Category Archives: World
Tom Hanks turns fanboy in breezy chat with Bruce Springsteen
NEW YORK - Bruce Springsteen and Tom Hanks paid tribute Friday night to the late director Jonathan Demme, the man who brought them together on his film “Philadelphia,” which won each of th...
Apr 29, 2017
Thai family mourns girl killed in video streamed on Facebook
PHUKET, Thailand - The funeral was held Saturday for an 11-month-old Thai girl who was killed by her father in a video broadcast live on Facebook before he then hanged himself. Mourners buried the gir...
Apr 29, 2017
Macron hunts for French rural votes, Le Pen cheers new ally
USSEAU, France - French presidential front-runner Emmanuel Macron hunted Saturday for votes in rural France where his far-right opponent, Marine Le Pen, is making inroads among country folk who feel l...
Apr 29, 2017
Tensions rise between Turkey, US along Syrian border
ISTANBUL - Tensions rose Saturday along the Turkish-Syrian border as both Turkey and the U.S. moved armoured vehicles to the region and Turkey’s leader once again demanded that the United States...
Apr 29, 2017
Turkish court formally blocks access to Wikipedia
ISTANBUL - In a move that social media users called censorship, a Turkish court on Saturday blocked access to Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, enforcing an earlier restriction by Turkey’...
Apr 29, 2017
High rent may doom Catholic chapel that survived 9-11
NEW YORK - Parishioners at a New York City chapel that sheltered 9-11 first responders are praying for a miracle to save it from falling victim itself to the prosperity of its resurgent neighbourhood....
Apr 29, 2017
Security tight as pope celebrates open-air Mass in Cairo
CAIRO - Military helicopters flew overhead and police fanned out in force Saturday as Pope Francis celebrated an open-air Mass for Egypt’s tiny Catholic community on the final day of a visit aim...
Apr 29, 2017
Trump says China pressuring North Korea on missile, nukes
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - President Donald Trump said in a television interview to be aired Sunday that he believes China’s president has been putting pressure on North Korea as it pursues its...
Apr 29, 2017
Security scare briefly halts flights to, from Berlin airport
BERLIN - Flights to and from Berlin’s Tegel airport were briefly suspended Saturday after police cleared a terminal to investigate a suspicious suitcase. The airport operator said shortly after ...
Apr 29, 2017
Experts: Long road ahead for Trump offshore drilling order
President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to find new ocean expanses in the Atlantic and the Arctic for offshore drilling isn’t likely to reach its goals anytime soon, but instead w...
Apr 29, 2017
