Category Archives: World
Terror warning shuts German rock festival on opening night
BERLIN - German authorities shut down and cleared thousands of fans from a popular rock music festival Friday night after receiving a “concrete” terrorist threat. Rhineland-Palatinate gove...
Jun 02, 2017
Fake Cheesecake Factory sign sparks buzz in New Mexico city
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - A construction site in southern New Mexico, which sparked buzz with a fake sign announcing it as a future home of a Cheesecake Factory, is really a future emergency centre. The Las ...
Jun 02, 2017
Driver accused of tossing kittens says she's innocent
NEW BERN, N.C. - A North Carolina woman accused of throwing three kittens from a car and running over two of them says she is innocent. WITN-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2rkhuvK) that 42-year-old Cecilia...
Jun 02, 2017
US employers add modest 138K jobs; rate dips to 4.3 per cent
WASHINGTON - U.S. employers pulled back on hiring in May by adding only 138,000 jobs, though the gains were enough to help nudge the unemployment rate down to a 16 year-low. The Labor Department said ...
Jun 02, 2017
Liverpool fetes 'Sgt. Pepper' with help from its friends
LIVERPOOL, England - It was 50 years ago, almost to the day, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play. The band is long gone, but the music of The Beatles still reverberates - and nowhere more loudly ...
Jun 02, 2017
China likely to gain as US withdraws from Paris agreement
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s pullback from a global climate pact could accelerate China’s unlikely ascent toward leadership in stemming global warming and promoting green technolo...
Jun 02, 2017
AP Explains: Why China is stepping up against climate change
BEIJING - By backing off the U.S. commitment to address climate change, President Donald Trump leaves an opening for a chief economic rival, China, to expand its increasing dominance in the renewable ...
Jun 02, 2017
In Damascus, a general feeling that the war is winding down
DAMASCUS, Syria - In Syria’s capital these days, people are breathing a little easier. Across Damascus, new shops are sprouting up, business is brisk, and some people who fled the civil war year...
Jun 02, 2017
The Latest: GOP fundraising off Griffin photo controversy
LOS ANGELES - The Latest on Kathy Griffin (all times local): 2:20 p.m. The California Republican Party is soliciting donations based on images of Kathy Griffin posing with the likeness of President Do...
Jun 02, 2017
Jon Stewart among those praising late NYC firefighter
HICKSVILLE, N.Y. - Jon Stewart fought back tears Friday as he described his friendship with a retired New York City firefighter who worked in the rescue effort following the Sept. 11 terror attacks an...
Jun 02, 2017
