Category Archives: World
North Korean missile test may have been big step forward
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Beyond the usual, lofty propaganda, North Korea’s test of a new intermediate-range ballistic missile contains an important, potentially worrying development. The coun...
Feb 13, 2017
AP image of Turkish assassin wins World Press Photo award
AMSTERDAM - As an off-duty policeman who had just assassinated Russia’s ambassador to Turkey stood in front of Burhan Ozbilici waving a gun, the veteran Associated Press photographer summoned th...
Feb 13, 2017
EU forecasts British economic slowdown during Brexit talks
BRUSSELS - The European Union expects Britain’s economy to slow down as the country negotiates its exit over the next couple of years, but forecasts an improvement for the bloc as a whole despit...
Feb 13, 2017
French security chief calls for calm in simmering suburbs
PARIS - France’s interior minister is condemning unrest in a Paris suburb that led to at least 11 new arrests overnight, and calling for calm after a week of violence linked to the alleged rape ...
Feb 13, 2017
China blames US, South Korea for North Korea missile launch
BEIJING - China, facing criticism that it is not doing enough to pressure North Korea to drop its nuclear program, said Monday that the root cause of North Korean missile launches is Pyongyang’s...
Feb 13, 2017
Evacuees might not go home until dam spillway is repaired
OROVILLE, Calif. - Helicopters dropped giant rock-filled sandbags into place Monday to shore up a California reservoir that had threatened to breach its banks and unleash a 30-foot wall of water, but ...
Feb 13, 2017
Cops: Trio foils smash-and-grab of Picasso, Rembrandt pieces
BOSTON - Police say three witnesses helped nab a man who they say tried to steal five paintings from a Boston art gallery, including etchings by Pablo Picasso and Rembrandt. Boston University student ...
Feb 13, 2017
Homes destroyed in fierce Australian wildfires
SYDNEY, Australia - Several homes were destroyed and two firefighters injured by huge wildfires that tore across Australia’s most populous state over the weekend, officials said Monday. Scorchin...
Feb 13, 2017
Museum to feature artist's taken on stolen Gardner works
AMHERST, Mass. - A Massachusetts art museum is offering visitors a unique glimpse of the 13 masterpieces stolen more than a quarter century ago from the Gardner Museum in Boston. The exhibit opening T...
Feb 13, 2017
Some China cities close poultry markets amid bird flu fears
BEIJING - Several Chinese cities have shut down their poultry markets in the wake of a bird flu outbreak that has killed at least two dozen people this year across China. Live poultry sales have now b...
Feb 13, 2017
