Category Archives: World

Attorney: Mar-a-Lago infiltrator had hidden-camera detector
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A Chinese woman recently arrested at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club lied repeatedly to Secret Service agents while carrying computer malware unlike anything a governm...
Apr 10, 2019

Court frees acclaimed Russian director from house arrest
MOSCOW - An acclaimed Russian theatre and film director was freed from house arrest Monday, a verdict that follows longtime calls for his release from prominent cultural figures worldwide. The Moscow ...
Apr 10, 2019

Nissan shareholders OK ouster of ex-chair Ghosn from board
TOKYO - Nissan's shareholders ousted the automaker's former chairman Carlos Ghosn from its board on Monday, seeking to shut the door on an era capped by scandal. More than 4,000 people gathered at a T...
Apr 10, 2019

Japan's emperor and empress celebrate 60 years of marriage
TOKYO - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Wednesday just three weeks before he abdicates his throne. The couple met at a 1957 tennis tournament reme...
Apr 10, 2019

Korean Air boss dies weeks after board removal over scandals
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Korean Air's chairman, whose leadership included scandals such as his daughter's infamous incident of "nut rage," has died due to illness, the company said Monday. Cho Yang...
Apr 09, 2019

Dalai Lama hospitalized with chest infection, feeling better
NEW DELHI - The Dalai Lama has been hospitalized in the Indian capital with a chest infection and is feeling better. Spokesman Tenzin Taklha says the Dalai Lama is under medication and likely to spend...
Apr 09, 2019

California governor hears of Salvadorans' struggles in visit
PANCHIMALCO, El Salvador - David Escobar Fuentes fled El Salvador because gangs were extorting his ranching family, while Bryon Melgar Menjivar wanted to escape the pressure to join a gang that starte...
Apr 09, 2019

Autopsy: Transgender migrant died from AIDS complications
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - An autopsy has concluded a Honduran transgender migrant who died while in the custody of U.S. federal immigration officials died of complications from AIDS. The New Mexico Office o...
Apr 09, 2019

Homeland Security Sec. Nielsen resigns amid border turmoil
WASHINGTON - Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned on Sunday amid President Donald Trump's growing frustration and bitterness over the number of Central American families crossing the ...
Apr 09, 2019

Retailers try to lure customers with free Uber rides
NEW YORK - While shoppers are getting everything from morning coffee to complete work wardrobes delivered to their homes, some businesses are working with ride-hailing company Uber to entice customers...
Apr 09, 2019