Category Archives: World
President of Brazilian Olympic Committee arrested
RIO DE JANEIRO - The president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee was arrested on Thursday amid an investigation into a vote-buying scheme to bring the Olympics to Rio de Janeiro. Carlos Nuzman, who i...
Oct 06, 2017
Bradley's stunning triple helps D-backs outslug Rockies 11-8
PHOENIX - Three bags, four times. And you wouldn’t believe who got in on all the fun for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Spirited reliever Archie Bradley hit a stunning triple in the seventh inning, d...
Oct 06, 2017
Dutch defence minister quits over artillery training deaths
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The Netherlands’ defence minister and the country’s military chief both resigned Tuesday night following a critical report into a 2016 artillery training accident ...
Oct 03, 2017
Born in same hospital, on same day. Now they're married
TAUNTON, Mass. - A couple born on the same day at the same Massachusetts hospital have exchanged vows more than two decades later. The Taunton Gazette reports that Jessica Gomes and Aaron Bairos got m...
Oct 03, 2017
North Korea tension sidelines South's Unification Ministry
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Every day, South Korea’s Unification Ministry sends officials to the border village of Panmunjom to call North Korea at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. For more than 18 months, the...
Oct 03, 2017
Bugs are in the food by design at Bangkok fine-dining bistro
BANGKOK - Ants and beetles in the kitchen? Normally that’d close down a restaurant immediately, but for a unique eatery in Bangkok, bugs in the beef ragu and pests in the pesto are the business ...
Oct 03, 2017
American woman's mission: Rescuing dogs from Bali volcano
KARANGASEM, Indonesia - As the small convoy carrying volunteers, dried food and canned meat pulls up before a revered Hindu temple on the slopes of Bali’s Mount Agung volcano, dogs trot out from...
Oct 03, 2017
Police: Man facing charges after fight over stolen pork roll
HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. - A New Jersey man who police say punched another man several times over a stolen pork roll sandwich is facing charges. Hackettstown police say they were called to an apartment on r...
Oct 03, 2017
False news of the Vegas attack spread on Google, Facebook
MENLO PARK, Calif. - False news that erroneously named a suspect in the deadly Las Vegas mass shooting on Sunday spread on Google and Facebook before the services removed the posts in question, the tw...
Oct 03, 2017
US senator seeks cyber info from voting machine makers
WASHINGTON - A U.S. senator wants to know how well the country’s top six voting machine manufacturers protect themselves against cyberattacks, a move that comes just weeks after federal authorit...
Oct 03, 2017