Category Archives: World
Pepe croaks: Cartoonist kills off frog turned hate symbol
The cartoonist who created Pepe the Frog has killed off the character in a rebuke to far-right extremists who transformed a benevolent internet meme into a racist, anti-Semitic symbol. A Pepe cartoon ...
May 09, 2017
Germany arrests 2 suspected Islamic extremists from Syria
BERLIN - German authorities arrested two Syrians suspected of fighting for extremist groups in their homeland, including one who allegedly administered a strategically important dam in eastern Syria f...
May 09, 2017
Giant air tanker used to attack growing Georgia wildfire
Firefighters called up a giant air tanker to attack a rapidly growing wildfire that threatened homes Tuesday on the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp near the Georgia-Florida state line. The modified DC-10...
May 09, 2017
Iranian state TV: Death toll in mine explosion rises to 42
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian search crews have found seven more bodies at the site of last week’s coal mine explosion in northern Golestan province, raising the number of confirmed fatalities in the i...
May 09, 2017
French ex-PM Valls wants to join Macron's movement
PARIS - Manuel Valls, the former French prime minister, said Tuesday he wants to turn his back on the Socialists and run under President-elect Emmanuel Macron’s new political movement. It’...
May 09, 2017
Sam the missing python slithers back to Alaska home
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A 17-foot python that had caused concern in a community north of Anchorage, Alaska, since it went missing two weeks ago has returned home. Matanuska-Susitna Borough Animal Care rep...
May 09, 2017
AP Exclusive: US digs for evidence of Haiti immigrant crimes
WASHINGTON - As the Trump administration weighs extending humanitarian protections for thousands of Haitian immigrants, officials are digging for unusual information: How many have been convicted of c...
May 09, 2017
4 UN peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic
A Christian rebel group in the Central African Republic ambushed a U.N. convoy, sparking a firefight and kidnappings that left four peacekeepers dead, eight injured and one missing, the United Nations...
May 08, 2017
Trump delaying decision on Paris climate deal
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is delaying a decision on whether to withdraw from a landmark climate deal until after an international summit later this month. That means the president will head ...
May 08, 2017
Los Angeles company recalls deer-antler tea after 2 get sick
LOS ANGELES - The California Department of Public Health says a Los Angeles company is recalling tea made from deer antler after two people who drank it got sick. State health officials said Monday th...
May 08, 2017
