Category Archives: World
Fugitive Mexican ex-governor moved to Guatemalan prison
GUATEMALA CITY - A former governor who had become a symbol of government corruption in Mexico was transferred to a Guatemalan military prison on Sunday hours after being captured in a hotel following ...
Apr 15, 2017
US: North Korean test missile explodes on launch
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A North Korean missile exploded during launch Sunday, U.S. and South Korean officials said, a high-profile failure that comes as a powerful U.S. aircraft supercarrier appro...
Apr 15, 2017
NewsAlert: North Korea reportedly conducts missile test, South Korean officials say
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says North Korea fires unidentified missile but test fails. The Canadian Press
Apr 15, 2017
'Survivor' contestant who outed competitor loses his job
GREENSBORO, N.C. - “Survivor” contestant Jeff Varner who outed fellow competitor Zeke Smith as transgender on Wednesday night’s episode of the CBS reality competition has been fired ...
Apr 15, 2017
Lawyer: United will save evidence in dragged passenger case
CHICAGO - The lawyer for a man dragged off a United flight says the airline and Chicago officials have agreed to preserve evidence of the incident. Attorney Thomas Demetrio said Saturday that the agre...
Apr 15, 2017
Computer pioneer Robert W. Taylor dies at 85
WOODSIDE, Calif. - Robert W. Taylor, who was instrumental in creating the internet and the modern personal computer, has died. He was 85. Taylor, who had Parkinson’s disease, died Thursday at hi...
Apr 15, 2017
NewsAlert: 100 dead in blast in Syria: Syrian opposition rescue service says
BEIRUT - Syrian opposition rescue service says at least 100 people killed in the blast near evacuation buses outside Aleppo city. The Canadian Press
Apr 15, 2017
Military seeks civilians with high-tech skills to counter IS
WASHINGTON - A decade ago, he was a young Army soldier training Iraqi troops when he noticed their primitive filing system: handwritten notes threaded with different colours of yarn, stacked in piles....
Apr 15, 2017
Italy's Emma Morano, the world's oldest person, dies at 117
ROME - Emma Morano, at 117 the world’s oldest person who is also believed to have been the last surviving person born in the 1800s, died Saturday at her home in northern Italy, her physician sai...
Apr 15, 2017
Oldest US polar bear dies at San Francisco Zoo
SAN FRANCISCO - The oldest polar bear in the United States has died at the San Francisco Zoo. Uulu (OOH’-loo), a 545-pound female, died Friday at the age of 36. The zoo says her health had rapid...
Apr 15, 2017
