Category Archives: World
Plenty of presidencies have been family affairs
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump is far from the first president to enlist his children and in-laws in the work of the White House. Look back through history, and it turns out that plenty of presidencies hav...
Apr 26, 2017
China launches its first domestically-made aircraft carrier
BEIJING - China has launched its first aircraft carrier built entirely on its own, in a demonstration of the growing technical sophistication of its defence industries and determination to safeguard i...
Apr 26, 2017
Le Pen upstages Macron in battle for blue-collar votes
AMIENS, France - Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen turned an appliance factory into a battleground Wednesday for France’s blue-collar vote, upstaging rival Emmanuel Macron with a su...
Apr 26, 2017
Berlin subway attack suspect charged, faces up to 10 years
BERLIN - German authorities have charged a 27-year-old caught on camera kicking a woman down a flight of stairs in a Berlin subway station with assault causing serious bodily harm. The suspect, identi...
Apr 26, 2017
S.Korea presidential hopeful criticized for anti-gay comment
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korean presidential front-runner Moon Jae-in outraged persecuted sexual minority groups by saying during a television debate that he opposes homosexuality, something ...
Apr 26, 2017
Deadly ambush raises fears of rebel resurgence in India
PALAMPUR, India - Women wailed as Indian soldiers carried a flag-draped coffin holding the body of one of their colleagues killed this week in a deadly ambush by autonomy-seeking Maoist rebels. The at...
Apr 26, 2017
France says analysis shows Syrian regime behind sarin attack
PARIS - France’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that the chemical analysis of samples taken from a deadly sarin gas attack in Syria earlier this month “bears the signature” of Pr...
Apr 26, 2017
India blocks social media in Kashmir in wake of abuse videos
SRINAGAR, India - India has ordered internet service providers in Indian-controlled Kashmir to immediately block Facebook, Twitter and 20 other social media sites and online applications for one month...
Apr 26, 2017
Libya asks EU for motorboats, helicopters to patrol coast
BERLIN - Libya is asking the European Union for motorboats and helicopters to help patrol the Mediterranean Sea for ships carrying migrants. The German government says a “request list” for...
Apr 26, 2017
Hong Kong widens crackdown, arrests 9 more activists
Hong Kong authorities expanded their crackdown on the Chinese-controlled territory’s opposition with a fresh round of arrests of pro-democracy activists on Thursday. Police detained up to nine a...
Apr 26, 2017
