Category Archives: World
Indian court acquits actor Salman Khan of using illegal arms
NEW DELHI - Top Bollywood star Salman Khan was acquitted by a court on Wednesday on a charge of using unlicensed weapons while hunting for rare blackbucks in a western India wildlife preserve 18 years...
Jan 17, 2017
Global warming could steal postcard-perfect weather days
WASHINGTON - Global warming is going to steal away some of those postcard-perfect weather days in the future, according to a first-of-its-kind projection of nice weather. On average, Earth will have 1...
Jan 17, 2017
Back-to-back shootings shake Mexico's tourism jewels
CANCUN, Mexico - Two consecutive days of shooting attacks that left a total of nine dead have put two of the jewels of Mexico’s Caribbean coast on edge and spurred a warning to tourists by the U...
Jan 17, 2017
North Texas police officer killed, suspect later found dead
LITTLE ELM, Texas - A police detective has died after being shot while answering a report of an armed man outside a house in a suburban Dallas neighbourhood. Little Elm Police Chief Rodney Harrison sa...
Jan 17, 2017
Chinese coal mine caves in, killing 9 workers
BEIJING - The partial collapse of a coal mine in northern China has left nine people dead, state media reported Wednesday, reflecting the stubborn persistence of safety problems despite years-long eff...
Jan 17, 2017
Mississippi sues Google, saying it violates student privacy
JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi’s Democratic attorney general is once again tangling with Google, alleging in a lawsuit that the company is illegally violating student privacy, even as some Republi...
Jan 17, 2017
Advocates: Asylum-seekers are being turned away at border
SAN DIEGO - Immigrant advocacy groups said Tuesday that U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers are allegedly turning away asylum-seekers before their claims can be heard, violating obligations un...
Jan 17, 2017
Search of lake for human remains from plane crash ends
CLEVELAND - The search for human remains from a plane that crashed into Lake Erie last month has ended, and DNA testing has identified three of the six people killed, an airport official said on Tuesd...
Jan 17, 2017
18 million more uninsured if Obamacare killed, not replaced
WASHINGTON - Insurance premiums would soar for millions of Americans and 18 million more would be uninsured in just one year if Republicans scuttle much of President Barack Obama’s health care o...
Jan 17, 2017
Lin-Manuel Miranda to play 'Hamilton' for Oscar Lopez Rivera
CHICAGO - “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda says he will play Alexander Hamilton at a Chicago performance in honour of the commutation of Oscar Lopez Rivera’s sentence by Preside...
Jan 17, 2017
