Category Archives: World
UK to honour suffragist Fawcett with Parliament Square statue
LONDON - Britain for the first time is honouring a woman with a statue in Parliament Square: suffragist Millicent Fawcett, a leader of the campaign to win women the right to vote. Prime Minister There...
Apr 02, 2017
3 dozen reported arrested in Moscow protest attempts
MOSCOW - Police in Moscow detained about three dozen people at unauthorized rallies in the Russian capital on Sunday, a week after anti-government protests broke out across the country. The police pre...
Apr 02, 2017
Spain makes position clear on Gibraltar's post-Brexit future
BARCELONA, Spain - Spain’s top diplomat said Sunday that his government is urging the European Union to side with Madrid on the future of the British territory of Gibraltar, which lies at the so...
Apr 02, 2017
UK's Prince Charles visits quake-hit town in central Italy
AMATRICE, Italy - Prince Charles on Sunday visited the centre of Amatrice, a mountain town that bore the brunt of central Italy’s Aug. 24 earthquake, which killed hundreds of people. Wearing a h...
Apr 02, 2017
Minister: Iraq to boost crude oil production by year's end
BAGHDAD - Iraq’s oil minister said on Sunday that his country plans to increase daily crude oil production to 5 million barrels by the end of this year, up from the current rate of about 4.4 mil...
Apr 02, 2017
US ambassador to UN says no question of Russian interference
WASHINGTON - The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says there’s no question Russia was involved in the U.S. presidential election and insists President Donald Trump would fully support stron...
Apr 02, 2017
'Bathroom bill' compromise angers Democratic gov's allies
RALEIGH, N.C. - Gay rights groups that fiercely supported Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s winning campaign last fall because of his pledge to repeal North Carolina’s “bathroom bill̶...
Apr 02, 2017
German police: Newspaper carrier kills complaining customer
BERLIN - Police say a newspaper carrier in the northern German city of Lueneburg stabbed and killed a customer who had repeatedly complained about delivery problems. Police said Sunday that the 42-yea...
Apr 02, 2017
Chicago police arrest 14-year-old in sex assault on Facebook
CHICAGO - A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in the sexual assault of a 15-year-old Chicago girl that was streamed live on Facebook and watched by about 40 people who didn’t report it to author...
Apr 01, 2017
Judge to Trump: No protection for speech inciting violence
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A federal judge has rejected President Donald Trump’s free speech defence against a lawsuit accusing him of inciting violence against protesters at a campaign rally. Trump̵...
Apr 01, 2017
