Category Archives: World
Last-second launch delay for SpaceX at historic moon pad
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Last-minute rocket trouble forced SpaceX on Saturday to delay its inaugural launch from NASA’s historic moon pad. SpaceX halted the countdown with just 13 seconds remainin...
Feb 18, 2017
Paris protesters decry police abuse; some clash with police
Paris police sprayed tear gas at bottle-throwing demonstrators on the margins of a rally Saturday meant to support a young black man who was allegedly raped with a police baton and other victims of po...
Feb 18, 2017
Trump sons open Dubai golf club as namesake now US president
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Two of U.S. President Donald Trump’s sons ceremonially opened a Trump-branded golf club in Dubai on Saturday, meeting privately with Emirati elites as questions rem...
Feb 18, 2017
Germany: No plans to add US to group solving Ukraine crisis
MUNICH - Germany’s foreign minister says there are no plans to add the U.S. to the group of countries that have been meeting in efforts to help reduce tensions in eastern Ukraine. Foreign Minist...
Feb 18, 2017
Kenya arrests 2 suspected IS recruits deported from Turkey
NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan police have arrested two Kenyans who were deported from Turkey on suspicion of training with the Islamic State organization in neighbouring Syria, officials said Saturday. Phil...
Feb 18, 2017
James Earl Jones, Donald Glover cast in 'Lion King' remake
NEW YORK - James Earl Jones and Donald Glover are lending their voices to Disney’s upcoming remake of “The Lion King.” Director Jon Favreau announced the casting of the two men as vo...
Feb 18, 2017
Uganda seizes ton of ivory, arrests 2 West African suspects
KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan authorities seized a ton of illegal ivory and arrested three West Africans they believe were plotting to ship it abroad, an official said Saturday. The seizure happened late ...
Feb 18, 2017
US-backed Syrian fighters inch closer to IS 'capital'
BEIRUT - U.S.-backed fighters captured a village in northern Syria Saturday from members of the Islamic State group, bringing them closer to cutting a road linking two major IS-held cities in the coun...
Feb 18, 2017
Backed by Trump Venezuelans march to demand release of Lopez
CARACAS, Venezuela - Hundreds of Venezuelans marched Saturday to demand the release of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, the annual demonstration taking on added urgency after President Donald Trump m...
Feb 18, 2017
Executive order that incarcerated Japanese Americans is 75
SAN FRANCISCO - Satsuki Ina was born behind barbed wire in a prison camp during World War II, the daughter of U.S. citizens forced from their home without due process and locked up for years following...
Feb 18, 2017
