Category Archives: World
Pope warns powerful to act humbly or risk ruin in TED talk
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis is warning the powerful to act humbly or risk ruin, using the first-ever papal TED talk to urge the world to show more solidarity with the poor and the weak. Francis delive...
Apr 26, 2017
Bern museum awaits works from Gurlitt art collection in June
GENEVA - A Swiss museum says it is expecting to receive within weeks about 200 artworks from a vast trove that a German collector had hidden for decades. Kunstmuseum Bern spokeswoman Maria-Teresa Cano...
Apr 26, 2017
Jury sentences ambush killer to death in Pennsylvania
MILFORD, Pa. - A bell tolled the fate of a gunman after a jury on Wednesday condemned him to die for shooting two Pennsylvania troopers at their barracks in a late-night ambush, killing one and leavin...
Apr 26, 2017
What's in a name? Bronx Zoo proudly displays 'snot otters'
NEW YORK - It’s a salamander by any other name - and some of those names are comical. The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo is now proudly displaying two Eastern hellbenders - also...
Apr 26, 2017
Court documents: Mother had abused teen in kidnapping case
COLUMBIA, Tenn. - A 15-year-old Tennessee girl who authorities say was kidnapped by her teacher had endured months of abuse at the hands of her mother, according to court documents, making her particu...
Apr 26, 2017
In Demme's eclectic career, a nonstop rock 'n' roll beat
NEW YORK - Through Jonathan Demme’s freewheeling filmmaking life sounded a steady rock ‘n’ roll beat. Music was his first love and his first credit. Long before he was an Oscar-winni...
Apr 26, 2017
FCC chief lays out attack on 'net neutrality' rules
NEW YORK - The head of the country’s telecommunications regulator says there will be a vote in May on ditching Obama-era “net neutrality” rules that keep telecoms from favouring some...
Apr 26, 2017
Trump tweets don't help: 1st Twitter revenue drop since IPO
NEW YORK - You’d think Twitter would be able to milk its status as President Donald Trump’s megaphone. But the company still faces stagnant user growth, has never made a profit and even re...
Apr 26, 2017
Cuba weathers storm in Venezuela but future looks uncertain
HAVANA - Refineries have gone dark. Gas rations have been slashed for hundreds of thousands of state workers. Construction materials are nearly impossible to find. But Cuba’s hotels and restaura...
Apr 26, 2017
US Navy fires warning flare at Iran vessel in Persian Gulf
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer fired a warning flare toward an Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessel coming near it in the Persian Gulf, an American official said on W...
Apr 26, 2017
