Category Archives: World
Official: 22 dead in head-on train crash in southern Italy
MILAN - Survivors described being thrown forward violently and then freeing themselves from a tangle of metal and body parts after two Italian commuter trains collided head-on Tuesday in the southern ...
Jul 12, 2016
Britain's new leader May seen as more Merkel than Maggie
Within moments of Theresa May’s confirmation as the next prime minister of Britain, London tabloids and wags were comparing her to Britain’s “iron lady” of the 1980s, Margaret ...
Jul 12, 2016
The Latest: Pope's condolences to families of crash victims
MILAN - The Latest on the train crash in Italy (all times local): 7:55 p.m. Pope Francis is sending his condolences to the families of the victims of the head-on train crash in Italy’s southern ...
Jul 12, 2016
RFK Jr. book stokes intrigue in 1975 Connecticut murder case
HARTFORD, Conn. - A new book from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is stoking the intrigue over the widely chronicled murder that his cousin, Michael Skakel, has been accused of carrying out with a golf club in ...
Jul 12, 2016
Abuse victim: Callous Paterno ignored '76 Sandusky complaint
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A man who says former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky sexually abused him as a boy in 1976 testified in court documents unsealed Tuesday that head coach Joe Patern...
Jul 12, 2016
China rejects ruling on South China Sea as 'null and void'
BEIJING - China swiftly rejected an international tribunal’s ruling Tuesday that its expansive claim to the South China Sea had no legal basis, saying the ruling was null and void and that Beiji...
Jul 12, 2016
US job openings, hiring fell in May
WASHINGTON - U.S. employers advertised fewer jobs and hired fewer people in May - a bad month for the U.S. labour market before a surge in hiring in June. The Labor Department said Tuesday that job op...
Jul 12, 2016
What to expect as May starts untangling the UK from the EU
LONDON - Home Secretary Theresa May is set to become Britain’s new prime minister Wednesday when David Cameron steps down after six years at 10 Downing Street because of his defeat in the countr...
Jul 12, 2016
Tourism officials address algae fears in southwest Florida
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Officials are responding to fears in southwest Florida about a massive algae bloom fouling waters on the state’s Atlantic coast. The News-Press reports (http://newspr.es/29FD9...
Jul 12, 2016
US wholesale inventories up 0.1 per cent in May
WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale businesses increased their stockpiles by a modest amount in May while growth in their sales slowed slightly. The Commerce Department says inventories at the wholesale level...
Jul 12, 2016
