Category Archives: World
Raging tuk-tuk driver bashes Egypt economy, video goes viral
CAIRO - A video of an enraged tuk-tuk driver unloading on the state of Egypt’s flagging economy went viral on Thursday, underlining growing popular discontent in the country over shortages of fo...
Oct 13, 2016
Nigeria says 21 abducted Chibok schoolgirls freed in swap
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Twenty-one of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago were freed Thursday in a swap for detained leaders of the Islamic extremist group, government ...
Oct 13, 2016
Thailand's revered king dies after 70 years on throne
BANGKOK - In an age when most of the world’s blue bloods cut ribbons and meekly approved whatever their governments proposed, the 70-year reign of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej stood ...
Oct 13, 2016
Amazon adding 120,000 workers to meet holiday demand
NEW YORK - The holidays are coming and Amazon plans to add 120,000 seasonal workers in an effort to meet an expected spike in demand as more and more people trade bricks for clicks. The seasonal posit...
Oct 13, 2016
Obama's favourite sci-fi films include '2001,' 'Blade Runner'
LOS ANGELES - The cerebral interstellar saga “2001: A Space Odyssey” and the android drama “Blade Runner” are among President Barack Obama’s favourite sci-fi films and TV...
Oct 13, 2016
Something is happening: Bob Dylan wins Nobel in literature
NEW YORK - Bob Dylan, Nobel laureate. In the book world’s equivalent of a Supreme Court ruling, the Nobel judges declared Thursday that Dylan is not just a rock star but a poet of the very highe...
Oct 13, 2016
Bob Dylan wins Nobel Literature prize
STOCKHOLM - Bob Dylan has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. In making the announcement today in Stockholm, the Nobel committee cited the legendary American singer-songwriter “for havi...
Oct 13, 2016
Richard Nixon museum makeover puts visitors in his shoes
YORBA LINDA, Calif. - Gone are the long rows of wood-framed display cases sprinkled with campaign paraphernalia and lengthy narratives about President Richard Nixon. Instead, the renovated Richard Nix...
Oct 13, 2016
Samsung Note 7 recall to cost at least $5.3 billion
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Samsung Electronics said Friday that the discontinuation of the Galaxy Note 7 would cost the company about $3 billion during the current and next quarters, bringing the tot...
Oct 13, 2016
Federal report cites bias by San Francisco police
San Francisco police use force against blacks more often than other racial groups and pull over African American drivers at a disproportionately high rate, according to a U.S. Department of Justice a ...
Oct 13, 2016
