Category Archives: World
Senior manager at cybersecurity firm arrested in Moscow
MOSCOW - A manager in charge of investigating hacking attacks at Russia’s biggest cybersecurity firm has been arrested, the company said Wednesday. Kaspersky Lab on Wednesday confirmed reports i...
Jan 25, 2017
As Dow tries again to breach 20,000, global stocks buoyant
LONDON - Global shares rose strongly Wednesday, building on Wall Street’s overnight rally and hopes that the Dow Jones index will finally break through the 20,000 mark for the first time ever. K...
Jan 25, 2017
Survivors of Italy avalanche tell AP they never gave up hope
GIULIANOVA, Italy - First there was a loud roar. Then darkness - hours and hours of darkness. A couple among the nine survivors of an Italian avalanche that devastated a mountain hotel say they surviv...
Jan 24, 2017
Pope takes over Knights of Malta after condom dispute
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Wednesday seized control of the Knights of Malta, and action that amounts to one sovereign country annexing another, if on a very small scale. Here’s what led to t...
Jan 24, 2017
Extremist gunmen storm hotel in Somali capital, 11 killed
MOGADISHU, Somalia - At least 11 were killed and 50 injured Wednesday as Somali security forces ended a siege by extremist fighters who stormed a hotel in the capital, police said. Four al-Shabab atta...
Jan 24, 2017
Internationally known Toronto hairdresser killed in Los Angeles, police say
LOS ANGELES - Police on Tuesday were investigating the killing of internationally known Toronto hairdresser and beauty company executive Fabio Sementilli, who was found beaten and stabbed at a Los Ang...
Jan 24, 2017
'Tanna' director recounts path from tiny island to Oscar nod
SYDNEY, Australia - The premiere of “Tanna,” Australia’s first-ever Oscar nominee for a foreign language film, was as far from Hollywood glamor as one can get. The guests gathered no...
Jan 24, 2017
Trump admin orders EPA contract freeze and media blackout
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has instituted a media blackout at the Environmental Protection Agency and barred staff from awarding any new contracts or grants, part of a broader communication...
Jan 24, 2017
Cyberconscripts: Baltic draftees can choose IT over infantry
LILLE, France - The tiny Baltic nation of Estonia is experimenting with the idea of cyberconscription, a move that gives draftees with tech skills the chance to work shoring up their military’s ...
Jan 24, 2017
FACT CHECK: Miscues on voter fraud and election results
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s press secretary on Tuesday mischaracterized the election results and the findings of a study that purported to show significant voting in the past by non-ci...
Jan 24, 2017
