Category Archives: World
China says no mining in its immediate plans for Antarctica
BEIJING - China plans to expand its scientific research in Antarctica in coming years amid worries over the area’s susceptibility to climate change, but has no immediate plans to mine or develop...
May 22, 2017
AP Interview: WFP chief says 600,000 kids risk famine death
AMMAN, Jordan - A tough-talking former Republican governor with friends in the Trump administration has become the unexpected booster of one of the United Nations agencies facing potentially deep U.S....
May 22, 2017
IS claims attack on Iraqi training camp north of Baghdad
BAGHDAD - The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack Monday on a military training centre in Diyala north of Baghdad that killed at least four soldiers and wounded four others, inclu...
May 22, 2017
Indonesia police arrest dozens in raid on Jakarta gay sauna
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian police detained dozens of men including several foreigners in a weekend raid on a gay sauna in the capital, another sign of growing hostility to homosexuality in the wo...
May 22, 2017
Trump Israel trip 1st presidential flight from Saudi Arabia
JERUSALEM - Even before President Donald Trump began his trip to Israel, he had made history of sorts. His flight from Riyadh to Tel Aviv on Monday marked a rare direct flight between Saudi Arabia and...
May 22, 2017
Questions about Russia chase Trump during first Israel visit
JERUSALEM - President Donald Trump solemnly placed a note in the ancient stones of Jerusalem’s Western Wall on Monday, sending a signal of solidarity to an ally he’s pushing to work harder...
May 22, 2017
List of winners in top categories at Billboard Music Awards
A list of winners in the top categories at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards, held Sunday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. - Top artist: Drake. - Top Hot 100 song: The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey, ...
May 21, 2017
Times Square driver says he tried to get mental help
NEW YORK - A man accused of mowing down pedestrians in Times Square, killing a teenage Michigan tourist and injuring 22 others, said he had been trying to get psychiatric help. In a jailhouse intervie...
May 21, 2017
Young whale finds its way out of Southern California harbour
VENTURA, Calif. - A humpback whale that made a big splash with boaters after wandering into a Southern California harbour was on the move again Sunday after finding its way back to the open ocean. ...
May 21, 2017
Turkey's ruling party elects President Erdogan as leader
ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan returned as leader of Turkey’s ruling party Sunday, pushing back criticism that his tenure has curtailed freedoms and polarized the country as he vowed ...
May 21, 2017
