEV, Ukraine - Thousands of people attended a gay pride parade in Ukraine’s capital amid tight security Sunday. A counterdemonstration by a few hundred ultranationalists resulted in scuffles wi...
Jun 18, 2017
German minister sees hope of 'soft' Brexit, with conditions
BERLIN - Germany’s foreign minister says there may now be a chance of a “soft” British exit from the European Union that keeps the U.K. in the bloc’s single market, but is warn...
Jun 18, 2017
Syria, Iraq troops link at border for first time in years
BEIRUT - Syrian troops and allied militias met up with Iraqi forces at one crossing point along their shared border Sunday for the first time in years, in a step described as a major achievement by th...
Jun 18, 2017
UK: London apartment tower used banned siding in renovation
LONDON - The new exterior cladding used in a renovation on London’s Grenfell Tower may have been banned under U.K. building regulations, two British ministers said Sunday as police continued the...
Jun 18, 2017
Mother: Son tried to save Navy shipmates after collision
YOKOSUKA, Japan - The mother of a U.S. Navy sailor said her son kept diving to try to save his shipmates after a collision at sea until their flooded sleeping berth began running out of air pockets, w...
Jun 17, 2017
Forest fire kills 62 in Portugal; search on for more bodies
PEDROGAO GRANDE, Portugal - A raging forest fire in central Portugal killed at least 62 people as they desperately tried to flee, charring cars and trucks as it swept over roads. The disaster - the wo...
Jun 17, 2017
Blondie's Debbie Harry reigns over NYC's Mermaid Parade
NEW YORK - Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of the new wave band Blondie reigned over a waterlogged edition of New York City’s zany Mermaid Parade. The rockers known for songs like “Rapture...
Jun 17, 2017
Stephen Furst, Flounder in 'Animal House,' dies at 63
LOS ANGELES - Stephen Furst, who played naive fraternity pledge Flounder in the hit movie “Animal House,” has died of complications from diabetes, his family said Saturday. Furst was 63. F...
Jun 17, 2017
Woman who stormed stage during 'Julius Caesar' is arrested
NEW YORK - A New York production of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” with a Trump-like character who is assassinated had a boisterous new scene this weekend: an activist who stormed the...
Jun 17, 2017
