Category Archives: World
Trump, first lady welcome ghosts, goblins on Halloween eve
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump dressed up as himself, complete with his trademark red tie, for his first Halloween in the White House. Trump and first lady Melania Trump greeted some of the 6,000...
Oct 31, 2017
Tech companies find more signs of Russian election activity
WASHINGTON - Major tech companies plan to tell Congress Tuesday that they have found additional evidence of Russian activity on their services surrounding the 2016 U.S. election. Facebook, for instanc...
Oct 31, 2017
Tokyo police find multiple bodies in apartment, arrest man
Tokyo police have arrested a man after finding “multiple” dismembered bodies in coolers in his apartment in a city southwest of the capital. The 27-year-old suspect, Takahiro Shiraishi, co...
Oct 31, 2017
Elon Musk tweets photo of LA-area transport tunnel
HAWTHORNE, Calif. - Billionaire Elon Musk has released a photograph of a tunnel he’s building under a Los Angeles suburb to test a novel transportation concept for a system that would move peopl...
Oct 31, 2017
SKorea, China move to resolve disputes and hold summit talks
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea and China announced Tuesday that they will work to improve their relationship, which has been badly strained by the deployment of an American missile defence sy...
Oct 31, 2017
Burberry's Christopher Bailey to leave iconic British brand
LONDON - Designer Christopher Bailey, who was replaced as Burberry chief executive earlier this year, will leave the British brand in 2018, ending a 17-year stint in which he helped transform a compan...
Oct 31, 2017
Boat carrying fleeing Rohingya Muslims sinks, at least 4 die
DHAKA, Bangladesh - A boat carrying up to 45 Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar capsized in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday morning, and a Bangladeshi official said four bodies were recovered. It was not c...
Oct 31, 2017
Agents: Bergdahl debriefs were intelligence 'gold mine'
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was a “gold mine” of intelligence, helping the military better understand insurgents and how they imprison hostages, two agents testified Tuesday...
Oct 31, 2017
Another Australian lawmaker may be out in citizenship crisis
SYDNEY, Australia - The dual citizenship crisis that has rocked Australia’s parliament took another twist on Tuesday, with a senior member of the governing Liberal Party saying he may have to qu...
Oct 31, 2017
Women rescued by Navy defend their account of ordeal at sea
HONOLULU - Two women from Hawaii who were rescued after being lost at sea defended their account of the ordeal Tuesday, insisting that a storm was whipping up 30-foot waves and near hurricane-force wi...
Oct 31, 2017