Category Archives: World

SYDNEY, Australia - A ship involved with the deep-sea sonar search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is being fitted with a drone that will examine several sonar contacts of interest on the rem...

CANBERRA, Australia - Australia’s tough gun controls will be further tightened to restrict access to new rapid-fire shotguns, the prime minister said Wednesday. But a pro-gun independent senator...

NEW YORK - Send in the frowns. This year’s nationwide creepy clown craze has become a nightmare before Halloween for actual, working clowns, who say their bookings at parties and other events ha...

MANILA, Philippines - A Philippine police van rammed into protesters, leaving several bloodied, as an anti-U.S. rally turned violent Wednesday at the American Embassy in Manila. The van’s driver...

SAN FRANCISCO - Four teenage students were shot in the shared parking lot of two San Francisco high schools, and one of the students is in critical condition, authorities said. The shooting occurred a...

LOS ANGELES - Rich Hill never strayed from his mindset of pitching in the moment, even when he was far from the major leagues playing independent ball with the Long Island Ducks. Convinced there would...

CANBERRA, Australia - Two Australian executives of the country’s largest casino operator are in good health after being detained in China last week over suspected gambling crimes, but they still...

BEIJING - China’s economic growth held steady in latest quarter, shored up by a bank lending boom and consumer spending while trade weakened. The world’s second-largest economy grew by 6.7...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Hot dogs, or at least the name, will soon be off the menu for a U.S. fast food chain selling the popular snack in Malaysia. The chain, Auntie Anne’s, has been told by Is...

BEIJING - A pair of Chinese astronauts entered the country’s orbiting space station for a month-long stay early Wednesday, as China’s sixth and longest crewed mission gets underway in earn...