Category Archives: World

NEW YORK - If you donate at least $10 to Bono’s charity (RED), the singer is giving you a chance to drink tea with him and Julia Roberts, enjoy a private concert from U2 or party in Las Vegas wi...

WASHINGTON - The State Department is advising U.S. citizens travelling in Europe to be aware of a “heightened risk of terrorist attacks” during the holiday season. The advisory issued Mond...

TOKYO - President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to pull out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership but other Pacific Rim leaders are vowing to push market-opening efforts they say are vital for growth. T...

TOKYO - The Latest on the earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan (all times local): 1 p.m. All tsunami warnings and advisories have been lifted in Japan, seven hours after a powerful offshore e...

BOGOTA - Leaders of Colombia’s biggest rebel group have arrived in the capital to sign a revised peace accord with the government. The new deal between the government and the Revolutionary Armed...

SALEM, Ore. - An Idaho man not only survived being hit by a car on an icy interstate highway bridge but also a 50-foot-fall into a river and a swim through its frigid waters with a badly broken leg, a...

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Michael Slager’s defence called witnesses Monday to make a case that the white former South Carolina patrolman was stunned by his own Taser in a struggle before he shot a flee...

WICHITA, Kan. - When Shane Cox began selling his homemade firearms and silencers out of his military surplus store, he stamped “Made in Kansas” on them to assure buyers that a Kansas law w...

MINNEAPOLIS - The U.S. Secret Service says a Minnesota motorist won’t face federal charges for having a violent message aimed at Hillary Clinton written on the back of a minivan. Lou Stephens, s...

Britain’s Prince Harry spent the morning playing some cricket, tennis and volleyball while meeting with several sports teams on his first full day on the Caribbean island of Antigua. After a bre...