Category Archives: World
Putin: Russia's military is stronger than any potential foe
MOSCOW - Russia’s military today can overpower any potential foe but should strengthen its nuclear arsenal, President Vladimir Putin told an annual end-of-year meeting Thursday with defence chie...
Dec 22, 2016
Swede claims to be first man wheelchair to reach South Pole
COPENHAGEN - A Swedish man is claiming to be the first person in the world to have reached the South Pole in a wheelchair. Aron Anderson said he accomplished the feat on Wednesday after a 21-day journ...
Dec 22, 2016
Spain's 'El Gordo' lottery sparks celebrations across Madrid
MADRID - Workers at a home for the elderly were among those celebrating Thursday in Madrid after all the tickets with the top prize-winning number in Spain’s 2.3 billion-euro ($2.4 billion) Chri...
Dec 22, 2016
Syrian government takes full control of Aleppo after 4 years
BEIRUT - The Syrian government took full control of Aleppo on Thursday for the first time in four years after the last opposition fighters and civilians were bused out of war-ravaged eastern districts...
Dec 22, 2016
Trump: US must 'greatly strengthen' nuclear capability
WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday abruptly called for the United States to “greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability” until the rest of the world “com...
Dec 22, 2016
Underground music gets scrutiny after deadly Oakland fire
LOS ANGELES - The party is over at Purple 33. About a week after 36 people died in a fire at an underground music party in Oakland, inspectors acting on a complaint discovered a makeshift nightclub an...
Dec 22, 2016
Fire that spread to 140 buildings under control in Japan
TOKYO - A huge fire that spread to about 140 buildings in a small city on Japan’s western coast was brought under control Thursday night after authorities called in extra firefighters to fight t...
Dec 21, 2016
Officials say fingerprints tie Tunisian to Berlin attack
BERLIN - German officials presented mounting evidence Thursday that Anis Amri was behind the wheel of a truck that smashed into a Christmas market in Berlin, killing 12, as authorities across Europe p...
Dec 21, 2016
In Israel, an oily Hanukkah treat outlasts a health campaign
JERUSALEM - Israelis are finding a new campaign by their crusading health minister hard to swallow: in the name of proper nutrition, he has gone on the warpath against the nation’s beloved Hanuk...
Dec 21, 2016
Happy birthday to Colo: Oldest gorilla in US turns 60
COLUMBUS, Ohio - She is a mother of three, grandmother of 16, great-grandmother of 12 and great-great-grandmother of three. She recently had surgery to remove a malignant tumour, but doctors say she&#...
Dec 21, 2016
