Category Archives: World
13-year-old boy dies in fall from NY roof; 2nd teen injured
New York police say a 13-year-old boy was killed and another teenager was injured as they tried to hop along rooftops in Brooklyn and plunged about four stories to the ground. The boys were found in t...
Mar 25, 2017
Trump son-in-law's ties to Israel raise questions of bias
JERUSALEM - Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, has deep business and personal ties to Israel that could raise questions about his ability to serve as an hones...
Mar 25, 2017
Failure on health bill also hurts prospects for tax overhaul
WASHINGTON - House Republicans’ failure to repeal Barack Obama’s health care law deals a serious blow to another big part of President Donald Trump’s agenda: tax reform. Trump and Ho...
Mar 25, 2017
Tens of thousands in London protest Britain's EU departure
LONDON - Tens of thousands protested Saturday under sunny skies in London against plans for Britain to withdraw from the European Union. The Unite for Europe march, which saw many people carrying brig...
Mar 25, 2017
Poles celebrate EU with march on bloc's 60th anniversary
WARSAW, Poland - Thousands of Poles marched through Warsaw and other Polish cities Saturday, waving European Union flags in a show of support for the troubled European project as leaders in Rome marke...
Mar 25, 2017
Poker tables keep decreasing on Nevada casino floors
LAS VEGAS - When the Monte Carlo casino closes its eight-table poker room in about a month as part of a $450 million overhaul, the Las Vegas Strip will be down nearly a quarter of the tables it had a ...
Mar 25, 2017
Ex-CIA chief: Flynn's firm discussed removing cleric from US
WASHINGTON - Former CIA Director James Woolsey has accused the Trump administration’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, of participating in a discussion with Turkish officials abo...
Mar 25, 2017
Corroded South Korean ferry loaded onto transport vessel
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Salvage crews towed a corroded 6,800-ton South Korean ferry and loaded it onto a semi-submersible transport vessel Saturday, completing what was seen as the most difficult ...
Mar 25, 2017
Airstrikes across rebel-held Syria kill and wound scores
BEIRUT - Airstrikes hit a women’s prison and a clinic in rebel-held parts of Syria on Saturday, killing and wounding scores of people amid clashes on multiple fronts between government forces an...
Mar 25, 2017
Security, parking, garbage irk Ivanka Trump's DC neighbours
WASHINGTON - Residents of a posh Washington neighbourhood say Ivanka Trump and her family don’t make for very good neighbours, taking up much of the parking on an already crowded street and leav...
Mar 25, 2017
