Category Archives: World

LONDON - Britain’s vote to leave the European Union is already taking its toll on the British economy, raising speculation that the Bank of England will on Thursday decide to reduce its main int...

NEW YORK - Donald Trump’s lightning-rod proposals to deport illegal immigrants and temporarily ban Muslims from entering the United States could cost New York state more than $800 million and Ne...

WARSAW, Poland - The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum says it does not allow people to play “Pokemon Go” on their smartphones during visits to the former German death camp because it is ...

CAIRO - Flying through the haze over the pyramids of Giza, an experimental solar-powered airplane arrived on Wednesday in Egypt as part of its globe-circling voyage. The Solar Impulse 2 departed from ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - “Dr. Phil” McGraw and The National Enquirer are lining up for a courtroom brawl after the television talk show host and his wife filed a $250 million lawsuit agains...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Two best friends from Rhode Island are living their dream of making an epic zombie movie and becoming celebrities. Sam Suchmann and Mattie Zufelt, both 20, have Down syndrome but Su...

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump called Wednesday for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to resign for saying publicly that she feels he is unfit to be president. Lashing out, Trump said the 83-year-o...

LONDON - Prime ministers may come and go, but Larry the cat is staying put. Known officially as the chief mouser at the prime minister’s residence at No. 10 Downing Street, Larry will not be joi...

TOKYO - Japan’s Emperor Akihito has expressed his intention to retire and relinquish his title in the next few years, rather than reduce his duties as he ages, the country’s public televis...

NICOSIA, Cyprus - The Department of Antiquities in Cyprus says work crews have accidentally uncovered a rare, Roman-era mosaic floor depicting the labours of Hercules along a street in the coastal tow...