Category Archives: World
Ashley Judd: 'Tipping point' on sexual harassment is here
NEW YORK - Ashley Judd says the continuing flurry of allegations against Harvey Weinstein means society is at a “tipping point” on sexual harassment. The actress added that “this wil...
Oct 27, 2017
Kenya postpones voting in opposition areas after violence
NAIROBI, Kenya - Fears of further bloodshed led Kenya’s election commission to postpone voting planned for Saturday in some opposition strongholds, citing safety concerns for its workers as dead...
Oct 27, 2017

Student charged with murder in Grambling State killings
GRAMBLING, La. - Authorities in Louisiana have charged a fellow student in the deaths of a Grambling State University student and his friend. Jaylin M. Wayne, a 19-year-old freshman from St. Louis, fa...
Oct 27, 2017

New ruler: Olivia Colman to take the throne in 'The Crown'
LONDON - A new royal head is about to wear “The Crown.” Actress Olivia Colman will play Queen Elizabeth II for the third and fourth seasons of the award-winning Netflix series about the Br...
Oct 27, 2017
'Hand of God' saved Indonesian teen from fatal factory fire
TANGERANG, Indonesia - The explosion came first, shocking 17-year-old Fitriyah and sending her running for the only exit of the Indonesian fireworks factory where she started work just the week before...
Oct 27, 2017

JFK Files: Thousands released but Trump holds back others
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has blocked the release of hundreds of records on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, bending to CIA and FBI appeals, while the National Archives came o...
Oct 27, 2017

Taiwan president making state visits amid China stalemate
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen left Saturday for the United States and three South Pacific nations in an effort to crack the diplomatic isolation imposed by rival China. Tsai w...
Oct 27, 2017
Pentagon chief Mattis stresses diplomacy in Korean crisis
On his first visit to the tense but eerily quiet frontier between North and South Korea as U.S. secretary of defence, Jim Mattis conveyed the message he hopes will win the day: Diplomacy is the answer...
Oct 27, 2017
Myanmar attacks, sea voyage rob young father of everything
INANI BEACH, Bangladesh - Across the ferocious waves and the churning black water, Alam Jafar could see his frantic 7-year-old son gasping for breath, his arms flailing just above the ocean’s su...
Oct 27, 2017
N. Korea sends back S. Korean fishing boat, crew
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea sent back a South Korean fishing boat and its crew who Pyongyang says were detained for crossing the eastern sea border between the rivals. While the North̵...
Oct 27, 2017