Category Archives: World
Survey: Manufacturing in New York accelerated in October
WASHINGTON - Manufacturing activity in New York picked up this month, expanding at the fastest pace in three years. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Monday that its Empire State manufacturing...
Oct 16, 2017
Authorities suspend search for missing worker after blast
KENNER, La. - Authorities have suspended the search Monday for a Texas man who disappeared when an oil and gas platform exploded on a lake near New Orleans. Seven people were injured in the Sunday nig...
Oct 16, 2017
Army Sgt. Bergdahl pleads guilty to deserting his post
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured and held by the Taliban for five years after walking away from his post in Afghanistan, pleaded guilty Monday to desertion and endangering ...
Oct 16, 2017
In Madagascar, plague outbreak now threatens largest cities
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar - As plague cases rose last week in Madagascar’s capital, many city dwellers panicked. They waited in long lines for antibiotics at pharmacies and reached through bus wi...
Oct 16, 2017
Yellen sounds upbeat note on economy and inflation prospects
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Sunday sketched a bright outlook for the U.S. economy and for inflation prospects in coming months, saying the impact of the recent hurricanes will l...
Oct 16, 2017
Improving world economy still needs help from low rates
WASHINGTON - The world economy is the healthiest it’s been in years but could still use a little help from low-interest rates and higher government spending from countries that can afford it, th...
Oct 16, 2017
More than just wine country is burning in California
REDWOOD VALLEY, Calif. - Mendocino County is 70 miles north of California’s fabled wine country of Napa and Sonoma counties, now under siege from wildfires. But it’s a world away in mood, ...
Oct 16, 2017
Afghan police say they foiled major attack in capital
KABUL - Afghan police say they have foiled a major bombing in the capital after arresting a suspect whose truck was loaded with explosives. Mohamed Salem Almas, the head of criminal investigations in ...
Oct 16, 2017
Israel PM blasts police chief over investigation leaks
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lashed out at Israel’s police chief over leaks to the media concerning investigations into alleged corruption by the premier. Netanyahu wrote on...
Oct 16, 2017
Hundreds attend service for victim of Las Vegas shooting
TEWKSBURY, Mass. - Hundreds of people have gathered to remember a 42-year-old Massachusetts woman who was among the 58 people killed in the mass shooting at a Las Vegas country music festival. The ser...
Oct 16, 2017