Category Archives: World
An alert researcher, teamwork helped stem huge cyberattack
LONDON - The cyberattack that spread malicious software around the world, shutting down networks at hospitals, banks and government agencies, was thwarted by a young British researcher and an inexpens...
May 14, 2017
China's Xi says Silk Road plan boosts finance, security ties
BEIJING - Pledging more than $100 billion in financing, Chinese President Xi Jinping called Sunday for closer co-operation across Asia and Europe in areas from anti-terrorism to investment as leaders ...
May 14, 2017
For Palestinians in Lebanon, 69 years of despair
SIDON, Lebanon - Ahmad Dawoud recalls the day 10 years ago when a Lebanese soldier asked to search his taxi. Then 17, the Palestinian didn’t wait for the soldier to find the weapons hidden in th...
May 14, 2017
A suicide at age 8? Very rare, but not inconceivable
NEW YORK - The death was startling even to the coroner: a boy only 8 years old apparently killing himself in his Cincinnati bedroom. Now Gabriel Taye’s January death is being re-examined, after ...
May 14, 2017
Magnitude 5.7 earthquake in northeast Iran leaves 3 dead
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian state TV is reporting a strong magnitude 5.7 earthquake has left three people dead and about 200 injured in a remote area in the country’s northeast. The quake that struck...
May 14, 2017
Melissa McCarthy adds spice (and Spicer) as host of 'SNL'
NEW YORK - Melissa McCarthy once again brought comic spice plus Spicer to “Saturday Night Live.” After a spate of guest appearances mocking White House press secretary Sean Spicer in recen...
May 13, 2017
North Korea: New long-range missile can carry heavy nuke
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea said Monday the missile it launched over the weekend was a new type of “medium long-range” ballistic rocket that can carry a heavy nuclear warhead. ...
May 13, 2017
Armed inmate killed, hostage rescued at Illinois hospital
GENEVA, Ill. - Officers fatally shot an armed jail inmate who took two nurses hostage at a hospital in northern Illinois on Saturday, several hours after the inmate stole a gun from the correctionR...
May 13, 2017
'Sting' operation leads to recovery of stolen bees
GREAT FALLS, Mont. - A Montana beekeeper has recovered hives that were stolen from him in California, thanks to an agricultural sting operation. Lloyd Cunniff of Choteau reported 488 hives stolen in J...
May 13, 2017
Audi, Porsche recall SUVs for possible fuel-pump leaks
NEW YORK - Audi and Porsche are recalling a total of nearly 300,000 SUVs because they may develop cracks that cause fuel to leak, which raises the risk of fire. Volkswagen Group of America’s Aud...
May 13, 2017
