Category Archives: World
Former guide who first scaled Everest 10 times hospitalized
KATHMANDU, Nepal - A former Sherpa guide who was the first person to scale Mount Everest 10 times has been hospitalized in Nepal after suffering a brain hemorrhage, an official said Monday. Ang Rita w...
Apr 17, 2017
10 killed, 4 missing when bus plunges into river in China
BEIJING - Ten people have died and five were injured when a bus veered off a highway and fell into a river in southern China. The Xinhua News Agency reported that four people were reported missing in ...
Apr 17, 2017
China car dilemma: Beijing wants electric, buyers want SUVs
BEIJING - Automakers face a dilemma in China’s huge but crowded market: Regulators are pushing them to sell electric cars, but buyers want gas-guzzling SUVs. The industry is rattled by Beijing&#...
Apr 17, 2017
Dozens still missing in Sri Lankan garbage collapse; 30 dead
MEETOTAMULLA, Sri Lanka - Rescuers on Monday were digging through heaps of mud and trash that collapsed onto a clutch of homes near a garbage dump outside Sri Lanka’s capital, killing at least 3...
Apr 17, 2017
Hydrogen fuel cell cars face obstacle: few fueling stations
DETROIT - Hydrogen fuel cell cars could one day challenge electric cars in the race for pollution-free roads - but only if more stations are built to fuel them. Honda, Toyota and Hyundai have leased a...
Apr 17, 2017
Abe: Japan planning for refugees in event of Korean crisis
TOKYO - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday that Japan’s government is drawing up contingency plans in case a crisis on the Korean Peninsula sends an influx of refugees to Japan. Abe told a pa...
Apr 17, 2017
US VP Pence assures Japan: America is with you '100 per cent'
TOKYO - From two continents, top Trump administration officials warned Tuesday that North Korea’s latest failed missile launch was a reckless act of provocation and assured allies in Asia that t...
Apr 17, 2017
Tensions spike over N. Korea, but Pyongyang barely notices
PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of - The clouds of war, it might seem, are gathering around the Korean Peninsula. The North Korean government flaunts an increasingly sophisticated...
Apr 17, 2017
Absences, fitness, atmosphere - new ways to track schools
WASHINGTON - How often do students miss school? Are they ready for college? Are they physically fit? Is their school a welcoming place? States are beginning to outline new ways to evaluate their schoo...
Apr 17, 2017
Filmmaker learns why she endured airport stops for years
WASHINGTON - Laura Poitras’ travel nightmare began more than a decade ago when the award-winning filmmaker started getting detained at airports every time she tried to set foot back in the Unite...
Apr 17, 2017
