Category Archives: World
The tragedy of Everest's normal: 10 dead this season, so far
KATHMANDU, Nepal - Almost every year, the reports filter down from the highest mountain in the world, and talk among the climbing teams at Everest Base Camp turns to the latest person to die. On Evere...
May 24, 2017
'Clerks' actress Lisa Spoonauer dies in New Jersey at 44
JACKSON, N.J. - An actress who starred in the 1994 award-winning movie “Clerks” has died. Lisa Spoonauer was 44. The George Hassler Funeral Home says Spoonauer died Sunday at her home in J...
May 24, 2017
The Latest: 2 blacks on Cosby case of 12; alternates picked
PITTSBURGH - The Latest on jury selection in Bill Cosby’s sex assault case (all times local) 6 p.m. All 12 jurors and six alternates have been chosen for the Pennsylvania jury that will hear Bil...
May 24, 2017
In Trump's private moments, it's small talk and compliments
JERUSALEM - What do world leaders talk about when they are alone? Not much, it seems. President Donald Trump spent part of his two-day visit to Israel with open microphones nearby, giving the world a ...
May 24, 2017
Trump's food stamp cuts face hard sell in Congress
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s proposal to slash food stamps by a third will be a hard sell in Congress, even as Republicans have tried repeatedly to scale back the program’s $70 bi...
May 24, 2017
Turkey orders 139 detained for suspected links to cleric
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey’s state-run news agency says authorities have issued detention warrants for 139 public employees who are suspected of links to U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, accused ...
May 24, 2017
1 killed, dozens injured in caste violence in northern India
LUCKNOW, India - Police rushed forces to a north Indian town on Wednesday and arrested dozens of people to stop clashes that erupted when upper caste Hindus fired on Dalits belonging to the lowest run...
May 24, 2017
Hack, fake story expose real tensions between Qatar, Gulf
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Incendiary statements about Iran and Israel posted on Qatar’s state-run news agency that authorities blamed on hackers sparked a regional dispute Wednesday, with th...
May 24, 2017
Russian defence minister boasts about arms upgrade
MOSCOW - Russia’s defence minister says the military has received a steady flow of new weapons allowing it to maintain a “strategic parity” with NATO. Sergei Shoigu said in Wednesday...
May 24, 2017
Myanmar ethnic groups, government meet for peace talks
YANGON, Myanmar - Representatives from Myanmar’s ethic rebel groups and the government gathered in the capital on Wednesday for peace talks aimed at ending decades of ethnic rebellions in the co...
May 24, 2017
