Category Archives: World
US, Russia offer rival measures to pursue Syria violations
The United States and Russia have circulated rival U.N. resolutions on extending the work of experts seeking to determine who is responsible for chemical weapons attacks in Syria. Russia vetoed a U.S....
Nov 03, 2017
Treatment of blacks in St. Louis prompts economic boycott
ST. LOUIS - Amid ongoing protests reinvigorated by the acquittal of a white former police officer in the death of a black suspect, several African-American faith and civic leaders in St. Louis announc...
Nov 03, 2017
Departing Twitter employee deactivates Trump's account
WASHINGTON - A Twitter customer support worker who was on his or her last day on the job deactivated President Donald Trump’s account for a few minutes Thursday evening, the social media company...
Nov 03, 2017
China disputes Trump's claim of 'flood' of fentanyl into US
BEIJING - A Chinese official on Friday disputed President Donald Trump’s claim that the deadly opioid fentanyl that is flooding the U.S. is mostly produced in China, just days before a visit by ...
Nov 03, 2017
Report highlights pattern of sexual abuse at prep school
CONCORD, N.H. - Over several decades, former faculty and staff at a prep school are accused of singling out students, plying them with alcohol and then attempting to kiss, fondle and commit other acts...
Nov 03, 2017
Security and trade challenge Trump on first Asia trip
TOKYO - Security and trade will loom large during President Donald Trump’s first official visit to Asia, which begins Sunday in Japan. North Korea’s missile and nuclear weapons programs ar...
Nov 03, 2017
Persistence leads to solving 1979 case of teen's slaying
SALEM, Ore. - The persistence of a detective and the sister of a young woman who was stabbed and beaten has solved a murder in Oregon - 38 years after it happened. On March 9, 1979, Janie Landers disa...
Nov 03, 2017
Officials disagree on Puerto Rico power restoration timeline
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Officials in the U.S. and Puerto Rico gave differing views Thursday on when power will be fully restored to the U.S. territory after Hurricane Maria hit as a Category 4 storm m...
Nov 03, 2017
Venezuela says it will seek to restructure foreign debt
CARACAS, Venezuela - President Nicolas Maduro announced Thursday that he will begin restructuring Venezuela’s foreign debt, calling it the best way to get around U.S. financial sanctions that he...
Nov 03, 2017
Trump accuses Clinton, DNC of 'illegally' co-ordinating
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is alleging without evidence that Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee violated campaign finance and money laundering laws with the joint fundraisi...
Nov 03, 2017