Category Archives: World

World travellers, social butterfly among Fla. airport victims
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - At least four of the five people killed in the Fort Lauderdale airport shooting were on vacation, headed for cruises that promised sun, sand and fun. They were collecting their...
Kayla Derkach Jan 07, 2017

Mario Soares, Portugal's former president and PM, dies at 92
LISBON, Portugal - Mario Soares, a former prime minister and president of Portugal who helped steer his country toward democracy after a 1974 military coup and grew into a global statesman through his...
Kayla Derkach Jan 07, 2017

Thousands brave cold for tickets to Obama farewell speech
CHICAGO - Thousands of people have lined up in frigid temperatures hoping for tickets to President Barack Obama’s farewell speech in his hometown of Chicago. Tickets are being handed out Saturda...
Kayla Derkach Jan 07, 2017

UK envoy who quit top EU post resigns from civil service
LONDON - A senior British diplomat who warned that negotiating a European Union exit could take 10 years has quit the civil service, days after stepping down as the U.K.’s envoy to the bloc, the...
Kayla Derkach Jan 07, 2017
IDs, phones, bags among 25K items lost in airport rampage
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Dan and Janice Kovacs and their two children were passing through airport security when the gunfire erupted. They were shoeless - with wallets, passports and carry-on items chu...
Kayla Derkach Jan 07, 2017
To celebrate inaugural or not? Trump critics are divided
WASHINGTON - It’s typically an unquestioned honour to participate in the inauguration of an American president. Who wouldn’t want to be part of such a historic event? This time, though, it...
Kayla Derkach Jan 07, 2017

Lobster prices high as catch drops and China imports climb
PORTLAND, Maine - Lobster lovers are used to adjusting to high prices, but this winter, they’re shelling out even more for the cherished crustaceans because of a lack of catch off of New England...
Kayla Derkach Jan 07, 2017
Turkish PM visits Iraq amid spat over unauthorized troops
BAGHDAD - Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim commenced a two-day visit to Iraq Saturday, the first since the two governments quarreled over the presence of unauthorized Turkish troops in northern ...
Kayla Derkach Jan 07, 2017
Turkey's tourism takes big hit after extremist attacks
ISTANBUL - The once bustling Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is astonishingly quiet. The shops and restaurants in the city’s trendy Istiklal Street are all but empty of foreign customers and the hotels...
Kayla Derkach Jan 07, 2017

Trump wants former Sen. Dan Coats to be intelligence chief
WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday said he wanted retired Sen. Dan Coats to be national intelligence director, describing the former member of the Senate Intelligence Committee as t...
Kayla Derkach Jan 07, 2017

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