Category Archives: World

LONDON - A British town plans to burn a 36-foot (11-meter) effigy of Harvey Weinstein at its annual Bonfire Night celebrations. Each year the Edenbridge Bonfire Society chooses a well-known figure to ...

NEW YORK - Day by day, the accusations pile up, as scores of women come forward to say they were victims of Harvey Weinstein. But others with stories to tell have not. For some of these women who̵...

The United States voted against a U.N. resolution condemning America’s economic embargo against Cuba on Wednesday, reversing last year’s abstention by the Obama administration and reflecti...

BERLIN - It’s legal to drink beer in German movie theatres - but it’s probably not a good idea to try to open your beer bottle with a pepper spray canister. However, that’s exactly w...

AMSTERDAM - A ban on group-powered pedicabs that are popular with inebriated tourists and stag parties has taken effect in the busiest sections of downtown Amsterdam. The ban on so-called “beer ...

GENEVA - In a landmark verdict that indicates Russia conspired to run a doping program at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, a cross-country skier who won a gold medal was disqualified by the IOC on Wednesday. ...

BOGOTA - Colombia’s demobilized guerilla movement nominated Rodrigo Londono on Wednesday to run for president in the South American nation’s election next year, keeping the former top comm...

NEW YORK - Michael Oreskes was ousted Wednesday as National Public Radio’s news chief following accusations by two women that he suddenly kissed them while they were discussing job prospects whe...

GLOUCESTER, Mass. - Spotting a 400-pound tuna in the Massachusetts seaport of Gloucester, known as America’s oldest seaport, is not unusual. But finding a headless tuna in the woods is a bit odd...

NEW YORK - It’ll be a (mostly) white Christmas cup for Starbucks this year. The coffee chain’s latest holiday design lets customers colour it in themselves. The company says the cups - whi...