Category Archives: World
US sets up missile defence in S. Korea as North shows power
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - In a defiant bit of timing, South Korea announced Wednesday that key parts of a contentious U.S. missile defence system had been installed a day after rival North Korea sho...
Apr 25, 2017
Venezuela's chief prosecutor decries violence as deaths rise
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela’s chief prosecutor on Tuesday denounced a wave of unrest that has killed 26 people, vowing to hold all those responsible accountable and calling on both sides of a...
Apr 25, 2017
Seattle crushes rain record, while rival Portland wet too
SEATTLE - Soggy Seattle has broken another rainfall record, and Portland is inching closer to smashing its own record. Seattle measured 44.7 inches (114 centimetres) of rain between October and April,...
Apr 25, 2017
San Diego schools defend effort to fight Islamophobia
SAN DIEGO - One of the nation’s largest school districts is defending its campaign to fight Islamophobia and promote understanding of Muslim culture against critics who say it is favouring a rel...
Apr 25, 2017
Top Mexican official calls US border wall a 'hostile' act
MEXICO CITY - Mexico’s foreign relations secretary called U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to build a border wall an “unfriendly, hostile” act, adding Tuesday that it is a &#...
Apr 25, 2017
Mick Jagger avoids limelight as Charlie Watts wins award
LONDON - It’s not often Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger tries to avoid the spotlight and shift attention to drummer Charlie Watts. But that happened Tuesday night at Jazz FM’s gala in ...
Apr 25, 2017
Pilot, company culture blamed for 2015 fatal Alaska crash
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Pilot error, an air company’s culture and its lack of a formal safety program were behind a fatal crash that killed nine people two years ago on sightseeing flight in Alaska,...
Apr 25, 2017
Detective: Durst's wife told neighbour of beating, threats
LOS ANGELES - The missing wife of New York real estate heir Robert Durst once told a neighbour that her husband had beat her and she feared he would kill her, a retired detective testified Tuesday. Ka...
Apr 25, 2017
Lawmakers suggest former Trump aide Flynn broke US law
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, appeared to violate federal law when he failed to seek permission or inform the U.S. government about accep...
Apr 25, 2017
Lawsuit filed against Fox alleges racial discrimination
NEW YORK - An expanded lawsuit filed Tuesday accuses Fox News Channel of racial discrimination “that appears more akin to Plantation-style management than a modern-day work environment.” T...
Apr 25, 2017
