Category Archives: World
First fame then arrest for Saudi teen who chatted up US girl
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - When a teenager in Saudi Arabia began chatting up an American woman online, he first found fame and then notoriety before he was arrested over concerns that his clumsy cy...
Oct 5, 2016
Nigeria leader selling 2 presidential jets as economy sinks
LAGOS, Nigeria - A spokesman says Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is selling two jets in line with a campaign promise to reduce unnecessary luxuries, including the 11-aircraft presidential ...
Oct 5, 2016
Superheroes honour school shooting victim dressed as Batman
TOWNVILLE, S.C. - Six-year-old Jacob Hall was dressed as Batman for his funeral on Wednesday, and many of more than 1,000 mourners appeared as superheroes to honour the school shooting victim. The fir...
Oct 5, 2016
US trade deficit in August rises 3 per cent to $40.7 billion
WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit rose in August as a flood of imports offset the best showing for exports in 13 months. The politically sensitive deficit with China rose to the highest level in 11 ...
Oct 5, 2016
Survey: US businesses add fewest jobs in 5 months
WASHINGTON - U.S. businesses added 154,000 jobs in September, the slowest pace of hiring since April, a private survey found. Payroll processor ADP says manufacturers cut jobs for the eighth straight ...
Oct 5, 2016
3 win Nobel chemistry prize for world's tiniest machines
Three scientists won a Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for advances in a field that has big hopes for very tiny machines - the smallest ever built. Frenchman Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Scottish-born Fras...
Oct 5, 2016
World court has no jurisdiction in nuclear disarmament case
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - By the tightest possible margin, the United Nations’ highest court on Wednesday rejected three nuclear disarmament cases filed by the tiny Pacific Ocean nation of the Ma...
Oct 5, 2016
Nearly 2M urged to evacuate as Matthew edges toward US
MELBOURNE BEACH, Fla. - Hurricane Matthew marched toward Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas and nearly 2 million people along the coast were urged to evacuate their homes, a mass exodus ahead of a maj...
Oct 5, 2016
Debate Takeaways: Kaine challenges Pence to defend Trump
FARMVILLE, Va. - Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine repeatedly challenged Mike Pence during Tuesday’s vice-presidential debate, attempting to tie the Indiana governor to some of Donald Trump’s most c...
Oct 5, 2016
Indonesia arrests man for broadcasting porn on billboard
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian police said Wednesday that a man they arrested for broadcasting pornography on an electronic billboard in the country’s capital gained access to the system after ...
Oct 5, 2016
