Category Archives: World
Famous pool-cue maker sentenced in attempted ivory smuggling
LOS ANGELES - A famous custom pool-cue maker has been sentenced to two years of probation for his role in trying to help export protected African elephant ivory to Taiwan. Seventy-five-year-old Cesar ...
Nov 07, 2016
Parts of street collapse in southern Japan city; no injuries
TOKYO - Parts of a main street collapsed in the heart of a major city in southern Japan on Tuesday, creating a massive sinkhole and cutting off power, water and gas supplies to parts of the city. Auth...
Nov 07, 2016
Australia expects to resettle hundreds of refugees elsewhere
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia will find another country to resettle hundreds of asylum seekers now held on poor Pacific islands, a minister said Tuesday as his government planned to banish for life ...
Nov 07, 2016
As campaign closes, the Obamas pass the torch to Clinton
PHILADELPHIA - In the place where America’s democracy took root, with tens of thousands shivering in the cold, Barack and Michelle Obama passed the torch Monday to Hillary Clinton in an emotiona...
Nov 07, 2016
Statement: Pitt-Jolie children will remain in actress' care
LOS ANGELES - Angelina Jolie Pitt will continue to have sole custody of her six children with Brad Pitt in a joint agreement reached by the actors, a representative for the actress said Monday. The vo...
Nov 07, 2016
Madonna plays surprise concert in park for Hillary Clinton
NEW YORK - Madonna belted out some of her biggest hits on Monday night as she treated people in the city to a surprise outdoor concert in support of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Ab...
Nov 07, 2016
Members of group honouring FBI boss have longtime Trump ties
NEW YORK - FBI Director James Comey was honoured Monday night by a group whose board includes several people with longtime ties to Donald Trump, including the CEO of the National Enquirer and a convic...
Nov 07, 2016
WikiLeaks show CNN reaching out to Dems for Trump questions
NEW YORK - The latest WikiLeaks release shows CNN reaching out to Democratic officials to suggest questions for host Wolf Blitzer to ask Donald Trump in an interview, a practice the network defended M...
Nov 07, 2016
US consumer borrowing rose in September
WASHINGTON - American consumers boosted their borrowing in September, a potential sign that recent job growth and wage gains have left them slightly more comfortable with holding debt. The Federal Res...
Nov 07, 2016
Janet Reno, former US attorney general, dies at age 78
MIAMI - Shy and admittedly awkward, Janet Reno became a blunt prosecutor and the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general. She was also at the epicenter of a relentless series of political storms...
Nov 07, 2016
