Category Archives: World
French soldier killed in operation on extremists in Mali
PARIS - A French soldier has been killed in a clash with extremists in Mali, as part of a French military operation aimed at fighting radicals across a swath of Africa. French President Francois Holla...
Apr 06, 2017
Philippines to occupy and fortify Spratly islands it holds
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday he has ordered the military to occupy and fortify all Philippine-held islands in the disputed South China Sea to assert the cou...
Apr 06, 2017
India asks states to allow transgender choice in bathrooms
NEW DELHI - India’s government has asked all states to let transgender people use any public toilet of their choice. The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation issued guidelines this week tha...
Apr 06, 2017
UK firms to publish pay data in bid to eliminate gender gap
LONDON - The British government has introduced new rules aimed at eliminating a gender pay gap that sees men earn almost a fifth more than women. By April 2018, public- and private-sector companies th...
Apr 06, 2017
Roof damage reported in DC; possible tornado in Virginia
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Severe weather that spawned tornadoes and left damage in three Southeastern states headed up the Atlantic coast Thursday, taking the roof off two buildings in the nation’s capi...
Apr 06, 2017
Thai king endorses new military-backed constitution
BANGKOK - Thailand’s king signed the country’s new military-backed constitution on Thursday, approving a charter that could see the ruling junta allow fresh elections but limit the authori...
Apr 06, 2017
Dalai Lama consecrates monastery in India as China seethes
GAUHATI, India - The Dalai Lama consecrated a Buddhist monastery on Thursday in India’s remote northeast, amid Chinese warnings that the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader’s visit to a disput...
Apr 06, 2017
Murder suspect posts $35M bail, upsetting victim's family
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - A Chinese real estate scion charged with orchestrating the murder of her children’s father was released from a San Francisco Bay Area jail Thursday after posting $35 milli...
Apr 06, 2017
Coloring book with Hitler image pulled from Dutch stores
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A chain of Dutch stores has apologized after inadvertently selling children’s coloring books featuring an image of Adolf Hitler. The Kruidvat chain of drugstores posted ...
Apr 06, 2017
Somalia leader declares country a war zone, replaces chiefs
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia’s new president on Thursday declared the country a war zone and replaced its military and intelligence chiefs while instructing the army to prepare a new offensive a...
Apr 06, 2017
