Category Archives: World
George Takei calls Donald Trump to task, in Spanish
LOS ANGELES - George Takei is speaking out against GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, and he’s doing it in Spanish. In an English-subtitled video that’s drawn more than 12 million vi...
Jul 30, 2016
NTSB: Balloon hit power lines before crashing, killing 16
LOCKHART, Texas - A hot air balloon hit high-tension power lines before crashing into a pasture in Central Texas, killing all 16 on board, according to federal authorities investigating the worst such...
Jul 30, 2016
Pakistani police question cleric, cousin of murdered model
MULTAN, Pakistan - Pakistani police say they have questioned a cleric and a cousin of the model and social media star Qandeel Baloch who was killed for “family honour” after she posted pic...
Jul 30, 2016
Fighting between Turkish forces, Kurdish rebels kills 43
ISTANBUL - Authorities say fighting between Turkish forces and Kurdish rebels in the restive southeast of the country has killed eight Turkish soldiers and 35 Kurdish fighters. The office of Turkey...
Jul 30, 2016
Philippine president calls off truce after rebel attack
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte called off a 5-day-old cease-fire after communist guerrillas killed a government militiaman and failed to declare their own truce by a Saturd...
Jul 30, 2016
German lawyer: Erdogan lawsuits in Germany remain in place
BERLIN - A German lawyer who has represented Turkey’s president says lawsuits filed in Germany over alleged insults remain in place, despite Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s announcement that he was...
Jul 30, 2016
3 dead, 1 hurt in shooting near Seattle; suspect in custody
SEATTLE - A gunman attacked a gathering of young adults at a suburban Seattle home, killing two people at a fire pit before firing more shots from the roof, the grandmother of one of the witnesses sai...
Jul 30, 2016
Federal judge strikes down Wisconsin election laws
MADISON, Wis. - A federal judge on Friday threw out as unconstitutional a host of Wisconsin election laws passed in recent years, saying they unfairly benefited Republicans who had enacted them and ma...
Jul 29, 2016
Trump's Russia reset ideas alarming allies, many in US
PHILADELPHIA - Donald Trump’s flurry of offhand remarks and abrupt zingers on Russia - praising Vladimir Putin, dismissing NATO - have jolted the world, not to mention the U.S. presidential camp...
Jul 29, 2016
Donald Trump speech beats Hillary Clinton in TV viewership
NEW YORK - Donald Trump pulled off the upset - at least in television popularity. The Nielsen company estimated that 29.8 million people watched Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech at the Democr...
Jul 29, 2016
