Category Archives: World
'Fate of the Furious' races to $100.2 million opening
LOS ANGELES - The eighth installment in the “Fast and the Furious” had the roads to itself and inched past the $100 million benchmark in the final moments. Studio estimates on Sunday say &...
Apr 16, 2017
Man who threatened Jews on metal music site faces sentencing
HARTFORD, Conn. - A Connecticut man who posted threats against Jews and synagogues on a metal music internet forum plans to argue at his sentencing that he has served enough time in prison. Kendall Su...
Apr 16, 2017
Trump: 'Who paid for' rallies seeking release of tax returns
CHICAGO - President Donald Trump says “someone should look into who paid” for the rallies around the country Saturday that urged him to release his tax returns. Trump tweeted Sunday: ̶...
Apr 16, 2017
Hundreds dress up as Chaplin's 'Tramp' at star's Swiss home
BERLIN - Hundreds of Charlie Chaplin fans dressed as his “Tramp” character have gathered at the silent film star’s former home in Switzerland, marking what would have been his 128th ...
Apr 16, 2017
Statement: US national security adviser arrives s Kabul
KABUL - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani met Sunday with U.S. National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster and discussed mutual co-operation in Afghanistan’s fight against the Taliban and Islamic State...
Apr 16, 2017
Affidavit: Doc prescribed Prince opioids under friend's name
MINNEAPOLIS - Court documents unsealed Monday in the investigation into Prince’s death suggest a doctor and a close friend helped him improperly obtain prescription opioid painkillers, but they ...
Apr 16, 2017
ETA still wants independent Basque nation after disarming
MADRID - Basque separatist group ETA says it has not abandoned its goal of an independent Basque state along the French-Spanish border despite giving up its arms. In a communique Sunday in the Basque ...
Apr 16, 2017
Lawmakers across US move to include young people in voting
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Donald Trump’s characterization of Mexican immigrants as criminals and rapists during his presidential campaign angered Heidi Sainz, whose family is from Mexico and who has ...
Apr 16, 2017
Iran boosts gas production from underwater field
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said Sunday that it has more than doubled production at a giant undersea gas reservoir over the last four years. President Hassan Rouhani, who will stand for re-election next month...
Apr 16, 2017
A Saudi woman's plea for help exposes risks runaways face
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A young Saudi woman’s plea for help after she was stopped in an airport in the Philippines en route to Australia where she planned to seek asylum has triggered a fi...
Apr 16, 2017
